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Try the CBS Sports writer profile API

Test Crawlora's CBS Sports writer 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: /cbssports/author
Platform: CBS Sports
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url

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Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
slug	string	No		Writer slug, e.g. david-cobb
url	string	No		Canonical cbssports.com/writers/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "David Cobb",
    "slug": "david-cobb",
    "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/writers/david-cobb/",
    "title": "CBS Sports Writer",
    "bio": "David has covered college basketball and football for CBS Sports since January 2020.",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/DavidWCobb",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "President Trump to attend SEC showdown between No. 1 Texas, No. 14 Tennessee",
        "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/president-trump-attending-texas-tennessee/",
        "summary": "The appearance comes ahead of the November midterms..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.cbsSportsAuthorResponseDocCBS Sports

GET /cbssports/author

Get a CBS Sports writer profile

Returns one CBS Sports writer's public profile: name, title, headshot, bio, X/Twitter link, and their recent articles.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "David Cobb",
    "slug": "david-cobb",
    "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/writers/david-cobb/",
    "title": "CBS Sports Writer",
    "bio": "David has covered college basketball and football for CBS Sports since January 2020.",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/DavidWCobb",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "President Trump to attend SEC showdown between No. 1 Texas, No. 14 Tennessee",
        "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/president-trump-attending-texas-tennessee/",
        "summary": "The appearance comes ahead of the November midterms..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one CBS Sports writer's public profile: name, title, headshot, bio, X/Twitter link, and their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /cbssports/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: CBS Sports
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].summarydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.image_urldata.namedata.slugdata.titledata.twitterdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "David Cobb",
    "slug": "david-cobb",
    "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/writers/david-cobb/",
    "title": "CBS Sports Writer",
    "bio": "David has covered college basketball and football for CBS Sports since January 2020.",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/DavidWCobb",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "President Trump to attend SEC showdown between No. 1 Texas, No. 14 Tennessee",
        "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/president-trump-attending-texas-tennessee/",
        "summary": "The appearance comes ahead of the November midterms..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /cbssports/author
Platform: CBS Sports
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
slug	string	No		Writer slug, e.g. david-cobb
url	string	No		Canonical cbssports.com/writers/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "David Cobb",
    "slug": "david-cobb",
    "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/writers/david-cobb/",
    "title": "CBS Sports Writer",
    "bio": "David has covered college basketball and football for CBS Sports since January 2020.",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/DavidWCobb",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "President Trump to attend SEC showdown between No. 1 Texas, No. 14 Tennessee",
        "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/president-trump-attending-texas-tennessee/",
        "summary": "The appearance comes ahead of the November midterms..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.cbsSportsAuthorResponseDocCBS Sports

GET /cbssports/author

Get a CBS Sports writer profile

Returns one CBS Sports writer's public profile: name, title, headshot, bio, X/Twitter link, and 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": "David Cobb",
    "slug": "david-cobb",
    "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/writers/david-cobb/",
    "title": "CBS Sports Writer",
    "bio": "David has covered college basketball and football for CBS Sports since January 2020.",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/DavidWCobb",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "President Trump to attend SEC showdown between No. 1 Texas, No. 14 Tennessee",
        "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/president-trump-attending-texas-tennessee/",
        "summary": "The appearance comes ahead of the November midterms..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one CBS Sports writer's public profile: name, title, headshot, bio, X/Twitter link, and their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /cbssports/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: CBS Sports
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].summarydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.image_urldata.namedata.slugdata.titledata.twitterdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "David Cobb",
    "slug": "david-cobb",
    "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/writers/david-cobb/",
    "title": "CBS Sports Writer",
    "bio": "David has covered college basketball and football for CBS Sports since January 2020.",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/DavidWCobb",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "President Trump to attend SEC showdown between No. 1 Texas, No. 14 Tennessee",
        "url": "https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/president-trump-attending-texas-tennessee/",
        "summary": "The appearance comes ahead of the November midterms..."
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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