Endpoint Playground
Returns public Toronto Star article metadata and the body paragraphs shown to an anonymous reader from a canonical article URL. The Star meters its articles, so paywalled is true and paragraphs holds only the public teaser (typically the first two paragraphs) whenever the page hides the rest from non-subscribers.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 10 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-23; section: “news/gta”; url: thestar.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/torontostar/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Fgta%2Fcourt-set-to-hear-from-victims-families-in-case-of-international-poison-seller-kenneth-law%2Farticle_e760a06a-60da-49b6-ae00-fe14e1b5eb5b.html' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/court-set-to-hear-from-victims-families-in-case-of-international-poison-seller-kenneth-law/article_e760a06a-60da-49b6-ae00-fe14e1b5eb5b.html | Canonical Toronto Star article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/court-set-to-hear-from-victims-families-in-case-of-international-poison-seller-kenneth-law/article_e760a06a-60da-49b6-ae00-fe14e1b5eb5b.html",
"title": "Suicide victims' families confront Ontario poison seller Kenneth Law",
"description": "You may one day regain your freedom, Mr. Law, but you will never erase the consequences of what you did.",
"published_at": "2026-09-23T22:25:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T13:02:54Z",
"section": "news/gta",
"authors": [
"Omar Mosleh"
],
"image_url": "https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/0e/60ef5444-6688-51c1-aa88-b8f0ce5876c4/6ab44ef5a9967.image.jpg",
"paywalled": true,
"paragraphs": [
"Leonardo Bedoya Forero strives to cling to joyous memories of his daughter, Jeshennia Bedoya-Lopez. The celebrations, the milestones, the ordinary days.",
"But no matter how hard he tries, there's an image he can't escape."
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.