Endpoint Playground
Test Crawlora's ProPublica staff 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/propublica/author?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical propublica.org/people/<slug> URL | |
| page | integer | No | 1-based page of recent stories to return; defaults to 1 |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.propublica.org/people/william-turton",
"name": "William Turton",
"bio": [
"William Turton is a reporter at ProPublica covering national security."
],
"contact_email": "william.turton@propublica.org",
"social_links": {
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-turton",
"x": "https://x.com/williamturton"
},
"page": 1,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example investigation",
"url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/example-investigation",
"published_at": "2026-09-22T09:00:00Z"
}
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns one ProPublica staff/contributor's public profile: name, bio, contact email and social accounts where published, and one page of their recent bylined stories.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.propublica.org/people/william-turton",
"name": "William Turton",
"bio": [
"William Turton is a reporter at ProPublica covering national security."
],
"contact_email": "william.turton@propublica.org",
"social_links": {
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-turton",
"x": "https://x.com/williamturton"
},
"page": 1,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example investigation",
"url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/example-investigation",
"published_at": "2026-09-22T09:00:00Z"
}
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/propublica/author?url=<url>" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"