Endpoint Playground
Returns one The Daily Beast article by its canonical `url`, either a root-level slug or one under a single content vertical such as `obsessed`. The response has the title, description, section, authors, publication and update times, lead image URL, body `paragraphs` and a `paywalled` flag. Digest or index pages are not articles and return an error.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 9 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-23; section: “politics”; url: thedailybeast.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thedailybeast/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailybeast.com%2Fmurdoch-paper-predicts-trumps-panicked-plan-will-backfire%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.thedailybeast.com/murdoch-paper-predicts-trumps-panicked-plan-will-backfire/ | Canonical The Daily Beast article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.thedailybeast.com/example-headline-with-several-words/",
"title": "Example article",
"description": "Example description.",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T10:46:22Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-23T10:53:51Z",
"section": "politics",
"authors": [
"Example Author"
],
"image_url": "https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/example.jpg",
"paragraphs": [
"Example public paragraph."
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.