diff --git a/classes/api.php b/classes/api.php
index 9299c34ea..6debad2f7 100755
--- a/classes/api.php
+++ b/classes/api.php
@@ -754,8 +754,6 @@ class API extends Handler {
 						} else {
 							$headline_row["content"] = $line["content"];
 						}
-
-						$headline_row["content"] = DiskCache::rewriteUrls($headline_row['content']);
 					}
 
 					// unify label output to ease parsing
@@ -776,22 +774,28 @@ class API extends Handler {
 					$headline_row["note"] = $line["note"];
 					$headline_row["lang"] = $line["lang"];
 
-					$hook_object = ["headline" => &$headline_row];
+					if ($show_content) {
+						$hook_object = ["headline" => &$headline_row];
 
-					PluginHost::getInstance()->chain_hooks_callback(PluginHost::HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_API,
-						function ($result) use (&$headline_row) {
-							$headline_row = $result;
-						},
-						$hook_object);
+						list ($flavor_image, $flavor_stream, $flavor_kind) = Article::get_article_image($enclosures,
+																												$line["content"], // unsanitized
+																												$line["site_url"]);
 
-					list ($flavor_image, $flavor_stream, $flavor_kind) = Article::get_article_image($enclosures, $line["content"], $line["site_url"]);
+						$headline_row["flavor_image"] = $flavor_image;
+						$headline_row["flavor_stream"] = $flavor_stream;
 
-					$headline_row["flavor_image"] = $flavor_image;
-					$headline_row["flavor_stream"] = $flavor_stream;
+						/* optional */
+						if ($flavor_kind)
+							$headline_row["flavor_kind"] = $flavor_kind;
 
-					/* optional */
-					if ($flavor_kind)
-						$headline_row["flavor_kind"] = $flavor_kind;
+						PluginHost::getInstance()->chain_hooks_callback(PluginHost::HOOK_RENDER_ARTICLE_API,
+							function ($result) use (&$headline_row) {
+								$headline_row = $result;
+							},
+							$hook_object);
+
+						$headline_row["content"] = DiskCache::rewriteUrls($headline_row['content']);
+					}
 
 					array_push($headlines, $headline_row);
 				}