USA Today API endpoint
Returns one normal USA Today article's public metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Video, gallery, and other non-article routes are not supported.
/usatoday/articleQuery parameter: required url, a canonical USA Today article URL (e.g. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/dodgers/2026/09/23/example/91899080007/). Query strings and fragments are stripped; the URL is canonicalized to https://www.usatoday.com.
Returns one normal USA Today article's public metadata — title, description, section, published_at, updated_at, authors, image_url, is_accessible_for_free — plus its body paragraphs in order.
Behavior:
404.503; the parser never returns an empty body as success.503.| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | usatoday.com |
| title | Has a value | 63 characters |
| description | Has a value | 147 characters |
| section | Has a value | “sports” |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-23 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-23 |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | usatoday.com |
| is_accessible_for_free | Has a value | true |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 8 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical USA Today article URL | https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/dodgers/2026/09/23/shohei-ohtani-return-from-il/91899080007/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/usatoday/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fmlb%2Fdodgers%2F2026%2F09%2F23%2Fshohei-ohtani-return-from-il%2F91899080007%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"url": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/dodgers/2026/09/23/example/91899080007/",
"title": "Example headline",
"description": "Example summary.",
"section": "sports",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T06:05:07Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-23T06:05:07Z",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"is_accessible_for_free": true,
"paragraphs": [
"First paragraph.",
"Second paragraph."
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/usatoday.articleResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | 200 | |||
| data | usatoday.ArticleResponse | No | ||||
| data.authors | array | No | ||||
| data.description | string | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.is_accessible_for_free | boolean | No | ||||
| data.paragraphs | array | No | ||||
| data.published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.section | string | No | ||||
| data.title | string | No | ||||
| data.updated_at | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No | ||||
| msg | string | No | OK |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/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/usatoday/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fsports%2Fmlb%2Fdodgers%2F2026%2F09%2F23%2Fshohei-ohtani-return-from-il%2F91899080007%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"