# Daily Mail API: Read an article > Reads a public Daily Mail article from its link, or from a headline (the best-matching result of the site's search), and returns its text and details; live blogs give the latest entries shown on the page. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Daily Mail. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/dailymail.co.uk/read-article - Method: `dailymail.co.uk/read_article`, version 1 - Website: dailymail.co.uk - Returns: headline, summary, authors, publication and update times, section, tags, main image and caption, paragraphs, word count, article link and ID - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1¢ with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `article` | string | yes | `"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15657603/Bournemouth-vs-Manchester-United-2025-26-Premier-League-LI…` | A Daily Mail article link or headline, for example https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-16166527/lawrence-dallaglio-rugby-medal-sale.html. | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json { "article": "https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15657603/Bournemouth-vs-Manchester-United-2025-26-Premier-League-LIVE-Result.html" } ``` Its output: ```json { "tags": [ "Bournemouth vs Manchester United 2025 26 Premier League LIVE Result" ], "authors": [ "Riath Al-samarrai", "Chris Wheeler", "Michael Pavitt" ], "section": "Football", "summary": "Follow Daily Mail Sport's live blog for the latest score, team news and updates as Bournemouth host Manchester United, with Riath Al-Samarrai and Chris Wheeler reporting from the ground.", "headline": "Bournemouth vs Manchester United - Premier League LIVE: Latest score, team news and updates as duo share the points after action-packed four-goal thriller", "article_id": "15657603", "paragraphs": [ "Thanks for joining us!", "That's all from us this evening following a cracking start to the Premier League weekend with this thrilling 2-2 draw.", "Hopefully the rest of the action this weekend - which includes Sunday's Carabao Cup final - can live up to that standard." ], "word_count": 618, "article_url": "https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15657603/Bournemouth-vs-Manchester-United-2025-26-Premier-League-LIVE-Result.html", "published_at": "2026-03-20T18:30:26+00:00", "main_image_url": "https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2026/03/20/21/107307073-0-image-a-10_1774042432767.jpg", "last_updated_at": "2026-03-20T22:28:43+00:00", "main_image_caption": null, "full_text_available": true } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"dailymail.co.uk/read_article","input":{"article":"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-15657603/Bournemouth-vs-Manchester-United-2025-26-Premier-League-LIVE-Result.html"}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - Can you pull the full text of this Daily Mail piece for me? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14823019/heatwave-britain-hosepipe-ban-thames-water.html - Find the article titled 'Princess of Wales makes surprise appearance at Wimbledon' and give me the author, publish time and the main paragraphs - I need the word count, tags and section for this story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15302871/strictly-come-dancing-contestant-exit.html - Get me the latest entries from the Mail's live blog on the Budget statement - What does the article 'NHS waiting lists hit record high as junior doctors strike' actually say? Summarise it and tell me when it was last updated and who wrote it ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "article" ], "properties": { "article": { "type": "string", "description": "A Daily Mail article link or headline, for example https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/article-16166527/lawrence-dallaglio-rugby-medal-sale.html." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "headline", "summary", "authors", "published_at", "last_updated_at", "section", "tags", "main_image_url", "main_image_caption", "paragraphs", "full_text_available", "word_count", "article_url", "article_id" ], "properties": { "tags": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Article tags." }, "authors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "The named authors." }, "section": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "The article section." }, "summary": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "The summary or standfirst, if given." }, "headline": { "type": "string", "description": "The article headline." }, "article_id": { "type": "string", "description": "The Daily Mail article ID.", "x-fous-developer": true }, "paragraphs": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Article text as plain-text paragraphs; newest visible live-blog entries first." }, "word_count": { "type": "integer", "description": "The number of words in the returned paragraphs." }, "article_url": { "type": "string", "description": "The article page link." }, "published_at": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Publication time in ISO 8601 with an offset." }, "main_image_url": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "The main image link." }, "last_updated_at": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Last update time in ISO 8601 with an offset." }, "main_image_caption": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "description": "Caption for the first main article image." }, "full_text_available": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether article paragraphs are available." } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Daily Mail API: Search news](https://fous.com/methods/dailymail.co.uk/search-news.md): Searches Daily Mail-published articles by keyword, newest first or by relevance, with optional publication dates and paging, and returns each article's headline, summary, time, authors and section. 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Subscriber stories return only a brief public preview; live blogs include their entries. - [All Daily Mail methods](https://fous.com/methods/dailymail.co.uk.md)