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Try the CNN live story API

Returns a CNN live story from its canonical cnn.com live-news `url`: title, description, last update time and the posts in chronological order. Each post has an id, title, paragraphs of text, and published and updated times.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 21 posts; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /cnn/live-story?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: title: median 69 characters; paragraphs: median 6 entries.

Request: GET /cnn/live-story
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 4.64 s
Monitored request: GET /cnn/live-story?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cnn/live-story?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/iran-war-trump	Canonical cnn.com live-news URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/iran-war-trump",
    "title": "Example live story",
    "posts": [
      {
        "id": "post-1",
        "title": "Example update",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Example update text."
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestcnn.liveStoryResponseDocCNN

GET /cnn/live-story

CNN live story updates

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical cnn.com live-news URL

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Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/iran-war-trump",
    "title": "Example live story",
    "posts": [
      {
        "id": "post-1",
        "title": "Example update",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Example update text."
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the CNN live story API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 21 posts; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /cnn/live-story?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: title: median 69 characters; paragraphs: median 6 entries.

Request: GET /cnn/live-story
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 4.64 s
Monitored request: GET /cnn/live-story?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump

CNN live story API documentation CNN platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cnn/live-story?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2026%2F08%2F26%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Firan-war-trump" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/iran-war-trump	Canonical cnn.com live-news URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/iran-war-trump",
    "title": "Example live story",
    "posts": [
      {
        "id": "post-1",
        "title": "Example update",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Example update text."
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey3 credits/requestcnn.liveStoryResponseDocCNN

GET /cnn/live-story

CNN live story updates

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API key

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical cnn.com live-news URL

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/26/world/live-news/iran-war-trump",
    "title": "Example live story",
    "posts": [
      {
        "id": "post-1",
        "title": "Example update",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Example update text."
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}