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Try the The Hindu author profile API

Test Crawlora's The Hindu 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: /thehindu/author
Platform: The Hindu
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: url

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thehindu/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 Hindu author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "info@devdutt.com",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDocThe Hindu

GET /thehindu/author

Get a The Hindu author profile

Returns a The Hindu author's byline metadata, biography, contact/social links, and their most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical The Hindu author URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "info@devdutt.com",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a The Hindu author's byline metadata, biography, contact/social links, and their most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

Method: GET
Path: /thehindu/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: The Hindu
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.biographydata.designationdata.email

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "info@devdutt.com",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the The Hindu author profile API

Endpoint facts

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

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thehindu/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 Hindu author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "info@devdutt.com",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDocThe Hindu

GET /thehindu/author

Get a The Hindu author profile

Returns a The Hindu author's byline metadata, biography, contact/social links, and their most recent articles from a canonical author 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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Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical The Hindu author URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "info@devdutt.com",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a The Hindu author's byline metadata, biography, contact/social links, and their most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

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

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "info@devdutt.com",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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