Endpoint Playground
Returns public Metro article metadata (headline, description, section, authors, publish/update times, lead image) and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Metro articles are free to read; live-blog entries are included in the body.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 9 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-24; section: “Politics”; url: metro.co.uk.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fandy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/ | Canonical Metro article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
"title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
"description": "The Prime Minister was speaking at the UN General Assembly, and took a hard stance against Russia in his speech.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:38Z",
"section": "Politics",
"authors": [
"Craig Munro"
],
"image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all",
"paragraphs": [
"Remember Rishi Sunak’s first meeting with Joe Biden, at the White House in June 2023?"
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.