Endpoint Playground
Test Crawlora's Townhall 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/townhall/article?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Townhall article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
"title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
"description": "A second man arrested in Mississippi hanging case; AP omits key facts about suspects' race.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T18:30:52Z",
"section": "News",
"authors": [
"Amy Curtis"
],
"image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a-1200x630.png",
"paragraphs": [
"The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune."
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns public Townhall article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical news or column URL. VIP stories are flagged with paywalled and return only the free lead paragraphs.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
"title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
"description": "A second man arrested in Mississippi hanging case; AP omits key facts about suspects' race.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T18:30:52Z",
"section": "News",
"authors": [
"Amy Curtis"
],
"image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a-1200x630.png",
"paragraphs": [
"The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune."
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/townhall/article?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"