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ScienceAlert API endpoint
ScienceAlert article API
Returns a ScienceAlert article by absolute canonical `url`: title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, image, the cleaned body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag. Section pages and author listing URLs are rejected.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestScienceAlertpublicnews.articleResponseDoc
ScienceAlert/sciencealert/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /sciencealert/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- ScienceAlert
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is required and must be an absolute canonical ScienceAlert article URL. Section pages and author listing URLs are rejected. The response contains public article metadata and cleaned body paragraphs.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /sciencealert/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fthe-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how. Live check on 2026-10-14: one record. Fields present in every checked record: url, title, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url, paragraphs.
For a known public contributor profile, continue with Get a ScienceAlert author profile.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /sciencealert/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fthe-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how
- Fields returned with a value
- 8
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | sciencealert.com |
| title | Has a value | 77 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-28 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-28 |
| section | Has a value | “Physics” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | sciencealert.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 28 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical ScienceAlert article URL | https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sciencealert/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fthe-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"title": "Example science story",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/example-science-story",
"section": "Space",
"authors": [
"Michelle Starr"
],
"paragraphs": [
"Example opening paragraph.",
"Example second 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/sciencealert/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fthe-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"