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Houston Chronicle API endpoint
Houston Chronicle article API
Returns public Houston Chronicle article metadata and the body available in the anonymous response. Premium stories are flagged from the publisher's content-tier and JSON-LD markers; the service does not authenticate or bypass access controls.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestHouston Chroniclepublicnews.articleResponseDoc
Houston Chronicle/houston-chronicle/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /houston-chronicle/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Houston Chronicle
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url must be a canonical HTTPS houstonchronicle.com/<category>/article/<slug>-<id>.php URL; multi-segment categories are allowed. Returns the public article metadata and paragraphs present in the anonymous response. paywalled is set to true when the publisher's article:content_tier is non-free or NewsArticle JSON-LD marks the story isAccessibleForFree: false; this marker is preserved even when article metadata is available in the public page. The service does not authenticate, remove the publisher's access controls, or claim that a metered article is free. A page with no usable article body or an uncleared challenge returns an upstream error.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /houston-chronicle/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fsports%2Ftexans%2Farticle%2Fnico-collins-ed-ingram-injuries-22452361.php. Live check on 2026-10-14: one record. Fields present in every checked record: url, title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url.
For a known public contributor profile, continue with Get a Houston Chronicle author profile.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /houston-chronicle/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fsports%2Ftexans%2Farticle%2Fnico-collins-ed-ingram-injuries-22452361.php
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 9.25 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /houston-chronicle/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fsports%2Ftexans%2Farticle%2Fnico-collins-ed-ingram-injuries-22452361.php
- Fields returned with a value
- 10
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | houstonchronicle.com |
| title | Has a value | 67 characters |
| description | Has a value | 160 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-28 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-28 |
| section | Has a value | “Sports/Texans” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | s.hdnux.com |
| paywalled | Has a value | true |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 8 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Houston Chronicle article URL | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texans/article/nico-collins-ed-ingram-injuries-22452361.php | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/houston-chronicle/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fsports%2Ftexans%2Farticle%2Fnico-collins-ed-ingram-injuries-22452361.php" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/example-story-22400001.php",
"title": "Example Houston story",
"published_at": "2026-09-28T17:00:00Z",
"section": "news",
"authors": [
"Example Writer"
],
"paywalled": true,
"paragraphs": [
"Example paragraph visible in the anonymous page."
]
}
}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 |
| 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/houston-chronicle/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fsports%2Ftexans%2Farticle%2Fnico-collins-ed-ingram-injuries-22452361.php" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"