ABC News Australia API endpoint
Returns an ABC News Australia article by `url`, a canonical `abc.net.au` address in the form `/news/<date>/<slug>/<id>`: title, description, publication time, section, authors, image and the body `paragraphs`. Rolling live-blog posts, whose slug ends `-live-blog`, return an error instead of partial content.
/abcau/articleQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS abc.net.au article URL in the form /news/<date>/<slug>/<id>. Returns public metadata and body paragraphs.
A small share of ABC News Australia stories are rolling live-coverage posts (slug ending -live-blog) rather than standard articles. This endpoint returns an upstream error for those instead of truncated or incorrectly-shaped content.
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | abc.net.au |
| title | Has a value | 64 characters |
| description | Has a value | 107 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 38 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical ABC News Australia article URL | https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/example-article-slug/107189792 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/abcau/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2026-09-24%2Fexample-article-slug%2F107189792" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/example-article-slug/107189792",
"title": "Example article",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T01:45:48Z",
"paragraphs": [
"Example public paragraph."
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newsplatform.ArticleResponse | No | ||||
| data.authors | array | No | ||||
| data.description | string | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.paragraphs | array | No | ||||
| data.paywalled | boolean | No | Paywalled is true when the publisher serves only a teaser of this article to anonymous readers, so Paragraphs is a partial body rather than the full text. It is omitted when the full public body was returned. | |||
| data.published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.section | string | No | ||||
| data.title | string | No | ||||
| data.updated_at | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/abcau/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2026-09-24%2Fexample-article-slug%2F107189792" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"