Scrape articles on topgear.com
The call that returns articles from topgear.com today, with the parameters, patterns and failure modes read off the request log since 14 Aug 2026.
Measured on Crawlbase
Success rate over every request from every account in August 2026: 99.9%. Patterns, countries and failures come from the request log since 14 Aug 2026; 1.1% of successful calls used the JavaScript token and the median answer took 1.9s.
Among the 16 automotive sites in the Cookbook, topgear.com sits at 5 of 16 by success rate; the category median is 99.3%. Its median answer of 1.9s sits at the category median of 1.9s. 12 of the 16 accept the plain token, this one among them.
The call
Article pages are the shape the accounts fetch most here, with the country and token that succeed most often. Replace the placeholder path with a real article URL from the site.
curl "https://api.crawlbase.com/?token=YOUR_TOKEN&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.topgear.com%2Fcar-news"from crawlbase import CrawlingAPI api = CrawlingAPI({'token': 'YOUR_TOKEN'}) r = api.get('https://www.topgear.com/car-news') html = r['body']
const { CrawlingAPI } = require('crawlbase'); const api = new CrawlingAPI({ token: 'YOUR_TOKEN' }); const r = await api.get('https://www.topgear.com/car-news');
Parameters that matter
| Parameter | Set it to | Why |
|---|---|---|
country | leave unset | Most successful calls set no country (100%) and succeed at 100%. |
javascript | leave unset | Plain-token calls succeed at 100% and make up 98.8% of the traffic. A browser costs more and, on this site, buys nothing. |
URL patterns accounts fetch
| Pattern | Share of successes | JavaScript token | Country | Query parameters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
/car-news | 32.5% | 0.0% | none | none |
/ | 32.5% | 0.0% | none | none |
/car-news/{slug} | 32.5% | 0.0% | none | none |
Fields you get
An article page carries a headline, a date and an author, usually in an ld+json Article block, and the body in the HTML. The block often names the section too.
What breaks, and the fix
Run it on a schedule
News moves by the hour. Poll the section or the sitemap for new links, then push the article URLs to the Crawler with a callback so the fetches are paced. The median answer on this site is 1.9s.
Questions
Do I need a browser to scrape topgear.com?
No. 100% of plain-token calls succeed and accounts send 98.8% of their traffic without a browser.
How much does a topgear.com page cost on Crawlbase?
1 credit without a browser. topgear.com is in the standard tier.
Which country should I set for topgear.com?
None is needed: most successful calls leave it unset.