XDA API endpoint
Returns one XDA article by its `url`, which must be a `www.xda-developers.com/<slug>/` link; section hubs, author pages and the bare `xda-developers.com` host are rejected. The response has the title, description, times, section, authors, lead image and body `paragraphs`. `paywalled` is set to `true` only if the page declares the article not free.
/xda/articleQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS www.xda-developers.com article URL in the form /<slug>/. Returns public metadata (title, description, publish and update time, section, authors, lead image) and the body paragraphs. A section hub or other non-article page URL (for example /gaming-handhelds/, /news/ or /contact/) is rejected as an invalid parameter, as is any multi-segment URL such as an /author/<slug>/ page. The bare xda-developers.com host is not accepted; use www.xda-developers.com.
XDA articles were fully public in every sample checked. The response sets paywalled to true only if the page's own structured data declares the article not free to read; in that case paragraphs may be a teaser. Key-points summary boxes, embedded media, galleries and "Related" recirculation cards are not part of paragraphs.
| Field | In the sample | Value in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| url | Has a value | xda-developers.com |
| title | Has a value | 64 characters |
| description | Has a value | 125 characters |
| published_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| updated_at | Has a value | 2026-09-24 |
| section | Has a value | “Gaming Handhelds” |
| authors | Has a value | 1 entry |
| image_url | Has a value | static0.xdaimages.com |
| paragraphs | Has a value | 9 entries |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical XDA article URL | https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-isnt-ruling-out-snapdragon-x2-powered-gaming-handhelds/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/xda/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xda-developers.com%2Fqualcomm-isnt-ruling-out-snapdragon-x2-powered-gaming-handhelds%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/example-article-slug",
"title": "Example article",
"section": "Gaming Handhelds",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"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 |
| 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/xda/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xda-developers.com%2Fqualcomm-isnt-ruling-out-snapdragon-x2-powered-gaming-handhelds%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"