Washington Post Scraper
Under maintenancePricing
from $1.50 / 1,000 results
Extract article metadata and headlines from washingtonpost.com -- no account or API key needed.
Input
_input
Optional
The exact input value (URL, or 'latest'/'latest:
') that produced this record.Source strategy
_source
Optional
Which extraction strategy emitted this record (e.g. S1-jsonld, S2-rss).
Scraped at
_scrapedAt
Optional
UTC ISO 8601 timestamp when this record was scraped.
Error
_error
Optional
Present only on failed extractions -- the error kind (e.g. not_found, unexpected_shape).
Error detail
_errorDetail
Optional
Free-form diagnostic detail, present only alongside _error.
Headlines
headlines
Optional
Arc ANS headlines object ({basic: ...}), raw passthrough from NEXT_DATA.
Description
description
Optional
Arc ANS description object ({basic: ...}).
Content elements
content_elements
Optional
Ordered list of Arc ANS body blocks (paragraphs, images, etc.).
Credits/byline
credits
Optional
Arc ANS byline/author credits object.
Publish date
publish_date
Optional
ISO 8601 publish date (Arc ANS).
Last updated date
last_updated_date
Optional
ISO 8601 last-modified date (Arc ANS).
Taxonomy
taxonomy
Optional
Arc ANS section/tag taxonomy object.
Canonical URL
canonical_url
Optional
Canonical article path.
Restricted (paywalled)
restricted
Optional
True when the metered paywall truncated content_elements to a teaser.
Headline (JSON-LD fallback)
headline
Optional
Only present on S2-jsonld fallback records.
Article body (JSON-LD fallback)
articleBody
Optional
Only present on S2-jsonld fallback records.
Date published (JSON-LD fallback)
datePublished
Optional
Only present on S2-jsonld fallback records.
Title
title
Optional
Headline from the RSS item.
Link
link
Optional
Article URL.
GUID
guid
Optional
RSS item GUID.
Creator
creator
Optional
dc:creator byline.
Publish date
pubDate
Optional
RSS pubDate string.
Section
section
Optional
Requested RSS section name.
