Endpoint Playground
Test Crawlora's The National 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/national/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | The National author slug, e.g. cody-combs | |
| url | string | No | Canonical thenationalnews.com/topics/Author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Cody Combs",
"slug": "cody-combs",
"url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/topics/Author/cody-combs/",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/09/30/example-story/",
"author": "Cody Combs"
}
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns one public author topic page, its name, optional author image and the latest article cards listed on that page.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Cody Combs",
"slug": "cody-combs",
"url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/topics/Author/cody-combs/",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/future/technology/2026/09/30/example-story/",
"author": "Cody Combs"
}
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/national/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"