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Try the Salon writer profile API

Test Crawlora's Salon writer 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: /salon/author
Platform: Salon
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/salon/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 Salon writer URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.salon.com/writer/troy_farah",
    "name": "Troy Farah",
    "job_title": "News Editor",
    "bio": "Troy Farah is Salon's news editor and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously he served as the national affairs editor and science and health editor.",
    "image_url": "https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2026/04/troy-farah.jpg",
    "same_as": [
      "https://x.com/filth_filler"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump admin spars with Iran at UN meeting",
        "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/trump-admin-spars-with-iran-at-un-meeting/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.salonAuthorResponseDocSalon

GET /salon/author

Get a Salon writer profile

Returns a Salon writer's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical writer URL.

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical Salon writer URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.salon.com/writer/troy_farah",
    "name": "Troy Farah",
    "job_title": "News Editor",
    "bio": "Troy Farah is Salon's news editor and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously he served as the national affairs editor and science and health editor.",
    "image_url": "https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2026/04/troy-farah.jpg",
    "same_as": [
      "https://x.com/filth_filler"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump admin spars with Iran at UN meeting",
        "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/trump-admin-spars-with-iran-at-un-meeting/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a Salon writer's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical writer URL.

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

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.image_urldata.job_titledata.namedata.same_asdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.salon.com/writer/troy_farah",
    "name": "Troy Farah",
    "job_title": "News Editor",
    "bio": "Troy Farah is Salon's news editor and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously he served as the national affairs editor and science and health editor.",
    "image_url": "https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2026/04/troy-farah.jpg",
    "same_as": [
      "https://x.com/filth_filler"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump admin spars with Iran at UN meeting",
        "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/trump-admin-spars-with-iran-at-un-meeting/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the Salon writer profile API

Endpoint facts

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

Salon writer profile API documentation Salon platform page Crawlora API pricing Try Salon article API Try Salon section headlines API Try Salon top stories API Try Salon sections API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/salon/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 Salon writer URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.salon.com/writer/troy_farah",
    "name": "Troy Farah",
    "job_title": "News Editor",
    "bio": "Troy Farah is Salon's news editor and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously he served as the national affairs editor and science and health editor.",
    "image_url": "https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2026/04/troy-farah.jpg",
    "same_as": [
      "https://x.com/filth_filler"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump admin spars with Iran at UN meeting",
        "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/trump-admin-spars-with-iran-at-un-meeting/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.salonAuthorResponseDocSalon

GET /salon/author

Get a Salon writer profile

Returns a Salon writer's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical writer URL.

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

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API key

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not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical Salon writer 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://www.salon.com/writer/troy_farah",
    "name": "Troy Farah",
    "job_title": "News Editor",
    "bio": "Troy Farah is Salon's news editor and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously he served as the national affairs editor and science and health editor.",
    "image_url": "https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2026/04/troy-farah.jpg",
    "same_as": [
      "https://x.com/filth_filler"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump admin spars with Iran at UN meeting",
        "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/trump-admin-spars-with-iran-at-un-meeting/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a Salon writer's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical writer URL.

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

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.image_urldata.job_titledata.namedata.same_asdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.salon.com/writer/troy_farah",
    "name": "Troy Farah",
    "job_title": "News Editor",
    "bio": "Troy Farah is Salon's news editor and author of our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Previously he served as the national affairs editor and science and health editor.",
    "image_url": "https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2026/04/troy-farah.jpg",
    "same_as": [
      "https://x.com/filth_filler"
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump admin spars with Iran at UN meeting",
        "url": "https://www.salon.com/2026/09/23/trump-admin-spars-with-iran-at-un-meeting/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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