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Journalist Dataset Item API

Returns one journalist by outlet id and slug from dataset id enum value `journalists`. Returns 404 when the outlet is not supported or the journalist is not in the index.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestDatasetsdatasets.journalistsItemResponseDoc/datasets/journalists/items/{outlet}/{slug}

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /datasets/journalists/items/{outlet}/{slug}
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Datasets
Execution: Stored dataset records. No live scraping, browser session or proxy routing.
Response schema: #/definitions/datasets.journalistsItemResponseDoc

Stored structured dataset search API Try Journalist Dataset Item API in Playground Datasets API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Dataset id enum:

journalists

Path parameters:

outlet: outlet id, e.g. techcrunch. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet.
slug: journalist slug within the outlet, e.g. zack-whittaker.

Response behavior:

Returns 404 when the outlet is not a supported outlet, or the journalist is not in the index.
Field shape matches one item from the search response.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 0.24 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker
Fields returned with a value: 26

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
outlet_id	Has a value
outlet	Has a value
outlet_domain	Has a value
vertical	Has a value
slug	Has a value
name	Has a value
title	Has a value
bio	Has a value	293 characters
topics	Has a value	1 entry
profile_url	Has a value	techcrunch.com
contact_email	Has a value
social_links.bluesky	Has a value	bsky.app
social_links.mastodon	Has a value	mastodon.social
social_links.signal	Has a value
contact_type	Has a value
normalized_name	Has a value
record_type	Has a value
role_type	Has a value
email_kind	Has a value
email_domain	Has a value
contact_source_url	Has a value	techcrunch.com
outreach_readiness_score	Has a value	100
outreach_readiness_band	Has a value
outreach_readiness_reasons	Has a value	8 entries
outreach_quality_version	Has a value
crawled_at	Has a value	2026-10-05

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
outlet (path)	string	Yes	Outlet id, e.g. techcrunch. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet	techcrunch
slug (path)	string	Yes	Journalist slug within the outlet, e.g. zack-whittaker	zack-whittaker
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "outlet_id": "techcrunch",
    "outlet": "TechCrunch",
    "outlet_domain": "techcrunch.com",
    "vertical": "tech",
    "slug": "zack-whittaker",
    "name": "Zack Whittaker",
    "title": "Security Editor",
    "bio": "Zack Whittaker is the security editor at TechCrunch...",
    "topics": [
      "security"
    ],
    "profile_url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/zack-whittaker/",
    "contact_email": "zack.whittaker@techcrunch.com",
    "social_links": {
      "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
    },
    "contact_type": "email",
    "normalized_name": "Zack Whittaker",
    "record_type": "person",
    "role_type": "editor",
    "email_kind": "individual_work",
    "email_domain": "techcrunch.com",
    "contact_source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/zack-whittaker/",
    "outreach_readiness_score": 98,
    "outreach_readiness_band": "ready",
    "outreach_readiness_reasons": [
      "person_record",
      "editorial_role",
      "individual_work_email",
      "profile_source",
      "title_signal",
      "topic_signal"
    ],
    "outreach_quality_version": 1,
    "crawled_at": "2026-09-14T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/datasets.journalistsItemResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No	200
data	es.JournalistRecord	No
data.bio	string	No
data.contact_email	string	No
data.contact_source_url	string	No
data.contact_type	string	No		email \| social \| none
data.crawled_at	string	No		RFC3339
data.email_domain	string	No
data.email_kind	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.normalized_name	string	No
data.outlet	string	No
data.outlet_domain	string	No
data.outlet_id	string	No
data.outreach_quality_version	integer	No
data.outreach_readiness_band	string	No
data.outreach_readiness_reasons	array	No
data.outreach_readiness_score	integer	No
data.profile_url	string	No
data.record_type	string	No
data.role_type	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	object	No
data.title	string	No
data.topics	array	No
data.vertical	string	No
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal Server Error	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Datasets API endpoint

Journalist Dataset Item API

Returns one journalist by outlet id and slug from dataset id enum value `journalists`. Returns 404 when the outlet is not supported or the journalist is not in the index.

