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Try the The Verge author profile API

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

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Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theverge/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 Verge author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
    "name": "Jay Peters",
    "job_title": "Senior Reporter",
    "bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "A great new video game movie",
        "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
        "category": "Tech",
        "excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Method

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.thevergeAuthorResponseDocThe Verge

GET /theverge/author

Get a The Verge author profile

Returns a The Verge author's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical author URL.

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical The Verge author URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
    "name": "Jay Peters",
    "job_title": "Senior Reporter",
    "bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "A great new video game movie",
        "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
        "category": "Tech",
        "excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a The Verge author's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical author URL.

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

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].categorydata.articles[].excerptdata.articles[].published_atdata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.job_titledata.namedata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
    "name": "Jay Peters",
    "job_title": "Senior Reporter",
    "bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "A great new video game movie",
        "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
        "category": "Tech",
        "excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the The Verge author profile API

Endpoint facts

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

Prefilled cURL

curl "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theverge/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 Verge author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
    "name": "Jay Peters",
    "job_title": "Senior Reporter",
    "bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "A great new video game movie",
        "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
        "category": "Tech",
        "excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.thevergeAuthorResponseDocThe Verge

GET /theverge/author

Get a The Verge author profile

Returns a The Verge author's byline metadata, biography, and 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

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

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Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical The Verge author 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

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
    "name": "Jay Peters",
    "job_title": "Senior Reporter",
    "bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "A great new video game movie",
        "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
        "category": "Tech",
        "excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns a The Verge author's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles from a canonical author URL.

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

Request parameters

url:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

datadata.articlesdata.articles[].categorydata.articles[].excerptdata.articles[].published_atdata.articles[].titledata.articles[].urldata.biodata.job_titledata.namedata.url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
    "name": "Jay Peters",
    "job_title": "Senior Reporter",
    "bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "A great new video game movie",
        "url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
        "category": "Tech",
        "excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
        "published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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