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News.com.au API endpoint
News.com.au article API
Returns a News.com.au article by canonical `url`, which must be a `www.news.com.au` link ending in `/news-story/<32-character-id>`. The response has title, description, section, authors, lead image, publication and update times, a `paywalled` flag and body `paragraphs`. `authors` is empty for wire or agency pieces with no byline.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestNews.com.aupublicnews.articleResponseDoc
News.com.au/newscomau/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /newscomau/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- News.com.au
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS www.news.com.au article URL
ending in /news-story/<32-character-id>. Returns public metadata and body
paragraphs. authors is empty for wire/agency-sourced pieces that carry no
byline upstream.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /newscomau/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Ffinance%2Fwork%2Fleaders%2Funpleasant-reason-jacinda-ardern-and-her-family-splashed-53-million-on-new-sydney-home%2Fnews-story%2Ff60189564bf0861cc8783d4eac52b39e
- Fields returned with a value
- 9
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | news.com.au |
| title | Has a value | 41 characters |
| description | Has a value | 235 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-23 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-23 |
| section | Has a value | “finance” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | content.api.news |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 41 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical News.com.au article URL | https://www.news.com.au/national/example-headline/news-story/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/newscomau/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fnational%2Fexample-headline%2Fnews-story%2F0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/example-headline/news-story/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef",
"title": "Example headline",
"section": "national",
"authors": [
"Example Writer"
],
"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/newscomau/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fnational%2Fexample-headline%2Fnews-story%2F0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"