CBR API endpoint
Returns a CBR article by `url`, a canonical `cbr.com` address of the form `/<slug>/`: title, description, publication and update times, section, authors, image and the body `paragraphs`. Section, video, author and category pages are rejected as invalid. `paywalled` is `true` only if the page declares the article not free, and then `paragraphs` may be a teaser.
/cbr/articleQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS cbr.com (or www.cbr.com) article URL in the form /<slug>/. Returns public metadata (title, description, publish and update time, section, authors, lead image) and the body paragraphs. A section or hub page URL (for example /interviews/, /videos/ or /contact/) is rejected as an invalid parameter, as is any multi-segment URL such as a /video/<slug>/ video page, an /author/<slug>/ page or a /category/... page.
CBR articles were fully public in every sample checked. The response sets paywalled to true only if the page's own structured data declares the article not free to read; in that case paragraphs may be a teaser. Embedded videos, galleries, callout boxes and the site's "Related" recirculation cards are not part of paragraphs.
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | cbr.com |
| title | Has a value | 81 characters |
| description | Has a value | 147 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| section | Has a value | “Comics” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | static0.cbrimages.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 14 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical CBR article URL | https://www.cbr.com/star-trek-2-release-date-confirmed-cover-reveal/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbr/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fstar-trek-2-release-date-confirmed-cover-reveal%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://cbr.com/example-article-slug",
"title": "Example article",
"section": "Comics",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"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 |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/cbr/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fstar-trek-2-release-date-confirmed-cover-reveal%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"