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Try the Variety author profile API

Test Crawlora's Variety 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: /variety/author
Platform: Variety
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url, page

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Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. ellise-shafer
url	string	No	Canonical variety.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug
page	integer	No	1-based page number; overrides any page number in url

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDocVariety

GET /variety/author

Get a Variety author profile

Returns one Variety author's public profile: name, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one Variety author's public profile: name, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /variety/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Variety
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:querypage: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.has_next_pagedata.image_url

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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Try the Variety author profile API

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /variety/author
Platform: Variety
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Required params: None
Common optional params: slug, url, page

Variety author profile API documentation Variety platform page Crawlora API pricing Try Variety article API Try Variety section headlines API Try Variety top stories API Try Variety sections API

Prefilled cURL

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

Request parameters visible to crawlers

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. ellise-shafer
url	string	No	Canonical variety.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug
page	integer	No	1-based page number; overrides any page number in url

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDocVariety

GET /variety/author

Get a Variety author profile

Returns one Variety author's public profile: name, 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.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint details

Returns one Variety author's public profile: name, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

Method: GET
Path: /variety/author
Authentication: apiKey
Credit cost: 2 credits/request
Platform: Variety
Parameters: 4 documented fields

Request parameters

slug:queryurl:querypage:queryx-api-key:header

Response schema fields

Sample response summary

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

cURL example

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

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