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Article Object

The article object provides details about an article supplied by the Slipcase news service. This documentation describes the object as returned by the JSON output format. The RSS output follows RSS 2.0 with an additional image per item.

AttributeTypeDescription
idintegerUnique Slipcase identifier for the article
heading_md5stringMD5 hash of the article heading, useful for caching strategies
headingstringArticle title. No HTML markup
slugstringURL-friendly version of the heading for deep-linking to Slipcase.com or your own application
organisationobjectPublisher information. See Organisation Object
excerptstringArticle introduction, max 255 characters, no HTML. Ends with ”…” if truncated
topicsarrayCollection of Topic objects assigned to this article
paywalledbooleanWhether the article requires a paid subscription to view
registration_requiredbooleanWhether the article requires free registration to view
web_urlstringURL to view the full article (routed via Slipcase.com)
domainstringWebsite hosting the article. Display to users, but link to web_url
published_datedatetimeISO 8601 date and time the article was published on Slipcase
article_typestringOne of: article, video, gallery, report, pressrelease, podcast

All images are hosted by Slipcase — your application does not need to store any image assets locally.

AttributeDescription
featured_image_urlMain article image (landscape rectangle)
organisation_logo_urlSquare logo/icon for the article’s publisher
organisation_cover_urlHero-style image for the publisher, suitable for profile pages