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Extract astronomy, launches, skywatching, telescopes, and spaceflight explainers from Space with structured article, section, headline, news, and author data. 5 endpoints documented below.

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First request

Endpoint: GET /space/article
Cost: 2 credits/request

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/space/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Fastronomy%2Fsolar-system%2Fasteroids%2Fastronomers-just-named-an-asteroid-after-weird-al-yankovic" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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How to use Space.com endpoints

Space.com, a Future publication, combines astronomy and spaceflight reporting with skywatching advice, telescope guidance, and explanations of scientific discoveries. A launch update, an observing calendar, and an equipment recommendation have different time horizons. Keep these editorial purposes separate: a skywatching item may remain useful for a specific night, while a spacecraft mission page can be revised as new information appears. On 2026-10-25 the documented slugs nested deep, from astronomy-solar-system-mars to space-exploration-missions-artemis. That Artemis feed returned 10 items from 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-23 by five writers, ranging from NASA's Artemis III moon-lander test-flight plan to Artemis II astronaut interviews and an Artemis Accords explainer. A second pull on 2026-10-27 re-checked the 61-slug section list and the cross-section feed.

Step 1
Pull the deepest slug that fits
The list nests astronomy, space-exploration, stargazing, science, technology and entertainment into child slugs such as space-exploration-missions-artemis or stargazing-eclipses-solar-eclipses. A narrow slug keeps a mission feed free of telescope guides.
Step 2
Separate news, features and explainers
The Artemis feed mixed a 2026-10-23 NASA press-conference story with astronaut features and the Artemis Accords explainer (2026-09-28). Label each record's format; an explainer in a fresh feed is not new reporting.
Step 3
Treat schedule claims as dated
A story on the Artemis III moon-lander test flight said a firm liftoff date had not been announced. Save the publication date and revisit the article rather than carrying the schedule forward.
Step 4
Budget 4,000 characters per article
Pass a canonical public URL to /space/article and use /space/author for the named contributor when available. Keep cited agencies and mission names from the body; the Artemis II launch is described there as last April.
Step 5
Map 61 slugs from astronomy to technology-aerospace
On 2026-10-27 the sections route listed 61 slugs, among them astronomy, astronomy-black-holes, astronomy-dark-universe, astronomy-exoplanets, astronomy-galaxies, astronomy-hubble-space-telescope, astronomy-james-webb-space-telescope, astronomy-solar-system. Send slugs verbatim and keep the slug with each record, since a story can appear under more than one of them.
Step 6
Use the 10-row strip for freshness
The cross-section news route returned 10 stories from 2026-10-26 11:42 UTC to 2026-10-26 21:00 UTC, with bylines on 10 of 10, summaries on 10 of 10 and images on 10 of 10. It suits a quick freshness check; take full rows from a section feed.

Space API endpoints

GET/space/articleapiKey2 credits/request

Get Space.com article content

Returns a Space.com article by canonical `url` in any of the site's URL shapes, including older `.html` reference pages: title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, image and body `paragraphs`. `/news/live/` pages return only their introductory paragraphs, and membership-gated content returns only its public preview.

Required: url.

Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-23; section: “Asteroids”; url: space.com; title: 60 characters; authors: 1 entry; updated_at: 2026-09-23; image_url: cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net; paragraphs: 11 entries.

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GET/space/authorapiKey2 credits/request

Get a Space.com author profile

Returns a Space.com author's profile, looked up by `slug` (for example `elizabeth-howell`) or canonical `url`; exactly one is required. The response has the name, `job_title`, biography, image and the first batch of recent articles on the author page. That page has no URL-based pagination, so no further articles are available.

Optional: slug, url.

Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 25 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-07-06 to 2026-10-13; url: space.com; title: median 83 characters; summary: median 139 characters; image_url: cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net.

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GET/space/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request

Get Space.com section headlines

Returns the latest Space.com stories for one category. `section` is required and takes a slug from `space-sections`, which joins nested category paths with hyphens, such as `astronomy`, `astronomy-solar-system-mars` or `stargazing-meteor-showers`. Each item has its title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image. Other values return a 400.

