Endpoint Playground
Test Crawlora's CTV News 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.
curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ctvnews/author?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical CTV News author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/about-us/todd-coyne/",
"name": "Todd Coyne",
"role": "CTVNewsVancouver.ca Journalist",
"biography": [
"Todd Coyne is a reporter for CTV News Vancouver."
],
"image_url": "https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/bellmediainc/EXAMPLE.jpg",
"email": "newsdesk@example.ca",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/example-article-slug",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T18:41:41Z"
}
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns a CTV News byline profile from a canonical author URL: name, role, biography, photo, public contact address, and recent stories.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/about-us/todd-coyne/",
"name": "Todd Coyne",
"role": "CTVNewsVancouver.ca Journalist",
"biography": [
"Todd Coyne is a reporter for CTV News Vancouver."
],
"image_url": "https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/bellmediainc/EXAMPLE.jpg",
"email": "newsdesk@example.ca",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/example-article-slug",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T18:41:41Z"
}
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ctvnews/author?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"