Endpoint Playground
Returns a ScienceAlert article by absolute canonical `url`: title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, image, the cleaned body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag. Section pages and author listing URLs are rejected.
Start from the checked request: GET /sciencealert/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fthe-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how. Live check on 2026-10-14: one record. Fields present in every checked record: url, title, published_at, updated_at, section, authors, image_url, paragraphs.
For a known public contributor profile, continue with Get a ScienceAlert author profile.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 8 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-28; section: “Physics”; url: sciencealert.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sciencealert/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fthe-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sun-and-moon-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-scientists-may-finally-know-how | Canonical ScienceAlert article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"title": "Example science story",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/example-science-story",
"section": "Space",
"authors": [
"Michelle Starr"
],
"paragraphs": [
"Example opening paragraph.",
"Example second paragraph."
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.