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Try the TechCrunch author profile API

Test Crawlora's TechCrunch 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: /techcrunch/author
Platform: TechCrunch
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url
Common optional params: page

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/techcrunch/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 techcrunch.com/author/<slug> URL
page	integer	No		1-based page of recent articles to return; defaults to 1

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/amanda-silberling",
    "name": "Amanda Silberling",
    "job_title": "Senior Writer, TechCrunch",
    "headshot_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example.jpg",
    "biography": [
      "Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture."
    ],
    "social_links": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/asilbwrites",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/amanda.omg.lol",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-silberling-29853093/"
    },
    "page": 1,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/example-story/",
        "category": "Social"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.techCrunchAuthorResponseDocTechCrunch

GET /techcrunch/author

Get a TechCrunch author profile

Returns one TechCrunch staff writer or contributor's public profile: name, job title, headshot, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical techcrunch.com/author/<slug> URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/amanda-silberling",
    "name": "Amanda Silberling",
    "job_title": "Senior Writer, TechCrunch",
    "headshot_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example.jpg",
    "biography": [
      "Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture."
    ],
    "social_links": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/asilbwrites",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/amanda.omg.lol",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-silberling-29853093/"
    },
    "page": 1,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/example-story/",
        "category": "Social"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one TechCrunch staff writer or contributor's public profile: name, job title, headshot, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /techcrunch/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: TechCrunch
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

url:querypage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].categorydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biographydata.headshot_urldata.job_titledata.namedata.pagedata.social_linksdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/amanda-silberling",
    "name": "Amanda Silberling",
    "job_title": "Senior Writer, TechCrunch",
    "headshot_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example.jpg",
    "biography": [
      "Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture."
    ],
    "social_links": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/asilbwrites",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/amanda.omg.lol",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-silberling-29853093/"
    },
    "page": 1,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/example-story/",
        "category": "Social"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the TechCrunch author profile API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /techcrunch/author
Platform: TechCrunch
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url
Common optional params: page

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/techcrunch/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 techcrunch.com/author/<slug> URL
page	integer	No		1-based page of recent articles to return; defaults to 1

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/amanda-silberling",
    "name": "Amanda Silberling",
    "job_title": "Senior Writer, TechCrunch",
    "headshot_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example.jpg",
    "biography": [
      "Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture."
    ],
    "social_links": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/asilbwrites",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/amanda.omg.lol",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-silberling-29853093/"
    },
    "page": 1,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/example-story/",
        "category": "Social"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.techCrunchAuthorResponseDocTechCrunch

GET /techcrunch/author

Get a TechCrunch author profile

Returns one TechCrunch staff writer or contributor's public profile: name, job title, headshot, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

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 techcrunch.com/author/<slug> 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://techcrunch.com/author/amanda-silberling",
    "name": "Amanda Silberling",
    "job_title": "Senior Writer, TechCrunch",
    "headshot_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example.jpg",
    "biography": [
      "Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture."
    ],
    "social_links": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/asilbwrites",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/amanda.omg.lol",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-silberling-29853093/"
    },
    "page": 1,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/example-story/",
        "category": "Social"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one TechCrunch staff writer or contributor's public profile: name, job title, headshot, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /techcrunch/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: TechCrunch
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

url:querypage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].categorydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biographydata.headshot_urldata.job_titledata.namedata.pagedata.social_linksdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/author/amanda-silberling",
    "name": "Amanda Silberling",
    "job_title": "Senior Writer, TechCrunch",
    "headshot_url": "https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/example.jpg",
    "biography": [
      "Amanda Silberling is a senior writer at TechCrunch covering the intersection of technology and culture."
    ],
    "social_links": {
      "twitter": "https://twitter.com/asilbwrites",
      "bluesky": "https://bsky.app/profile/amanda.omg.lol",
      "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-silberling-29853093/"
    },
    "page": 1,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/22/example-story/",
        "category": "Social"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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