Required: section (61 allowed values, including astronomy, astronomy-black-holes, astronomy-dark-universe, astronomy-exoplanets, astronomy-galaxies, astronomy-hubble-space-telescope, astronomy-james-webb-space-telescope, astronomy-solar-system, astronomy-solar-system-asteroids, astronomy-solar-system-comets, astronomy-solar-system-dwarf-planets, astronomy-solar-system-earth, astronomy-solar-system-jupiter, astronomy-solar-system-mars, astronomy-solar-system-mercury, astronomy-solar-system-moon, astronomy-solar-system-neptune, astronomy-solar-system-pluto, astronomy-solar-system-saturn, astronomy-solar-system-sun, astronomy-solar-system-uranus, astronomy-solar-system-venus, astronomy-stars, entertainment, entertainment-space-books, entertainment-space-games, entertainment-space-movies-shows, entertainment-space-toys-lego, science, science-astrophysics, science-climate-change, science-particle-physics, science-weather, space-exploration, space-exploration-human-spaceflight, space-exploration-launches-spacecraft, space-exploration-missions, space-exploration-missions-apollo, space-exploration-missions-artemis, space-exploration-missions-asteroid-comet-missions).

Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-08 to 2026-10-13; url: space.com; title: median 80 characters; summary: median 128 characters; image_url: cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net.

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GET/space/newsapiKey1 credit/request

Get Space.com top stories

Returns the latest Space.com top stories (space, astronomy and skywatching news) from the site's latest-news hub. Takes no parameters. Each item has its title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image.

Takes no parameters.

Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: space.com; title: median 92 characters; summary: median 143 characters; image_url: cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net.

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GET/space/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request

Get Space.com sections

Lists the Space.com categories that `space-headlines` accepts, from `astronomy`, `entertainment`, `science`, `space-exploration`, `stargazing` and `technology` down to their subcategories. Each entry has a `slug`, a display `name` and the category `url`. Slugs join the nested path with hyphens, so `astronomy-solar-system-mars` maps to `/astronomy/solar-system/mars`.

Takes no parameters.

Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 61 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “Astronomy” and 60 other values; url: space.com.

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Extract astronomy, launches, skywatching, telescopes, and spaceflight explainers from Space with structured article, section, headline, news, and author data. 5 endpoints documented below.

Try Get Space.com article content Start with endpoint docs Pricing

First request

Endpoint: GET /space/article
Cost: 2 credits/request

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/space/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Fastronomy%2Fsolar-system%2Fasteroids%2Fastronomers-just-named-an-asteroid-after-weird-al-yankovic" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

API key authentication Error handling guide Rate limits and credits Space Scraper API

How to use Space.com endpoints

Step 1
Pull the deepest slug that fits
The list nests astronomy, space-exploration, stargazing, science, technology and entertainment into child slugs such as space-exploration-missions-artemis or stargazing-eclipses-solar-eclipses. A narrow slug keeps a mission feed free of telescope guides.
Step 2
Separate news, features and explainers
The Artemis feed mixed a 2026-10-23 NASA press-conference story with astronaut features and the Artemis Accords explainer (2026-09-28). Label each record's format; an explainer in a fresh feed is not new reporting.
Step 3
Treat schedule claims as dated
A story on the Artemis III moon-lander test flight said a firm liftoff date had not been announced. Save the publication date and revisit the article rather than carrying the schedule forward.
Step 4
Budget 4,000 characters per article
Pass a canonical public URL to /space/article and use /space/author for the named contributor when available. Keep cited agencies and mission names from the body; the Artemis II launch is described there as last April.
Step 5
Map 61 slugs from astronomy to technology-aerospace
On 2026-10-27 the sections route listed 61 slugs, among them astronomy, astronomy-black-holes, astronomy-dark-universe, astronomy-exoplanets, astronomy-galaxies, astronomy-hubble-space-telescope, astronomy-james-webb-space-telescope, astronomy-solar-system. Send slugs verbatim and keep the slug with each record, since a story can appear under more than one of them.
Step 6
Use the 10-row strip for freshness
The cross-section news route returned 10 stories from 2026-10-26 11:42 UTC to 2026-10-26 21:00 UTC, with bylines on 10 of 10, summaries on 10 of 10 and images on 10 of 10. It suits a quick freshness check; take full rows from a section feed.