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.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
id	integer	Unique Slipcase identifier for the article
heading_md5	string	MD5 hash of the article heading, useful for caching strategies
heading	string	Article title. No HTML markup
slug	string	URL-friendly version of the heading for deep-linking to Slipcase.com or your own application
organisation	object	Publisher information. See Organisation Object
excerpt	string	Article introduction, max 255 characters, no HTML. Ends with ”…” if truncated
topics	array	Collection of Topic objects assigned to this article
paywalled	boolean	Whether the article requires a paid subscription to view
registration_required	boolean	Whether the article requires free registration to view
web_url	string	URL to view the full article (routed via Slipcase.com)
domain	string	Website hosting the article. Display to users, but link to web_url
published_date	datetime	ISO 8601 date and time the article was published on Slipcase
article_type	string	One of: article, video, gallery, report, pressrelease, podcast

Images

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

Attribute	Description
featured_image_url	Main article image (landscape rectangle)
organisation_logo_url	Square logo/icon for the article’s publisher
organisation_cover_url	Hero-style image for the publisher, suitable for profile pages