Endpoint Playground
Test Crawlora's Raw Story 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/rawstory/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. bennitokelty | |
| url | string | No | Canonical rawstory.com/u/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Bennito L. Kelty",
"slug": "bennitokelty",
"url": "https://www.rawstory.com/u/bennitokelty",
"bio": "Bennito L. Kelty is an award-winning journalist at Raw Story. He covered the U.S.-Mexico borderlands in Arizona and later homelessness, immigration and politics for Denver Westword.",
"image_url": "https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/eyJhbGci.../image.jpg?width=210",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Expert sounds the alarm as Trump's press ban points to historic danger: 'An outrage'",
"url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-media-ban-2677933730",
"published_at": "2026-09-25"
}
]
}
}Public Playground
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Returns one Raw Story author's public profile: name, bio, avatar, public social links, and their 15 most recent stories.
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Bennito L. Kelty",
"slug": "bennitokelty",
"url": "https://www.rawstory.com/u/bennitokelty",
"bio": "Bennito L. Kelty is an award-winning journalist at Raw Story. He covered the U.S.-Mexico borderlands in Arizona and later homelessness, immigration and politics for Denver Westword.",
"image_url": "https://www.rawstory.com/media-library/eyJhbGci.../image.jpg?width=210",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Expert sounds the alarm as Trump's press ban points to historic danger: 'An outrage'",
"url": "https://www.rawstory.com/trump-media-ban-2677933730",
"published_at": "2026-09-25"
}
]
}
}curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rawstory/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"