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Politico API endpoint
Politico article content API
Returns a Politico article by its canonical `url`, in the form `https://www.politico.com/news/YYYY/MM/DD/slug`. The response has the title, description, authors, publication and update times, lead image URL and the body `paragraphs`.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestPoliticopolitico.articleResponseDoc
Politico/politico/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /politico/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Politico
- Response schema
- #/definitions/politico.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: required url, a canonical https://www.politico.com/news/YYYY/MM/DD/slug article URL.
Returns a Politico article's metadata and full body paragraphs.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /politico/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2F2026%2F09%2F18%2Fcongress-f-35-china-investigation-01083647
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 2.29 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /politico/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2F2026%2F09%2F18%2Fcongress-f-35-china-investigation-01083647
- Fields returned with a value
- 8
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | politico.com |
| title | Has a value | 56 characters |
| description | Has a value | 134 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-18 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-18 |
| authors | Has a value | 2 entries |
| image_url | Has a value | politico.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 4 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical www.politico.com article URL | https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/congress-f-35-china-investigation-01083647 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/politico/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2F2026%2F09%2F18%2Fcongress-f-35-china-investigation-01083647" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/example-headline-01234567",
"title": "Example headline",
"description": "A short dek for the example story.",
"published_at": "2026-09-18T20:36:44+0000",
"updated_at": "2026-09-18T21:00:00+0000",
"authors": [
"Jamie Fixture",
"Robin Fixture"
],
"image_url": "https://static.politico.com/example/fixture.jpg",
"paragraphs": [
"First paragraph of the story.",
"Second paragraph of the story."
]
},
"msg": "OK"
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/politico.articleResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | politico.ArticleResponse | No | ||||
| data.authors | array | No | ||||
| data.description | string | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.paragraphs | array | No | ||||
| data.published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.title | string | No | ||||
| data.updated_at | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/politico/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2F2026%2F09%2F18%2Fcongress-f-35-china-investigation-01083647" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"