Endpoint Playground
Returns public Birmingham Mail article metadata (including the section) and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Photo-gallery URLs are rejected.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 9 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-24; section: “Midlands News”; url: birminghammail.co.uk.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.birminghammail.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fmidlands-news%2Fbirmingham-road-six-cars-towed-34668610' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-road-six-cars-towed-34668610 | Canonical Birmingham Mail article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/birmingham-road-six-cars-towed-34668610",
"title": "Example article",
"section": "Midlands News",
"authors": [
"Example Reporter"
],
"published_at": "2026-09-24T17:53:22Z",
"paragraphs": [
"Example public paragraph."
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.