Endpoint Playground
Returns an IOL article by `url`, a canonical `iol.co.za` story link. The response has the title, description, section (the deepest in the breadcrumb, such as `Crime and Courts`), authors, lead image, publish and update times, and body `paragraphs`. Section, author, tag and search pages are rejected. `paywalled` is never set.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 9 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-24; section: “Crime and Courts”; url: iol.co.za.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/iol/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fiol.co.za%2Fnews%2Fcrime-and-courts%2F2026-09-24-homii-lift-tragedy-durban-father-demands-ethekwini-report-nearly-a-year-after-twins-fall%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-24-homii-lift-tragedy-durban-father-demands-ethekwini-report-nearly-a-year-after-twins-fall/ | Canonical IOL article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://iol.co.za/news/crime-and-courts/2026-09-24-homii-lift-tragedy-durban-father-demands-ethekwini-report-nearly-a-year-after-twins-fall",
"title": "HOMii lift tragedy: Durban father demands eThekwini report nearly a year after twins’ fall",
"description": "Khaya Dlamini is calling on eThekwini Municipality to release its investigation into the HOMii building lift shaft tragedy that killed his son and left his daughter paralysed.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T14:09:10Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T14:09:10Z",
"section": "Crime and Courts",
"authors": [
"Yoshini Perumal"
],
"image_url": "https://iol-prod.appspot.com/image/7a17d1c39c7fc662a8b431895d82cb3651c72831",
"paragraphs": [
"Nearly a year after his eight-year-old twins fell into an open lift shaft at the HOMii Lifestyle residential apartment building in Durban, father Khaya Dlamini is calling on eThekwini Municipality to release its investigation report."
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.