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Try the TheJournal.ie author API

Test Crawlora's TheJournal.ie author 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: /thejournal/author
Platform: TheJournal.ie
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thejournal/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
slug	string	No		Author slug, e.g. ottoline-spearman
url	string	No		Canonical thejournal.ie/author/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the numeric author id; alternative to slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDocTheJournal.ie

GET /thejournal/author

Get a TheJournal.ie author page

Returns one TheJournal.ie author's public archive page: name, numeric author id, and the most recent articles the first page lists.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one TheJournal.ie author's public archive page: name, numeric author id, and the most recent articles the first page lists.

Method: GET
Path: /thejournal/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: TheJournal.ie
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].image_urldata.articles[].sectiondata.articles[].summarydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.has_moredata.iddata.namedata.slugdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thejournal/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Try the TheJournal.ie author API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /thejournal/author
Platform: TheJournal.ie
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thejournal/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
slug	string	No		Author slug, e.g. ottoline-spearman
url	string	No		Canonical thejournal.ie/author/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the numeric author id; alternative to slug

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDocTheJournal.ie

GET /thejournal/author

Get a TheJournal.ie author page

Returns one TheJournal.ie author's public archive page: name, numeric author id, and the most recent articles the first page lists.

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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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one TheJournal.ie author's public archive page: name, numeric author id, and the most recent articles the first page lists.

Method: GET
Path: /thejournal/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: TheJournal.ie
Parameters: 3 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].image_urldata.articles[].sectiondata.articles[].summarydata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.has_moredata.iddata.namedata.slugdata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thejournal/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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