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Try the Birmingham Mail author profile API

Test Crawlora's Birmingham Mail author profile API with realistic prefilled parameters. Generate a cURL request, inspect the expected structured JSON response, and open the full docs or pricing page when you are ready to integrate this public web data extraction endpoint into your application.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /birminghammail/author
Platform: Birmingham Mail
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url, page

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. stephanie-balloo
url	string	No	Canonical birminghammail.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug
page	integer	No	1-based page number of the author's article list (1 to 100); overrides any pageNumber in url

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GET /birminghammail/author

Get a Birmingham Mail author profile

Returns one Birmingham Mail author's public profile: name, job title, bio, email, X/Twitter handle, and one page of their recent articles.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one Birmingham Mail author's public profile: name, job title, bio, email, X/Twitter handle, and one page of their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /birminghammail/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Birmingham Mail
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:querypage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].labeldata.articles[].label_urldata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.emaildata.has_next_pagedata.job_titledata.namedata.page

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Birmingham Mail author profile API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /birminghammail/author
Platform: Birmingham Mail
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url, page

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. stephanie-balloo
url	string	No	Canonical birminghammail.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug
page	integer	No	1-based page number of the author's article list (1 to 100); overrides any pageNumber in url

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GET /birminghammail/author

Get a Birmingham Mail author profile

Returns one Birmingham Mail author's public profile: name, job title, bio, email, X/Twitter handle, and one page of their recent articles.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

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API key

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one Birmingham Mail author's public profile: name, job title, bio, email, X/Twitter handle, and one page of their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /birminghammail/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Birmingham Mail
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:querypage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].labeldata.articles[].label_urldata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.emaildata.has_next_pagedata.job_titledata.namedata.page

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "stephanie.balloo@reachplc.com",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"