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Live Science API endpoint
Live Science article API
Returns a Live Science article by `url`, a canonical HTTPS `livescience.com` article link. The response has the title, description, section, authors, lead image, publish and update times, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestLive Sciencepublicnews.articleResponseDoc
Live Science/livescience/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /livescience/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Live Science
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS livescience.com article URL. Returns public metadata and body paragraphs.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /livescience/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Fspace%2Fcomets%2Fcould-comet-3i-atlas-teach-us-about-life-beyond-earth-scientists-say-the-storys-not-over-yet
- Fields returned with a value
- 8
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | livescience.com |
| title | Has a value | 95 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| section | Has a value | “Comets” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 20 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Live Science article URL | https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/example-comet-story | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/livescience/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Fspace%2Fcomets%2Fexample-comet-story" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/example-comet-story",
"title": "Example comet story",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T10:00:00Z",
"section": "Comets",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"image_url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/example-2000-80.jpg",
"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 |
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/livescience/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.livescience.com%2Fspace%2Fcomets%2Fexample-comet-story" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"