`item`

Pack: the-guardian · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/the-guardian/mcp

Fetch a single Guardian article by its content ID (e.g. “world/2024/jan/15/…”). Returns full body text, tags, related elements, and references. Use after search returns an article you want the full text of.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required
`id`	string	yes
`show_fields`	string	no
`show_tags`	string	no
`show_blocks`	string	no
`show_references`	string	no

Example call

Arguments

{
  "id": "world/2024/jan/15/article-title"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/the-guardian/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"item","arguments":{"id":"world/2024/jan/15/article-title"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('item', {
  "id": "world/2024/jan/15/article-title"
});

More examples

{
  "id": "politics/2024/feb/20/article-title",
  "show_fields": "byline,standfirst,body",
  "show_tags": "all"
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`response`	object

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Single article details from The Guardian",
  "properties": {
    "response": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "status": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Response status"
        },
        "userTier": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "User tier level"
        },
        "content": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "id": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Article ID"
            },
            "type": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Content type"
            },
            "sectionId": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Section ID"
            },
            "sectionName": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Section name"
            },
            "webPublicationDate": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Web publication date ISO string"
            },
            "webTitle": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Article web title"
            },
            "webUrl": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Article web URL"
            },
            "apiUrl": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "API endpoint for this article"
            },
            "fields": {
              "type": "object",
              "description": "Additional fields if requested"
            },
            "tags": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "Associated tags if requested",
              "items": {
                "type": "object"
              }
            },
            "blocks": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "Content blocks if requested",
              "items": {
                "type": "object"
              }
            },
            "references": {
              "type": "array",
              "description": "Article references if requested",
              "items": {
                "type": "object"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-guardian": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/the-guardian/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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