Endpoint Playground

Try the Guardian article content API

Returns a Guardian article by `url`, a canonical `www.theguardian.com` article link. The response has the title, description, section, authors, lead image, publication and update times, and the body as `paragraphs`. Live-blog timelines are not supported.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 7 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /guardian/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F26%2Fus-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean
Fields with a value in every checked item: url, title, published_at, updated_at, authors, image_url, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-08-26; url: theguardian.com; title: 76 characters.

Request: GET /guardian/article
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.64 s
Monitored request: GET /guardian/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F26%2Fus-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean

Guardian article content API documentation The Guardian platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F26%2Fus-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean	Canonical www.theguardian.com article URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example paragraph."
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

More Guardian endpoints

Get Guardian contributor profile Get Guardian section headlines Get Guardian live blog snapshot Get Guardian topic archive

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestguardian.articleResponseDocGuardian

GET /guardian/article

Get Guardian article content

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical www.theguardian.com article URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example paragraph."
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Guardian article content API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 7 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /guardian/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F26%2Fus-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean
Fields with a value in every checked item: url, title, published_at, updated_at, authors, image_url, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-08-26; url: theguardian.com; title: 76 characters.

Request: GET /guardian/article
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%, median 1.64 s
Monitored request: GET /guardian/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F26%2Fus-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean

Guardian article content API documentation The Guardian platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2026%2Faug%2F26%2Fus-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean	Canonical www.theguardian.com article URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example paragraph."
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

More Guardian endpoints

Get Guardian contributor profile Get Guardian section headlines Get Guardian live blog snapshot Get Guardian topic archive

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestguardian.articleResponseDocGuardian

GET /guardian/article

Get Guardian article content

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical www.theguardian.com article URL

Add an API key to send a live request.

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,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/us-military-kills-four-boat-strike-caribbean",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example paragraph."
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}