7NEWS Australia API endpoint
Returns one 7NEWS journalist's public profile: name, job title, biography, portrait, public social links and the latest stories listed on the profile page.
/sevennewsau/authorReturns one 7NEWS journalist's public profile: name, job title (role), biography, portrait, public social links, and the latest stories the profile page lists (about a dozen, newest first, each with title, URL, summary and image).
Query parameters:
slug (optional): a profile slug, e.g. aimee-edwards. Lowercase letters, digits and single hyphens.url (optional): a canonical https://7news.com.au/profile/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug.Exactly one of slug/url is required. There is no pagination: the profile page renders only its first batch of stories and loads older ones with a private in-page call that this API does not use. An unknown slug returns a 404 error.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Aimee Edwards","slug":"aimee-edwards","url":"https://7news.com.au/profile/aimee-edwards","role":"Morning TV Digital Content Lead","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"image_url":"https://images.7news.com.au/assets/profiles/AimeeEdwards.png","articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://7news.com.au/news/world/example-story-c-22923759","summary":"Example summary.","image_url":"https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-22923759/example-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.png"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 11 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 11 | median 65 characters |
| url | 11 | 7news.com.au |
| summary | 4 | median 67 characters |
| image_url | 11 | images.7news.com.au |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. aimee-edwards | aimee-edwards | |
| url | string | No | Canonical 7news.com.au/profile/<slug> URL; alternative to slug | https://7news.com.au/profile/aimee-edwards | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sevennewsau/author" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Aimee Edwards",
"slug": "aimee-edwards",
"url": "https://7news.com.au/profile/aimee-edwards",
"role": "Morning TV Digital Content Lead",
"biography": [
"Example biography paragraph."
],
"image_url": "https://images.7news.com.au/assets/profiles/AimeeEdwards.png",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://7news.com.au/news/world/example-story-c-22923759",
"summary": "Example summary.",
"image_url": "https://images.7news.com.au/publication/C-22923759/example-16x9-x0y0w1280h720.png"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.sevennewsauAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | sevennewsau.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under 7NEWS Australia top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.role | string | No | ||||
| data.slug | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links | array | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No |
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sevennewsau/author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"