DiffbotWeb & SEO DataSEO/AEO

Extract article text

diffbot.x.extract-article

Extracts clean article text, author, date, images, tags, sentiment and NLP facts from a news or blog page

Price: $0.001196/callAt provider cost
Success rate: 100%Last 30 days · 57 calls
Latency p50: 3.6 sp95 6.6 s
Last verified: Jul 28, 2026Verified working

GEThttps://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.x.extract-article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.technologyreview.com%2F2020%2F09%2F04%2F1008156%2Fknowledge-graph-ai-reads-web-machine-learning-natural-language-processing%2F

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Uses platform quota
Synchronous response
Reads public data

Parameters

different HOST than base_url — api.diffbot.com, not kg.diffbot.com

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
Query parameters
`url`	string	Required	target URL to extract	`https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/04/1008156/knowledge-graph-ai-reads-web-machine-learning-natural-language-processing/`
`proxy`	string	Optional
`fields`	string	Optional	comma-delimited optional fields: links, extlinks, meta, querystring, breadcrumb, quotes
`paging`	boolean	Optional	pass false to disable automatic concatenation of multi-page articles	`true`
`scroll`	string	Optional	'slow' or 'fast' — triggers lazy-loaded content
`maxTags`	integer	Optional	max automatically-generated tags to return	`10`
`timeout`	integer	Optional		`30000`
`callback`	string	Optional
`useProxy`	string	Optional	'default' = datacenter proxy (2 credits/page); 'none' disables
`proxyAuth`	string	Optional
`discussion`	boolean	Optional	pass false to disable automatic comment extraction	`true`
`renderDelay`	integer	Optional	extra rendering ms before DOM extraction, max 180000
`tagConfidence`	number	Optional	minimum tag relevance score 0.0-1.0	`0.5`
`naturalLanguage`	string	Optional	run text through the NLP API: entities, sentiment, summary, facts, etc.
`categoryConfidence`	number	Optional	minimum category relevance score 0.0-1.0	`0.5`
`summaryNumSentences`	integer	Optional	max sentences in the generated summary	`3`

Query parameters
urlstringRequired
target URL to extract
Example: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/04/1008156/knowledge-graph-ai-reads-web-machine-learning-natural-language-processing/
proxystringOptional
fieldsstringOptional
comma-delimited optional fields: links, extlinks, meta, querystring, breadcrumb, quotes
pagingbooleanOptional
pass false to disable automatic concatenation of multi-page articles
Example: true
scrollstringOptional
'slow' or 'fast' — triggers lazy-loaded content
maxTagsintegerOptional
max automatically-generated tags to return
Example: 10
timeoutintegerOptional
Example: 30000
callbackstringOptional
useProxystringOptional
'default' = datacenter proxy (2 credits/page); 'none' disables
proxyAuthstringOptional
discussionbooleanOptional
pass false to disable automatic comment extraction
Example: true
renderDelayintegerOptional
extra rendering ms before DOM extraction, max 180000
tagConfidencenumberOptional
minimum tag relevance score 0.0-1.0
Example: 0.5
naturalLanguagestringOptional
run text through the NLP API: entities, sentiment, summary, facts, etc.
categoryConfidencenumberOptional
minimum category relevance score 0.0-1.0
Example: 0.5
summaryNumSentencesintegerOptional
max sentences in the generated summary
Example: 3

Code samples

Replace $TOOLSWITCH_KEY with the key you created in the console.

Preview

curl -X GET 'https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.x.extract-article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.technologyreview.com%2F2020%2F09%2F04%2F1008156%2Fknowledge-graph-ai-reads-web-machine-learning-natural-language-processing%2F' \
  -H "X-Toolswitch-Key: $TOOLSWITCH_KEY"

import os
import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.x.extract-article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.technologyreview.com%2F2020%2F09%2F04%2F1008156%2Fknowledge-graph-ai-reads-web-machine-learning-natural-language-processing%2F",
    headers={"X-Toolswitch-Key": os.environ["TOOLSWITCH_KEY"]},
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.text)

const response = await fetch("https://toolswitch.dev/v1/tools/diffbot.x.extract-article?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.technologyreview.com%2F2020%2F09%2F04%2F1008156%2Fknowledge-graph-ai-reads-web-machine-learning-natural-language-processing%2F", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "X-Toolswitch-Key": process.env.TOOLSWITCH_KEY ?? "",
  },
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
console.log(await response.text());

This gateway API is in preview; its URL and authentication may change. The example parameters are sample data. Calls are billed at $0.001196/call, including the service fee.