Endpoint Playground
Returns public article metadata. If the page marks its body as blurred for anonymous visitors, paywalled is true and hidden subscriber text is omitted.
Start from the checked request: GET /japantimes/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2026%2F09%2F28%2Fjapan%2Fexplainer%2Fetc-explainer%2F. Live check on 2026-10-14: one record. Fields present in every checked record: url, title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url. Observed field variation: paragraphs was empty in this check.
For a known public contributor profile, continue with Get a The Japan Times author profile.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 9 fields had a value in every checked item; 1 field was empty in this sample.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-27; section: “JAPAN”; url: japantimes.co.jp.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/japantimes/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.japantimes.co.jp%2Fnews%2F2026%2F09%2F28%2Fjapan%2Fexplainer%2Fetc-explainer%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/japan/explainer/etc-explainer/ | Canonical HTTPS The Japan Times article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/28/japan/explainer/example/",
"title": "Example article",
"published_at": "2026-09-27T17:47:42+09:00",
"section": "JAPAN",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"paywalled": true,
"paragraphs": []
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.