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Test Crawlora's Metro article 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/metro/article?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Metro article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
"title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
"description": "The Prime Minister was speaking at the UN General Assembly, and took a hard stance against Russia in his speech.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:38Z",
"section": "Politics",
"authors": [
"Craig Munro"
],
"image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all",
"paragraphs": [
"Remember Rishi Sunak’s first meeting with Joe Biden, at the White House in June 2023?"
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns public Metro article metadata (headline, description, section, authors, publish/update times, lead image) and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Metro articles are free to read; live-blog entries are included in the body.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
"title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
"description": "The Prime Minister was speaking at the UN General Assembly, and took a hard stance against Russia in his speech.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:38Z",
"section": "Politics",
"authors": [
"Craig Munro"
],
"image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all",
"paragraphs": [
"Remember Rishi Sunak’s first meeting with Joe Biden, at the White House in June 2023?"
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/article?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"