GETapiKey1 credit/requestDatasetsdatasets.journalistsItemResponseDoc/datasets/journalists/items/{outlet}/{slug}

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /datasets/journalists/items/{outlet}/{slug}
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 1 credit/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Datasets
Execution: Stored dataset records. No live scraping, browser session or proxy routing.
Response schema: #/definitions/datasets.journalistsItemResponseDoc

Stored structured dataset search API Try Journalist Dataset Item API in Playground Datasets API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Dataset id enum:

journalists

Path parameters:

outlet: outlet id, e.g. techcrunch. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet.
slug: journalist slug within the outlet, e.g. zack-whittaker.

Response behavior:

Returns 404 when the outlet is not a supported outlet, or the journalist is not in the index.
Field shape matches one item from the search response.

Live monitoring

Monitored request: GET /datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker
Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026: 100%
Median response time: 0.24 s

Current status of every endpoint

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker
Fields returned with a value: 26

Field	In the sample	Value in the sample
outlet_id	Has a value
outlet	Has a value
outlet_domain	Has a value
vertical	Has a value
slug	Has a value
name	Has a value
title	Has a value
bio	Has a value	293 characters
topics	Has a value	1 entry
profile_url	Has a value	techcrunch.com
contact_email	Has a value
social_links.bluesky	Has a value	bsky.app
social_links.mastodon	Has a value	mastodon.social
social_links.signal	Has a value
contact_type	Has a value
normalized_name	Has a value
record_type	Has a value
role_type	Has a value
email_kind	Has a value
email_domain	Has a value
contact_source_url	Has a value	techcrunch.com
outreach_readiness_score	Has a value	100
outreach_readiness_band	Has a value
outreach_readiness_reasons	Has a value	8 entries
outreach_quality_version	Has a value
crawled_at	Has a value	2026-10-05

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
outlet (path)	string	Yes	Outlet id, e.g. techcrunch. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet	techcrunch
slug (path)	string	Yes	Journalist slug within the outlet, e.g. zack-whittaker	zack-whittaker
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "outlet_id": "techcrunch",
    "outlet": "TechCrunch",
    "outlet_domain": "techcrunch.com",
    "vertical": "tech",
    "slug": "zack-whittaker",
    "name": "Zack Whittaker",
    "title": "Security Editor",
    "bio": "Zack Whittaker is the security editor at TechCrunch...",
    "topics": [
      "security"
    ],
    "profile_url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/zack-whittaker/",
    "contact_email": "zack.whittaker@techcrunch.com",
    "social_links": {
      "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
    },
    "contact_type": "email",
    "normalized_name": "Zack Whittaker",
    "record_type": "person",
    "role_type": "editor",
    "email_kind": "individual_work",
    "email_domain": "techcrunch.com",
    "contact_source_url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/zack-whittaker/",
    "outreach_readiness_score": 98,
    "outreach_readiness_band": "ready",
    "outreach_readiness_reasons": [
      "person_record",
      "editorial_role",
      "individual_work_email",
      "profile_source",
      "title_signal",
      "topic_signal"
    ],
    "outreach_quality_version": 1,
    "crawled_at": "2026-09-14T12:00:00Z"
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/datasets.journalistsItemResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example	Description
code	integer	No	200
data	es.JournalistRecord	No
data.bio	string	No
data.contact_email	string	No
data.contact_source_url	string	No
data.contact_type	string	No		email \| social \| none
data.crawled_at	string	No		RFC3339
data.email_domain	string	No
data.email_kind	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.normalized_name	string	No
data.outlet	string	No
data.outlet_domain	string	No
data.outlet_id	string	No
data.outreach_quality_version	integer	No
data.outreach_readiness_band	string	No
data.outreach_readiness_reasons	array	No
data.outreach_readiness_score	integer	No
data.profile_url	string	No
data.record_type	string	No
data.role_type	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	object	No
data.title	string	No
data.topics	array	No
data.vertical	string	No
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal Server Error	#/definitions/app.Response

Code examples

Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/items/techcrunch/zack-whittaker" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Journalist Dataset Item API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related

Journalist Dataset Item API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Live monitoring

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related