Get one article

Fetches one article. The object is byte-for-byte the shape you get inside articles[] on the list endpoint, so a parser written for one works on the other.

GET/v1/editions/{slug}/articles/{article_id}

Parameters

Param	In	Notes
slug	path	The edition UUID.
article_id	path	The article UUID, from the list endpoint's id field.

Request

curl https://api.mastheads.app/v1/editions/3f9c1e84-2b7a-4d6e-9c15-8a0d7e6b4f21/articles/a1d4c7b2-5e83-4f19-b06c-2d9f8e3a7c54 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer mh_live_your_key_here"

Response

200 OK

{
  "id": "a1d4c7b2-5e83-4f19-b06c-2d9f8e3a7c54",
  "slug": "harbour-works-overrun-by-two-years",
  "url_path": "/harbour-works-overrun-by-two-years",
  "status": "published",
  "title": "Harbour works overrun by two years",
  "intro": "",
  "body": "<p>The harbour redevelopment ...</p>",
  "conclusion": "",
  "meta_title": "Harbour works overrun by two years",
  "meta_description": "The council's own timetable ...",
  "tags": [],
  "section": null,
  "language_code": "en",
  "article_type": "standard",
  "word_count": 842,
  "source_url": "",
  "byline": "Jordan Avery",
  "image": {
    "featured_url": "/v1/editions/3f9c1e84-2b7a-4d6e-9c15-8a0d7e6b4f21/articles/a1d4c7b2-5e83-4f19-b06c-2d9f8e3a7c54/image",
    "source": "ai:generated"
  },
  "created_at": "2026-07-05T08:12:00",
  "published_at": null
}

Unwrapped: the article object itself, not { "article": ... }. Field-by-field notes are on the list-articles page.

Errors

Status	Code	When
401	invalid_key	Missing, invalid, or revoked API key.
429	rate_limited	Over 120 requests/minute on this key. Retry-After: 60.
503	unavailable	The data store could not be reached.
404	not_found	No such edition or article on your account, or either id is not a UUID.

Every request needs a key - Authentication. The error shape and the full status table are on Rate limits & errors.