Endpoint Playground
Test Crawlora's IOL top stories API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.
curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/iol/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"No request parameters
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Limpopo businessman Howard Mashaba sentenced for intimidation and protection-order breach",
"url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/2026-09-24-limpopo-businessman-howard-mashaba-sentenced-for-intimidation-and-protection-order-breach",
"summary": "A Limpopo businessman was fined R25,000 and handed suspended prison terms after being convicted of intimidation and contravening a protection order.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T13:57:00Z",
"author": "Zainul Dawood",
"image_url": "https://iol-prod.appspot.com/image/7c037788de044f7087b92d14a582faaf66c5f6c4"
}
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns fresh IOL (Independent Online, South Africa) stories from the public news feed.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"items": [
{
"title": "Limpopo businessman Howard Mashaba sentenced for intimidation and protection-order breach",
"url": "https://iol.co.za/news/south-africa/limpopo/2026-09-24-limpopo-businessman-howard-mashaba-sentenced-for-intimidation-and-protection-order-breach",
"summary": "A Limpopo businessman was fined R25,000 and handed suspended prison terms after being convicted of intimidation and contravening a protection order.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T13:57:00Z",
"author": "Zainul Dawood",
"image_url": "https://iol-prod.appspot.com/image/7c037788de044f7087b92d14a582faaf66c5f6c4"
}
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/iol/news" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"