Endpoint Playground

Try the SFGate article API

Returns public SFGATE article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Article pages are served through proxied browser renderers; the service does not bypass authentication or access controls, and marks paywalled=true when only a teaser is public.

What a live request returned

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

Observed request: GET /sfgate/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fhome%2Farticle%2Fabout-sfgate-15613713.php
Fields with a value in every checked item: url, title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, image_url, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2020-10-01; section: “Home”; url: sfgate.com.

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

SFGate article API documentation SFGate platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sfgate/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fbayarea%2Farticle%2Fexample-story-22400001.php' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/example-story-22400001.php	Canonical SFGate article URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/example-story-22400001.php",
    "title": "Example story",
    "section": "Bay Area",
    "authors": [
      "Example Writer"
    ],
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

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Get an SFGate author profile Get SFGate section headlines Get SFGate top stories Get SFGate sections

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.articleResponseDocSFGate

GET /sfgate/article

Get SFGate article content

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical SFGate article URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/example-story-22400001.php",
    "title": "Example story",
    "section": "Bay Area",
    "authors": [
      "Example Writer"
    ],
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the SFGate article API

What a live request returned

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

Observed request: GET /sfgate/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fhome%2Farticle%2Fabout-sfgate-15613713.php
Fields with a value in every checked item: url, title, description, published_at, updated_at, section, image_url, paragraphs

Sample value profiles: published_at: 2020-10-01; section: “Home”; url: sfgate.com.

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

SFGate article API documentation SFGate platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sfgate/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fbayarea%2Farticle%2Fexample-story-22400001.php' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/example-story-22400001.php	Canonical SFGate article URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/example-story-22400001.php",
    "title": "Example story",
    "section": "Bay Area",
    "authors": [
      "Example Writer"
    ],
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}

More SFGate endpoints

Get an SFGate author profile Get SFGate section headlines Get SFGate top stories Get SFGate 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.

1 shown

Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.articleResponseDocSFGate

GET /sfgate/article

Get SFGate article content

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 SFGate 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://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/example-story-22400001.php",
    "title": "Example story",
    "section": "Bay Area",
    "authors": [
      "Example Writer"
    ],
    "paragraphs": [
      "Example public paragraph."
    ]
  }
}