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The Age API endpoint

The Age article API

Returns one The Age article's public metadata and the body paragraphs an anonymous visitor's page request is served, from a canonical article URL. The Age runs a metered subscription paywall; the response reports it with is_accessible_for_free (the page's own declaration), paywalled (the page marks the story as subscriber content), and is_truncated (the page served a shortened preview, or no body at all, instead of the full story). Paywalls are never bypassed and body text is never fabricated. Video-only pages are rejected with a 400.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestThe Agepublicnews.theageArticleResponseDoc/theage/article

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /theage/article
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: The Age
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.theageArticleResponseDoc

The Age Scraper API Try The Age article API in Playground The Age API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameter: url (required) is a canonical HTTPS www.theage.com.au article URL in the /<section>/<slug>-<yyyymmdd>-<id>.html form. Any tracking query string is removed before the page is requested. Video-only pages share this URL shape and are rejected with a 400.

Returns the article's public metadata (title, description, publication and update times in UTC, section slug, authors, keywords, lead image) and the body paragraphs an anonymous visitor's page request is served.

is_accessible_for_free: the page's own declaration (true or false), or null when the page does not declare it. The Age currently declares false on its articles.
paywalled: true when the page marks the story, or its body, as subscriber content.
is_truncated: true when the page served a shortened paywall preview, or no body text at all, instead of the full story. paragraphs then holds only the preview that was served, which may be empty.

Example response (paragraphs shortened):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html","title":"Albanese once criticised rivals for abusing this power. Just look at him now","description":"Anthony Albanese promised to fix the political staffing system when he was elected in 2022. Instead, he’s made it worse.","published_at":"2026-09-24T19:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-09-24T19:00:00Z","section":"politics/federal","authors":["James Massola"],"keywords":["Political leadership","Opinion","For subscribers","Anthony Albanese"],"image_url":"https://static.ffx.io/images/...","is_accessible_for_free":false,"paywalled":true,"is_truncated":false,"paragraphs":["When Anthony Albanese came to power in 2022, he slashed the number of well-paid advisers allocated to the crossbenchers in parliament.", "..."]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /theage/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Falbanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html
Fields returned with a value: 13

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
url	Has a value	theage.com.au
title	Has a value	76 characters
description	Has a value	120 characters
published_at	Has a value	2026-09-24
updated_at	Has a value	2026-09-24
section	Has a value	“politics/federal”
authors	Has a value	1 entry
keywords	Has a value	11 entries
image_url	Has a value	static.ffx.io
is_accessible_for_free	Has a value	false
paywalled	Has a value	true
is_truncated	Has a value	false
paragraphs	Has a value	24 entries

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical The Age article URL	https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theage/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Falbanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html",
    "title": "Albanese once criticised rivals for abusing this power. Just look at him now",
    "description": "Anthony Albanese promised to fix the political staffing system when he was elected in 2022. Instead, he’s made it worse.",
    "published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
    "section": "politics/federal",
    "authors": [
      "James Massola"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "Political leadership",
      "Opinion",
      "For subscribers",
      "Anthony Albanese"
    ],
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "is_accessible_for_free": false,
    "paywalled": true,
    "is_truncated": false,
    "paragraphs": [
      "When Anthony Albanese came to power in 2022, he slashed the number of well-paid advisers allocated to the crossbenchers in parliament.",
      "..."
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.theageArticleResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	theage.ArticleResponse	No
data.authors	array	No
data.description	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.is_accessible_for_free	boolean	No
data.is_truncated	boolean	No
data.keywords	array	No
data.paragraphs	array	No
data.paywalled	boolean	No
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/theage/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Falbanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

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The Age API endpoint

The Age article API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestThe Agepublicnews.theageArticleResponseDoc/theage/article

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /theage/article
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: The Age
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.theageArticleResponseDoc

The Age Scraper API Try The Age article API in Playground The Age API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

is_accessible_for_free: the page's own declaration (true or false), or null when the page does not declare it. The Age currently declares false on its articles.
paywalled: true when the page marks the story, or its body, as subscriber content.
is_truncated: true when the page served a shortened paywall preview, or no body text at all, instead of the full story. paragraphs then holds only the preview that was served, which may be empty.

Example response (paragraphs shortened):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html","title":"Albanese once criticised rivals for abusing this power. Just look at him now","description":"Anthony Albanese promised to fix the political staffing system when he was elected in 2022. Instead, he’s made it worse.","published_at":"2026-09-24T19:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-09-24T19:00:00Z","section":"politics/federal","authors":["James Massola"],"keywords":["Political leadership","Opinion","For subscribers","Anthony Albanese"],"image_url":"https://static.ffx.io/images/...","is_accessible_for_free":false,"paywalled":true,"is_truncated":false,"paragraphs":["When Anthony Albanese came to power in 2022, he slashed the number of well-paid advisers allocated to the crossbenchers in parliament.", "..."]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /theage/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Falbanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html
Fields returned with a value: 13

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
url	Has a value	theage.com.au
title	Has a value	76 characters
description	Has a value	120 characters
published_at	Has a value	2026-09-24
updated_at	Has a value	2026-09-24
section	Has a value	“politics/federal”
authors	Has a value	1 entry
keywords	Has a value	11 entries
image_url	Has a value	static.ffx.io
is_accessible_for_free	Has a value	false
paywalled	Has a value	true
is_truncated	Has a value	false
paragraphs	Has a value	24 entries

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical The Age article URL	https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theage/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Falbanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html",
    "title": "Albanese once criticised rivals for abusing this power. Just look at him now",
    "description": "Anthony Albanese promised to fix the political staffing system when he was elected in 2022. Instead, he’s made it worse.",
    "published_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-24T19:00:00Z",
    "section": "politics/federal",
    "authors": [
      "James Massola"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "Political leadership",
      "Opinion",
      "For subscribers",
      "Anthony Albanese"
    ],
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "is_accessible_for_free": false,
    "paywalled": true,
    "is_truncated": false,
    "paragraphs": [
      "When Anthony Albanese came to power in 2022, he slashed the number of well-paid advisers allocated to the crossbenchers in parliament.",
      "..."
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.theageArticleResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	theage.ArticleResponse	No
data.authors	array	No
data.description	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.is_accessible_for_free	boolean	No
data.is_truncated	boolean	No
data.keywords	array	No
data.paragraphs	array	No
data.paywalled	boolean	No
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/theage/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theage.com.au%2Fpolitics%2Ffederal%2Falbanese-once-criticised-rivals-for-abusing-this-power-just-look-at-him-now-20260925-p60zxu.html" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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The Age article API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related

The Age article API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related