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Times of India API endpoint
Times of India article API
Returns public Times of India article metadata (title, author(s), published/updated dates, section, lead image) and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. A story gated behind a subscription returns a permission error instead of a truncated or fabricated body.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestTimes of Indiapublicnews.articleResponseDoc
Times of India/timesofindia/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /timesofindia/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Times of India
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS timesofindia.indiatimes.com/<section-path>/articleshow/<id>.cms URL. The endpoint returns public metadata (title, author(s), published/updated dates, a section label read from the article URL's own path, and a lead image where available) and body paragraphs only.
A story gated behind a Times of India subscription (including "Exclusive Articles" pieces published outside the /toi-plus/ path) returns a 403 permission error instead of a 200 with a truncated or fabricated body.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /timesofindia/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Findia-business%2Fstock-market-crash-today-why-are-sensex-nifty-down-on-september-24-2026-op-reasons-for-fall%2Farticleshow%2F134456699.cms
- Fields returned with a value
- 9
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | timesofindia.indiatimes.com |
| title | Has a value | 103 characters |
| description | Has a value | 151 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| section | Has a value | “business” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | static.toiimg.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 30 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Times of India article URL | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134456699.cms | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timesofindia/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Findia-business%2Fexample-story%2Farticleshow%2F134456699.cms" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134456699.cms",
"title": "Example Times of India Story",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T14:22:00+05:30",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T15:10:00+05:30",
"section": "business",
"authors": [
"Jane Reporter"
],
"image_url": "https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/resizemode-4,width-1280,height-720,msid-134456736/134456736.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 |
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/timesofindia/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Findia-business%2Fexample-story%2Farticleshow%2F134456699.cms" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"