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The Indian Express API endpoint
The Indian Express article API
Returns public The Indian Express article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. A story gated behind an Express Premium subscription returns a permission error instead of a truncated or paid body.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestThe Indian Expresspublicnews.articleResponseDoc
The Indian Express/indianexpress/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /indianexpress/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Indian Express
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS indianexpress.com article URL in the form /article/<section-path>/<slug>-<id>/. Returns public metadata and body paragraphs.
Some Indian Express stories are gated behind an "Express Premium" subscription. Those stories return a 403 permission error instead of a 200 -- this endpoint never serves a truncated or paid body as if it were the complete free article.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /indianexpress/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Fcities%2Fdelhi%2Fwomen-students-gang-rape-teen-southdelhi-dda-park-10892304%2F
- Fields returned with a value
- 9
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | indianexpress.com |
| title | Has a value | 81 characters |
| description | Has a value | 235 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| section | Has a value | “Delhi,Cities” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | images.indianexpress.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 21 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical The Indian Express article URL | https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/example-article-slug-10892304/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/indianexpress/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Fcities%2Fdelhi%2Fexample-article-slug-10892304%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/india/example-article-slug-10892304/",
"title": "Example article",
"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 |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 403 | Forbidden | #/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/indianexpress/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Findianexpress.com%2Farticle%2Fcities%2Fdelhi%2Fexample-article-slug-10892304%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"