The Daily Beast API endpoint
Returns one The Daily Beast article by its canonical `url`, either a root-level slug or one under a single content vertical such as `obsessed`. The response has the title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, lead image URL, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag. Digest or index pages are not articles and return an error.
/thedailybeast/articleQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS thedailybeast.com article URL, either a flat root-level slug (https://www.thedailybeast.com/<slug>/) or one with a single leading content-vertical segment (https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/<slug>/). The endpoint returns public metadata and body paragraphs only; a blocked, unparsable, or non-article upstream page (a digest/index page, for example) returns an upstream error.
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | thedailybeast.com |
| title | Has a value | 58 characters |
| description | Has a value | 107 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-23 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-23 |
| section | Has a value | “politics” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | media.thedailybeast.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 21 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical The Daily Beast article URL | https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-predicts-trumps-panicked-plan-will-backfire/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thedailybeast/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fmurdoch-paper-predicts-trumps-panicked-plan-will-backfire%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/example-headline-with-several-words/",
"title": "Example article",
"description": "Example description.",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T10:46:22Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-23T10:53:51Z",
"section": "politics",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"image_url": "https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/example.jpg",
"paragraphs": [
"Example public 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 |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thedailybeast/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fmurdoch-paper-predicts-trumps-panicked-plan-will-backfire%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"