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WalesOnline API endpoint

WalesOnline article API

Returns public WalesOnline article metadata (including the section) and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL, including live blogs. Photo-gallery URLs are rejected.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestWalesOnlinepublicnews.articleResponseDoc/walesonline/article

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /walesonline/article
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: WalesOnline
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc

WalesOnline Scraper API Try WalesOnline article API in Playground WalesOnline API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS WalesOnline article URL (a walesonline.co.uk path under /news/, /sport/, /whats-on/, /lifestyle/ or /special-features/ ending in the numeric article id). The endpoint returns public metadata (title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url) and the body paragraphs only. Live blogs are readable. Photo-gallery URLs (.../gallery/...) have no article body and return a 400 error. WalesOnline has no paywall: every sampled article returned its full body, and a blocked or unreadable page returns an upstream error rather than a partial body.

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /walesonline/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fmajor-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727
Fields returned with a value: 9

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
url	Has a value	walesonline.co.uk
title	Has a value	95 characters
description	Has a value	82 characters
published_at	Has a value	2026-09-24
updated_at	Has a value	2026-09-25
section	Has a value	“Latest Wales News”
authors	Has a value	1 entry
image_url	Has a value	i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk
paragraphs	Has a value	18 entries

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical WalesOnline article URL	https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/major-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/walesonline/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fmajor-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/major-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727",
    "title": "Example article",
    "section": "Latest Wales News",
    "authors": [
      "Example Reporter"
    ],
    "published_at": "2026-09-24T21:27:20Z",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	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
429	Too Many Requests	#/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/walesonline/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fmajor-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

More WalesOnline endpoint docs WalesOnline Scraper API WalesOnline author profile API documentation WalesOnline section headlines API documentation WalesOnline top stories API documentation WalesOnline sections API documentation

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WalesOnline API endpoint

WalesOnline article API

Returns public WalesOnline article metadata (including the section) and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL, including live blogs. Photo-gallery URLs are rejected.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestWalesOnlinepublicnews.articleResponseDoc/walesonline/article

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /walesonline/article
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: WalesOnline
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc

WalesOnline Scraper API Try WalesOnline article API in Playground WalesOnline API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /walesonline/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fmajor-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727
Fields returned with a value: 9

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
url	Has a value	walesonline.co.uk
title	Has a value	95 characters
description	Has a value	82 characters
published_at	Has a value	2026-09-24
updated_at	Has a value	2026-09-25
section	Has a value	“Latest Wales News”
authors	Has a value	1 entry
image_url	Has a value	i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk
paragraphs	Has a value	18 entries

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical WalesOnline article URL	https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/major-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/walesonline/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fmajor-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/major-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727",
    "title": "Example article",
    "section": "Latest Wales News",
    "authors": [
      "Example Reporter"
    ],
    "published_at": "2026-09-24T21:27:20Z",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.articleResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	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
429	Too Many Requests	#/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/walesonline/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walesonline.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fwales-news%2Fmajor-welsh-theatre-figure-who-34653727" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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WalesOnline article API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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WalesOnline article API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related