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Investopedia API endpoint
Investopedia article API
Returns metadata (title, description, dates, section, authors, image) and body paragraphs for a public Investopedia page that uses the article template: news stories, dictionary terms (/terms/...), explainers and Q&A pages (/articles/..., /ask/answers/..., and similar), and product roundups. Section listing pages and author profiles are rejected with a 400 that names the endpoint to use instead.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestInvestopediapublicnews.articleResponseDoc
Investopedia/investopedia/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /investopedia/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Investopedia
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is an HTTPS investopedia.com content URL. Every page
that uses Investopedia's article template is accepted, including:
- news stories, e.g.
https://www.investopedia.com/three-things-to-expect-from-the-trump-xi-summit-12137437 - dictionary terms, e.g.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/compoundinterest.asp - explainers and Q&A pages, e.g.
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/difference-between-fundamental-and-technical-analysis/ - product roundups, e.g.
https://www.investopedia.com/best-online-brokers-4587872
Query strings and fragments are dropped and the URL is normalized to https://www.investopedia.com. Returns title, description, published_at, updated_at (RFC 3339, UTC), section (the page's category, e.g. Stocks), authors, image_url, and the body as paragraphs. Key takeaway boxes, tables, charts, and ads are not included. Section listing pages and author profiles return 400 with a message naming the endpoint to use instead (investopedia-headlines or investopedia-author); an unknown page returns 404.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /investopedia/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investopedia.com%2Fterms%2Fc%2Fcompoundinterest.asp
- Fields returned with a value
- 9
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | investopedia.com |
| title | Has a value | 57 characters |
| description | Has a value | 143 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2006-12-21 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2025-12-22 |
| section | Has a value | “Banking” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | investopedia.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 31 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Investopedia article, term, or explainer URL | https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/compoundinterest.asp | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/investopedia/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investopedia.com%2Fterms%2Fc%2Fcompoundinterest.asp" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/compoundinterest.asp",
"title": "The Power of Compound Interest: Calculations and Examples",
"description": "Compound interest is interest earned on both principal and previously accrued interest.",
"published_at": "2006-12-21T17:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2025-12-22T22:07:59Z",
"section": "Banking",
"authors": [
"Jason Fernando"
],
"image_url": "https://www.investopedia.com/thmb/example.jpg",
"paragraphs": [
"Compound interest is interest that is added to the initial principal of a deposit, investment, or loan."
]
}
}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/investopedia/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.investopedia.com%2Fterms%2Fc%2Fcompoundinterest.asp" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"