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Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /datasets/journalists/search
Platform: Datasets
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: q, outlet, vertical, topic, contact_type, sort

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
q	string	No	Full-text match on the journalist's name, title, and bio, max 256 characters
outlet	string	No	Exact outlet id filter, e.g. techcrunch, coindesk. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet
vertical	string	No	Exact beat-vertical filter. Enum: tech, crypto, marketing, consumer_tech, consumer_policy, cybersecurity, health, gaming, climate, tech_independent, culture_independent
topic	string	No	Exact topic filter, e.g. security, stablecoins. Use the values returned by facets?facet=topic
contact_type	string	No	Contact-availability filter. Enum: email, social, none
sort	string	No	Sort enum: relevance, name_asc, outlet_asc, crawled_desc
page	integer	No	Page number, defaults to 1
page_size	integer	No	Page size, defaults to 20 and maxes at 100; page * page_size must be <= 10000

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "journalists",
    "items": [
      {
        "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": "[email protected]",
        "social_links": {
          "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
          "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
        },
        "contact_type": "email"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "outlet_asc"
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestdatasets.journalistsSearchResponseDocDatasets

GET /datasets/journalists/search

Search the journalists dataset

Searches the journalists index (dataset id enum value `journalists`) — public journalist and reporter contact records crawled from news outlets' own staff/author pages, for PR outreach. Each record carries the outlet, title, best-effort beat topics, and any public contact info (a work email or a social handle) found on that outlet's own page. There is no cross-outlet upstream search; this dataset is built by crawling a curated roster of outlets ourselves. vertical enum: `tech`, `crypto`, `marketing`, `consumer_tech`, `consumer_policy`, `cybersecurity`, `health`, `gaming`, `climate`, `tech_independent`, `culture_independent`. contact_type enum: `email`, `social`, `none`. sort enum: `relevance`, `name_asc`, `outlet_asc`, `crawled_desc`.

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{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "journalists",
    "items": [
      {
        "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": "[email protected]",
        "social_links": {
          "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
          "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
        },
        "contact_type": "email"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "outlet_asc"
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /datasets/journalists/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Datasets
Parameters: 9 documented fields

Request parameters

q:queryoutlet:queryvertical:querytopic:querycontact_type:querysort:querypage:querypage_size:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

codedatadata.datasetdata.itemsdata.items[].biodata.items[].contact_emaildata.items[].contact_typedata.items[].crawled_atdata.items[].namedata.items[].outletdata.items[].outlet_domaindata.items[].outlet_id

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "journalists",
    "items": [
      {
        "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": "[email protected]",
        "social_links": {
          "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
          "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
        },
        "contact_type": "email"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "outlet_asc"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
q	string	No	Full-text match on the journalist's name, title, and bio, max 256 characters
outlet	string	No	Exact outlet id filter, e.g. techcrunch, coindesk. Use the ids returned by facets?facet=outlet
vertical	string	No	Exact beat-vertical filter. Enum: tech, crypto, marketing, consumer_tech, consumer_policy, cybersecurity, health, gaming, climate, tech_independent, culture_independent
topic	string	No	Exact topic filter, e.g. security, stablecoins. Use the values returned by facets?facet=topic
contact_type	string	No	Contact-availability filter. Enum: email, social, none
sort	string	No	Sort enum: relevance, name_asc, outlet_asc, crawled_desc
page	integer	No	Page number, defaults to 1
page_size	integer	No	Page size, defaults to 20 and maxes at 100; page * page_size must be <= 10000

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "journalists",
    "items": [
      {
        "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": "[email protected]",
        "social_links": {
          "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
          "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
        },
        "contact_type": "email"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "outlet_asc"
  }
}

Search the journalists dataset

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{ "code": 200, "msg": "OK", "data": { "dataset": "journalists", "items": [ { "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": "[email protected]", "social_links": { "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337", "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com" }, "contact_type": "email" } ], "page": 1, "page_size": 20, "total": 1, "sort": "outlet_asc" } }

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /datasets/journalists/search
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Datasets
Parameters: 9 documented fields

Request parameters

q:queryoutlet:queryvertical:querytopic:querycontact_type:querysort:querypage:querypage_size:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "dataset": "journalists",
    "items": [
      {
        "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": "[email protected]",
        "social_links": {
          "signal": "zackwhittaker.1337",
          "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/zackwhittaker.com"
        },
        "contact_type": "email"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "page_size": 20,
    "total": 1,
    "sort": "outlet_asc"
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/datasets/journalists/search" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"