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Variety API endpoint
Variety article API
Returns one Variety article by its canonical `variety.com` `url`, in the form `/<year>/<vertical>/<subcategory>/<slug>-<id>/`. The response has the title, description, authors, section, published and updated times, lead image, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestVarietypublicnews.articleResponseDoc
Variety/variety/articleEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /variety/article
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Variety
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS variety.com article URL, /<year>/<vertical>/<subcategory>/<slug>-<id>/. Returns public metadata and body paragraphs.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /variety/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2026%2Fmusic%2Fglobal%2Foasis-more-live-27-shows-uk-italy-germany-1236873146%2F
- Fields returned with a value
- 7
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | variety.com |
| title | Has a value | 57 characters |
| 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 | variety.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 17 entries |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Variety article URL | https://variety.com/2026/music/global/oasis-more-live-27-shows-uk-italy-germany-1236873146/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/variety/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2026%2Fmusic%2Fglobal%2Foasis-more-live-27-shows-uk-italy-germany-1236873146%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/",
"title": "Example article",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T13:05:49Z",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/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 |
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/variety/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2026%2Fmusic%2Fglobal%2Foasis-more-live-27-shows-uk-italy-germany-1236873146%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"