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Washington Post article content API

Returns one public Washington Post article's metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Metered articles that the site truncates are not available.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestWashington Postwapo.articleResponseDoc/wapo/article

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /wapo/article
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Washington Post
Response schema: #/definitions/wapo.articleResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

Query parameter: required url, a canonical Washington Post article URL (e.g. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/17/example-slug/). Query strings and fragments are stripped; the URL is canonicalized to https://www.washingtonpost.com.

Returns one public Washington Post article's metadata — title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url — plus its body paragraphs in order.

Behavior:

Metered articles that the site serves as a truncated teaser return 403; a metered article is never returned as a hollow success.
An article that yields metadata but no body paragraphs is treated as parser drift and returns 503.
Non-article URLs (including undated recipe/video pages) and non-Washington Post hosts return 400 before any upstream request.

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /wapo/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2026%2F09%2F17%2Fmicrosoft-exec-called-ai-largest-theft-labor-history-court-records-show%2F
Fields returned with a value: 9

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
url	Has a value	washingtonpost.com
title	Has a value	84 characters
description	Has a value	109 characters
published_at	Has a value	2026-09-17
updated_at	Has a value	2026-09-18
section	Has a value	“Media”
authors	Has a value	2 entries
image_url	Has a value	cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com
paragraphs	Has a value	21 entries

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical Washington Post article URL	https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/17/example-slug/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/wapo/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2026%2F09%2F17%2Fexample-slug%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/17/example-slug/",
    "title": "Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show",
    "description": "The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.",
    "published_at": "2026-09-17T21:47:05.859Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-18T00:41:06.075Z",
    "section": "Media",
    "authors": [
      "Scott Nover",
      "Gerrit De Vynck"
    ],
    "image_url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=example",
    "paragraphs": [
      "First paragraph of the article.",
      "Second paragraph of the article."
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/wapo.articleResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	wapo.ArticleResponse	No
data.authors	array	No
data.description	string	No
data.image_url	string	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

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
403	Forbidden	#/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/wapo/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2026%2F09%2F17%2Fexample-slug%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Washington Post API endpoint

Washington Post article content API

Returns one public Washington Post article's metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Metered articles that the site truncates are not available.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestWashington Postwapo.articleResponseDoc/wapo/article

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /wapo/article
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Washington Post
Response schema: #/definitions/wapo.articleResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

Returns one public Washington Post article's metadata — title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url — plus its body paragraphs in order.

Behavior:

Metered articles that the site serves as a truncated teaser return 403; a metered article is never returned as a hollow success.
An article that yields metadata but no body paragraphs is treated as parser drift and returns 503.
Non-article URLs (including undated recipe/video pages) and non-Washington Post hosts return 400 before any upstream request.

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /wapo/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2026%2F09%2F17%2Fmicrosoft-exec-called-ai-largest-theft-labor-history-court-records-show%2F
Fields returned with a value: 9

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
url	Has a value	washingtonpost.com
title	Has a value	84 characters
description	Has a value	109 characters
published_at	Has a value	2026-09-17
updated_at	Has a value	2026-09-18
section	Has a value	“Media”
authors	Has a value	2 entries
image_url	Has a value	cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com
paragraphs	Has a value	21 entries

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical Washington Post article URL	https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/17/example-slug/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/wapo/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2026%2F09%2F17%2Fexample-slug%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/09/17/example-slug/",
    "title": "Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show",
    "description": "The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.",
    "published_at": "2026-09-17T21:47:05.859Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-09-18T00:41:06.075Z",
    "section": "Media",
    "authors": [
      "Scott Nover",
      "Gerrit De Vynck"
    ],
    "image_url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=example",
    "paragraphs": [
      "First paragraph of the article.",
      "Second paragraph of the article."
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/wapo.articleResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	wapo.ArticleResponse	No
data.authors	array	No
data.description	string	No
data.image_url	string	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

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
403	Forbidden	#/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/wapo/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fbusiness%2F2026%2F09%2F17%2Fexample-slug%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Washington Post article content 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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Washington Post article content API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related