Endpoint Playground
Returns one Goodreads author from the dataset by numeric author `id`. The record has name, about text, genres, birth and death dates, website, average rating, ratings and reviews counts, image and Goodreads URL. An id not in the dataset returns 404. Dataset Playground requests query indexed data and do not apply proxy routing.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 15 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: crawled_at: 2026-07-20; average_rating: 4.03; website: evanovich.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/goodreads-authors/items/153394' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id (path) | string | Yes | 153394 | Goodreads author id, e.g. 153394 |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"id": "153394",
"name": "Suzanne Collins",
"birth_date": "August 11, 1962",
"website": "http://suzannecollinsbooks.com",
"genres": [
"Young Adult",
"Fantasy"
],
"about": "Suzanne Collins is the author of...",
"average_rating": 4.3,
"ratings_count": 20189669,
"reviews_count": 900123,
"uri": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394.Suzanne_Collins",
"source_url": "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/153394"
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.