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Daily Maverick API endpoint
Daily Maverick article API
Extracts the public article metadata and body paragraphs Daily Maverick serves to an anonymous visitor. The paywalled flag is set only when the page exposes the publisher's access-control marker.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestDaily Maverickpublicnews.articleResponseDoc
Daily Maverick/dailymaverick/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /dailymaverick/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Daily Maverick
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Returns metadata and the article paragraphs Daily Maverick serves to an anonymous visitor. url is required and must be a canonical www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/<slug> or /opinionista/<slug> URL. paywalled is included only when the page exposes the publisher's explicit access-control marker; it does not infer access from category or subscription labels. If paywalled is true, the paragraphs may be a public teaser rather than the full story.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /dailymaverick/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymaverick.co.za%2Farticle%2F2026-09-29-nmb-flying-squad-get-two-cars-and-a-promise-of-more%2F
- Fields returned with a value
- 9
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | dailymaverick.co.za |
| title | Has a value | 49 characters |
| description | Has a value | 246 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-29 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-29 |
| section | Has a value | “Nelson Mandela Bay” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | cdn.dailymaverick.co.za |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 24 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Daily Maverick article or opinionista URL | https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-29-nmb-flying-squad-get-two-cars-and-a-promise-of-more/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dailymaverick/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymaverick.co.za%2Farticle%2F2026-09-29-nmb-flying-squad-get-two-cars-and-a-promise-of-more%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-29-nmb-flying-squad-get-two-cars-and-a-promise-of-more/",
"title": "NMB Flying Squad back on the road – but only just",
"published_at": "2026-09-29T15:15:05Z",
"paragraphs": [
"The Nelson Mandela Bay Flying Squad is back on the road, although barely."
]
}
}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 |
Failure responses
| 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 |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dailymaverick/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailymaverick.co.za%2Farticle%2F2026-09-29-nmb-flying-squad-get-two-cars-and-a-promise-of-more%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"