Inquiry Regarding Section Start Page in The Guardian API

[Fathy nabil]

Dear The Guardian API Support Team,

I hope this message finds you well.

I am currently using The Guardian API to parse articles and determine their index within a PDF magazine. However, I have encountered an issue with the newspaperPageNumber parameter, which appears to refer to the page index within the section rather than the entire PDF.

For my application, I need to determine the article's position relative to the entire magazine, not just within a specific section. Is there a way to obtain or calculate the start page of each section within the full PDF using the API? Alternatively, is there any other method or metadata available that would help in determining the section start pages?

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated, as this information is crucial for accurately indexing the articles in the PDF.

Thank you for your time and support.

[Emily Bourke]

Hi Fathy,

I’m sorry for the delay in replying! Unfortunately, the information you’re looking for is not currently available from the API. We also suspect the newspaperPageNumber parameter is unreliable, as we believe sometimes articles may be published in more than one form (e.g. paper and magazine) and the field will hold the information for whichever was published latest.

I’m sorry we can’t help more.

Best wishes,

Emily

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Content Pipeline team (CoPip)

The Guardian

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