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Medical News Today API endpoint
Medical News Today article API
Returns public article metadata and body paragraphs. No login or paywall is bypassed. URLs under the robots-disallowed /articles/mnt-* path are rejected.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestMedical News Todaymedicalnewstoday.articleResponseDoc
Medical News Today/medicalnewstoday/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /medicalnewstoday/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Medical News Today
- Response schema
- #/definitions/medicalnewstoday.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameters:
url(required): canonical HTTPS article URL onmedicalnewstoday.com, such ashttps://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/fda-clears-two-new-alzheimers-blood-tests-including-one-for-adults-as-young-as-40.
Returns public article metadata and body paragraphs. It does not bypass login or access controls. URLs under the robots-disallowed /articles/mnt-* path are rejected.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /medicalnewstoday/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Ffda-clears-two-new-alzheimers-blood-tests-including-one-for-adults-as-young-as-40. 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 Medical News Today author profile.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /medicalnewstoday/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Ffda-clears-two-new-alzheimers-blood-tests-including-one-for-adults-as-young-as-40
- Fields returned with a value
- 9
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | medicalnewstoday.com |
| title | Has a value | 81 characters |
| description | Has a value | 187 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-26 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-26 |
| section | Has a value | “Alzheimer's / Dementia” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | media.post.rvohealth.io |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 39 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Medical News Today article URL | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/fda-clears-two-new-alzheimers-blood-tests-including-one-for-adults-as-young-as-40 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/medicalnewstoday/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Ffda-clears-two-new-alzheimers-blood-tests-including-one-for-adults-as-young-as-40" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"url": "https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/example",
"title": "Example health story",
"published_at": "2026-09-26",
"paragraphs": [
"The article body begins here."
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/medicalnewstoday.articleResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | medicalnewstoday.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 | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
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/medicalnewstoday/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.medicalnewstoday.com%2Farticles%2Ffda-clears-two-new-alzheimers-blood-tests-including-one-for-adults-as-young-as-40" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"