Endpoint Playground
Returns public Townhall article metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical news or column URL. VIP stories are flagged with paywalled and return only the free lead paragraphs.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 9 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-24; section: “Columns”; url: townhall.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/townhall/article?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Fnews%2Famy-curtis%2F2026%2F09%2F24%2Fsecond-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524 | Canonical Townhall article URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://townhall.com/news/amy-curtis/2026/09/24/second-man-arrested-in-mississippi-hanging-ap-ignores-race-n2683524",
"title": "A Second Man Was Arrested in Mississippi Hanging Case. Guess What the AP Didn't Tell Us.",
"description": "A second man arrested in Mississippi hanging case; AP omits key facts about suspects' race.",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T22:00:53Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T18:30:52Z",
"section": "News",
"authors": [
"Amy Curtis"
],
"image_url": "https://media.townhall.com/cdn/hodl/2026/161/9eb18b91-0a9e-4d95-9083-0b888275e26a-1200x630.png",
"paragraphs": [
"The Associated Press should be ashamed. Just two days ago, they were the recipients of a Community Note after their X post conveniently omitted some important facts about the murder of Tasia Fortune."
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.