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Try the Metro author profile API

Test Crawlora's Metro 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.

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metro/author
Platform: Metro
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url

Metro author profile API documentation Metro platform page Crawlora API pricing Try Metro article API Try Metro section headlines API Try Metro top stories API Try Metro sections API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/author?url=<url>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes		Canonical Metro author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
    "name": "Craig Munro",
    "job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
    "bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
    "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
    "knows_about": [
      "Politics",
      "Crime News",
      "World"
    ],
    "same_as": [
      "https://twitter.com/crunro"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
        "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
        "summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
        "section": "Politics",
        "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.metroAuthorResponseDocMetro

GET /metro/author

Get a Metro author profile

Returns a Metro author's name, job title, biography, topic areas, social links, and most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical Metro author URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
    "name": "Craig Munro",
    "job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
    "bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
    "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
    "knows_about": [
      "Politics",
      "Crime News",
      "World"
    ],
    "same_as": [
      "https://twitter.com/crunro"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
        "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
        "summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
        "section": "Politics",
        "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a Metro author's name, job title, biography, topic areas, social links, and most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

Method: GET
Path: /metro/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Metro
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].image_urldata.articles[].published_atdata.articles[].sectiondata.articles[].summarydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.image_urldata.job_titledata.knows_about

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
    "name": "Craig Munro",
    "job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
    "bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
    "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
    "knows_about": [
      "Politics",
      "Crime News",
      "World"
    ],
    "same_as": [
      "https://twitter.com/crunro"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
        "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
        "summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
        "section": "Politics",
        "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/author?url=<url>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the Metro author profile API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /metro/author
Platform: Metro
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url

Metro author profile API documentation Metro platform page Crawlora API pricing Try Metro article API Try Metro section headlines API Try Metro top stories API Try Metro sections API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/author?url=<url>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes		Canonical Metro author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
    "name": "Craig Munro",
    "job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
    "bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
    "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
    "knows_about": [
      "Politics",
      "Crime News",
      "World"
    ],
    "same_as": [
      "https://twitter.com/crunro"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
        "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
        "summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
        "section": "Politics",
        "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.metroAuthorResponseDocMetro

GET /metro/author

Get a Metro author profile

Returns a Metro author's name, job title, biography, topic areas, social links, and most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical Metro author URL

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
    "name": "Craig Munro",
    "job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
    "bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
    "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
    "knows_about": [
      "Politics",
      "Crime News",
      "World"
    ],
    "same_as": [
      "https://twitter.com/crunro"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
        "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
        "summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
        "section": "Politics",
        "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a Metro author's name, job title, biography, topic areas, social links, and most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

Method: GET
Path: /metro/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Metro
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
    "name": "Craig Munro",
    "job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
    "bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
    "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
    "knows_about": [
      "Politics",
      "Crime News",
      "World"
    ],
    "same_as": [
      "https://twitter.com/crunro"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
        "url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
        "summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
        "section": "Politics",
        "image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/author?url=<url>" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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