Endpoint Playground

Try the Kotaku article API

Returns public Kotaku article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Kotaku articles are free to read, so the full body is returned.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 8 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /kotaku/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fdressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522
Fields with a value in every checked item: url, title, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-23; section: “Games”; url: kotaku.com.

Request: GET /kotaku/article
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

Kotaku article API documentation Kotaku platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/kotaku/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fdressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://kotaku.com/dressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522	Canonical Kotaku article URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://kotaku.com/dressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

More Kotaku endpoints

Get a Kotaku author profile Get Kotaku section headlines Get Kotaku top stories Get Kotaku sections

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.articleResponseDocKotaku

GET /kotaku/article

Get Kotaku article content

Returns public Kotaku article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Kotaku articles are free to read, so the full body is returned.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical Kotaku article URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://kotaku.com/dressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the Kotaku article API

Returns public Kotaku article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Kotaku articles are free to read, so the full body is returned.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 8 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /kotaku/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fdressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522
Fields with a value in every checked item: url, title, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-23; section: “Games”; url: kotaku.com.

Request: GET /kotaku/article
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

Kotaku article API documentation Kotaku platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/kotaku/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fdressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://kotaku.com/dressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522	Canonical Kotaku article URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://kotaku.com/dressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

More Kotaku endpoints

Get a Kotaku author profile Get Kotaku section headlines Get Kotaku top stories Get Kotaku sections

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

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Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.articleResponseDocKotaku

GET /kotaku/article

Get Kotaku article content

Returns public Kotaku article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Kotaku articles are free to read, so the full body is returned.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical Kotaku article URL

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://kotaku.com/dressmaker-indie-hours-character-creators-2000736522",
    "title": "Example article",
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}