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Sky Sports API endpoint
Sky Sports article API
Returns a Sky Sports article by `url`, an HTTPS `skysports.com` address with a sport news path such as `/football/news/<id>/<slug>`: title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, image and body `paragraphs`. The returned URL uses `www.skysports.com`, and query strings and fragments are discarded.
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Sky Sports/skysports/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /skysports/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Sky Sports
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Notable response behavior: Returns publicly available article metadata and body paragraphs. URLs are normalized to www.skysports.com and query strings/fragments are discarded.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /skysports/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F13592544%2Fman-city-charges-case-involving-alleged-breaches-of-premier-league-financial-rules-could-drag-on-for-years. Live check on 2026-10-14: one record. Fields present in every checked record: url, title, description, published_at, updated_at, authors, image_url, paragraphs.
For a known public contributor profile, continue with Get a Sky Sports author profile.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /skysports/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F13592544%2Fman-city-charges-case-involving-alleged-breaches-of-premier-league-financial-rules-could-drag-on-for-years
- Fields returned with a value
- 8
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | skysports.com |
| title | Has a value | 107 characters |
| description | Has a value | 237 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-28 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-28 |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | e0.365dm.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 16 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Sky Sports article URL | https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13592544/man-city-charges-case-involving-alleged-breaches-of-premier-league-financial-rules-could-drag-on-for-years | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/skysports/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F13592544%2Fman-city-charges-case-involving-alleged-breaches-of-premier-league-financial-rules-could-drag-on-for-years" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.skysports.com/football/news/13592544/example-story",
"title": "Why Man City charges case could still drag on for years",
"authors": [
"Kaveh Solhekol"
],
"paragraphs": [
"The case could take years to conclude."
]
}
}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/skysports/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skysports.com%2Ffootball%2Fnews%2F13592544%2Fman-city-charges-case-involving-alleged-breaches-of-premier-league-financial-rules-could-drag-on-for-years" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"