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Test Crawlora's Guardian contributor 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/guardian/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Guardian contributor profile slug, e.g. hannah-devlin | |
| url | string | No | Canonical https://www.theguardian.com/profile/<slug> page URL, as an alternative to slug | |
| page | integer | No | 1-based article-history page, 1 to 100, defaults to 1 |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Hannah Devlin",
"slug": "hannah-devlin",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hannah-devlin",
"bio": "Hannah Devlin is the Guardian's science correspondent. She has a PhD in biomedical imaging from the University of Oxford.",
"twitter_handle": "hannahdev",
"image_url": "https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2018/04/12/Hannah-Devlin.jpg",
"page": 1,
"total_pages": 69,
"total_results": 1365,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Women using HRT at lower risk of dementia, study suggests",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/26/women-hrt-lower-risk-dementia-study",
"section": "society",
"published_at": "2026-08-26T09:16:30Z"
}
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns one Guardian contributor's public profile: name, bio, Twitter handle, byline image, and one page of their recent articles. Provide either the contributor's profile slug or the full profile page URL.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Hannah Devlin",
"slug": "hannah-devlin",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/profile/hannah-devlin",
"bio": "Hannah Devlin is the Guardian's science correspondent. She has a PhD in biomedical imaging from the University of Oxford.",
"twitter_handle": "hannahdev",
"image_url": "https://uploads.guim.co.uk/2018/04/12/Hannah-Devlin.jpg",
"page": 1,
"total_pages": 69,
"total_results": 1365,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Women using HRT at lower risk of dementia, study suggests",
"url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/26/women-hrt-lower-risk-dementia-study",
"section": "society",
"published_at": "2026-08-26T09:16:30Z"
}
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/guardian/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"