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SBS News API endpoint
SBS News article API
Returns public SBS News article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL, including standard, Insight, and Dateline stories.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestSBS Newspublicnews.articleResponseDoc
SBS News/sbsnews/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /sbsnews/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- SBS News
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is required and must be a canonical HTTPS SBS News URL in /news/article/<slug>/<id>, /news/insight/article/<slug>/<id>, or /news/dateline/article/<slug>/<id> form. Returns public article metadata and body paragraphs. Subscriber/login-only or challenge responses are not bypassed.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /sbsnews/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbs.com.au%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fmeta-touted-teen-safety-tool-barely-anyone-using-it%2Fbrm5k3tng. Live check on 2026-10-14: one record. Fields present in every checked record: url, title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, image_url, paragraphs.
For a known public contributor profile, continue with Get an SBS News author profile.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /sbsnews/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbs.com.au%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fmeta-touted-teen-safety-tool-barely-anyone-using-it%2Fbrm5k3tng
- Fields returned with a value
- 8
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | sbs.com.au |
| title | Has a value | 92 characters |
| description | Has a value | 68 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-08-26 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-08-26 |
| section | Has a value | “World” |
| image_url | Has a value | assets.sbs.com.au |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 27 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical SBS News article URL | https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/meta-touted-teen-safety-tool-barely-anyone-using-it/brm5k3tng | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sbsnews/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbs.com.au%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fmeta-touted-teen-safety-tool-barely-anyone-using-it%2Fbrm5k3tng" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/example-story/abc123xyz",
"title": "Example SBS News story",
"authors": [
"SBS News"
],
"paragraphs": [
"The first public article paragraph.",
"The next 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/sbsnews/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sbs.com.au%2Fnews%2Farticle%2Fmeta-touted-teen-safety-tool-barely-anyone-using-it%2Fbrm5k3tng" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"