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Try the The Age journalist profile API

Test Crawlora's The Age journalist 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: /theage/author
Platform: The Age
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url

The Age journalist profile API documentation The Age platform page Crawlora API pricing Try The Age article API Try The Age section headlines API Try The Age top stories API Try The Age sections API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theage/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 The Age journalist URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/by/chip-le-grand-p4yvib",
    "name": "Chip Le Grand",
    "bio": "Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team.",
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "email": "chip.legrand@theage.com.au",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog finally has teeth. These are its new powers",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-anti-corruption-watchdog-finally-has-teeth-these-are-its-new-powers-20260924-p61083.html",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:09Z",
        "author": "Chip Le Grand"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.theageAuthorResponseDocThe Age

GET /theage/author

Get an Age journalist profile

Returns an Age journalist's public profile -- name, short biography, headshot, contact email and social links where published -- plus their recent stories, from a canonical https://www.theage.com.au/by/<name>-<id> URL.

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical The Age journalist URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/by/chip-le-grand-p4yvib",
    "name": "Chip Le Grand",
    "bio": "Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team.",
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "email": "chip.legrand@theage.com.au",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog finally has teeth. These are its new powers",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-anti-corruption-watchdog-finally-has-teeth-these-are-its-new-powers-20260924-p61083.html",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:09Z",
        "author": "Chip Le Grand"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /theage/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: The Age
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].authordata.articles[].image_urldata.articles[].published_atdata.articles[].summarydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].typedata.articles[].urldata.biodata.emaildata.image_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/by/chip-le-grand-p4yvib",
    "name": "Chip Le Grand",
    "bio": "Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team.",
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "email": "chip.legrand@theage.com.au",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog finally has teeth. These are its new powers",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-anti-corruption-watchdog-finally-has-teeth-these-are-its-new-powers-20260924-p61083.html",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:09Z",
        "author": "Chip Le Grand"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the The Age journalist profile API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /theage/author
Platform: The Age
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url

The Age journalist profile API documentation The Age platform page Crawlora API pricing Try The Age article API Try The Age section headlines API Try The Age top stories API Try The Age sections API

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theage/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 The Age journalist URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/by/chip-le-grand-p4yvib",
    "name": "Chip Le Grand",
    "bio": "Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team.",
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "email": "chip.legrand@theage.com.au",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog finally has teeth. These are its new powers",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-anti-corruption-watchdog-finally-has-teeth-these-are-its-new-powers-20260924-p61083.html",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:09Z",
        "author": "Chip Le Grand"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.theageAuthorResponseDocThe Age

GET /theage/author

Get an Age journalist profile

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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 The Age journalist URL

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/by/chip-le-grand-p4yvib",
    "name": "Chip Le Grand",
    "bio": "Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team.",
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "email": "chip.legrand@theage.com.au",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog finally has teeth. These are its new powers",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-anti-corruption-watchdog-finally-has-teeth-these-are-its-new-powers-20260924-p61083.html",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:09Z",
        "author": "Chip Le Grand"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Method: GET
Path: /theage/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: The Age
Parameters: 2 documented fields

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/by/chip-le-grand-p4yvib",
    "name": "Chip Le Grand",
    "bio": "Chip Le Grand leads our state politics reporting team.",
    "image_url": "https://static.ffx.io/images/...",
    "email": "chip.legrand@theage.com.au",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Victoria’s anti-corruption watchdog finally has teeth. These are its new powers",
        "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victoria-s-anti-corruption-watchdog-finally-has-teeth-these-are-its-new-powers-20260924-p61083.html",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T08:50:09Z",
        "author": "Chip Le Grand"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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