Malay Mail API endpoint
Returns a Malay Mail article by `url`, an absolute canonical link in the dated form `/news/<section>/<year>/<month>/<day>/<slug>/<id>`. The response has the title, description, section, authors, lead image, publish and update times, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag.
/malaymail/articleQuery parameters:
url (required): an absolute canonical Malay Mail article URL using the
dated /news/<section>/<year>/<month>/<day>/<slug>/<id> path.Returns public article metadata and readable body paragraphs from the story page.
Start from the checked request: GET /malaymail/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.malaymail.com%2Fnews%2Fmalaysia%2F2026%2F09%2F29%2Fpm-anwar-professional-expertise-must-go-beyond-specialisation-to-bring-malaysia-forward%2F237025. 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.
Return to section story discovery with Get Malay Mail section headlines.
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | malaymail.com |
| title | Has a value | 88 characters |
| description | Has a value | 169 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-29 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-29 |
| section | Has a value | “Malaysia” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | malaymail.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 16 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Malay Mail article URL | https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/29/pm-anwar-professional-expertise-must-go-beyond-specialisation-to-bring-malaysia-forward/237025 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/malaymail/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.malaymail.com%2Fnews%2Fmalaysia%2F2026%2F09%2F29%2Fpm-anwar-professional-expertise-must-go-beyond-specialisation-to-bring-malaysia-forward%2F237025" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/09/29/example-story/237025",
"title": "Example Malay Mail story",
"section": "Malaysia",
"paragraphs": [
"First story paragraph.",
"Second story 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/malaymail/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.malaymail.com%2Fnews%2Fmalaysia%2F2026%2F09%2F29%2Fpm-anwar-professional-expertise-must-go-beyond-specialisation-to-bring-malaysia-forward%2F237025" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"