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Extract Clean Article Content with Gugudata Article Extraction API

Extract Clean Article Content with Gugudata Article Extraction API

In today’s digital world, extracting meaningful content from cluttered web pages is a critical challenge for developers, content aggregators, and data analysts. The Gugudata Article Extraction API is a powerful solution designed to extract clean article content from any webpage URL — automatically removing ads, navigation bars, and unrelated elements to provide structured, readable content.


🚀 Key Features at a Glance

Gugudata’s Article Extraction API uses intelligent parsing algorithms to accurately identify and extract the main content from a given webpage. Key features include:

  • Extract clean article content from any URL
  • Automatically remove ads, headers, navigation, footers, and unrelated elements
  • Retrieve article title, author, publication date, content, and metadata
  • HTML string content extraction supported via a separate endpoint (/v1/article/extractFromHtml)
  • Structured JSON output for easy integration and processing
  • Full HTTPS support (TLS v1.0 to v1.3)
  • Fully Apple ATS-compatible
  • CDN-backed with multi-node deployment across regions for ultra-fast response
  • Load-balanced infrastructure for high availability

📌 API Endpoint Details

HTTP Endpoint

POST https://api.gugudata.io/v1/article/extract
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Supports secure HTTPS protocol.

Request Parameters

Name Type Required Description
appkey string ✅ Yes Your API key from the developer center
url string ✅ Yes Webpage URL to extract article content from

Submit parameters in application/x-www-form-urlencoded format.


📤 Example cURL Request

curl --location 'https://api.gugudata.io/v1/article/extract' \
--request POST \
--header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
--data-urlencode 'appkey=YOUR_APPKEY' \
--data-urlencode 'url=https://example.com/article-url'
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Replace YOUR_APPKEY and the url with your own values to start extracting.


📦 API Response Structure

A successful API call returns a JSON object with structured data:

Field Type Description
DataStatus.StatusCode int API response status code
DataStatus.StatusDescription string Human-readable status message
Data.url string Source URL
Data.title string Extracted article title
Data.description string Short description or summary
Data.author string Article author (if available)
Data.published string Published date/time (format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM)
Data.content string Main article HTML content (cleaned)
Data.image string Main article image URL
Data.links array List of hyperlinks inside the article
Data.favicon string Website favicon URL
Data.source string Source domain (e.g., cnn.com)
Data.ttr int Estimated reading time (in minutes)
Data.type string Content type (e.g., article, news, blog)

📊 API Status Codes

Status Code Description
200 Success – valid response returned
400 Parameter error – check request fields
402 Invalid APPKEY – please verify your API key
403 Account expired or restricted
429 Rate limit exceeded (max 5 requests/sec)
500 Internal API error – try again later

💡 Ideal Use Cases

Whether you're building a data-driven platform or automating web content extraction, Gugudata’s Article Extraction API fits perfectly into these scenarios:

  • Content Aggregators: Fetch clean content from multiple sources to build a curated news or blog platform.
  • News Monitoring & Sentiment Analysis: Extract article text for NLP tasks like opinion mining and topic modeling.
  • Custom Search Engines: Provide cleaner, more readable search results by removing unnecessary page elements.
  • Knowledge Management: Archive structured article data for internal knowledge bases or document indexing.
  • AI Training Data Collection: Prepare article datasets with minimal noise for model training or fine-tuning.

⚙️ Why Choose Gugudata?

  • 🧠 Smart Content Detection: Built-in algorithms intelligently isolate main content from layout and noise.
  • Ultra-Fast API: Distributed infrastructure ensures low-latency responses anywhere in the world.
  • 🔐 Secure & Compliant: HTTPS and full Apple ATS compatibility for seamless mobile and web integration.
  • 🌍 Multi-Node CDN Deployment: Guaranteed speed and uptime even under high traffic loads.
  • 🔧 Easy Integration: JSON-based output and language-agnostic HTTP interface.

🧪 Try the Live Demo

Want to test it right now? Use the interactive demo endpoint to see how the API performs with a real URL.


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📬 Get Started Today

Getting started with Gugudata is easy:

  1. Sign up for a developer account.
  2. Get your free trial API key.
  3. Start calling the API in minutes!

📨 Need help? Contact us at support@gugudata.io


Gugudata empowers developers with powerful, fast, and intelligent data APIs — enabling smarter applications and seamless content extraction across the web.

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