9to5Mac API endpoint
Returns a 9to5Mac author profile from `url`, a canonical `https://9to5mac.com/author/<slug>/` address: name, avatar, `biography`, `social_links` and the first page of recent articles. Each social link's `type` comes from the page's icon, and each article's `published_at` is the page's own text, such as `9 hours ago`, not a timestamp.
/ninetofivemac/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://9to5mac.com/author/<slug>/ URL.biography and social_links reflect whatever the author's own page shows; each social link's type comes from the page's icon markup (for example threads), not a fixed enum. Each article's published_at is the page's own rendered text (for example 9 hours ago, Sep 23 2026 - 12:58 pm PT or Sep 24 2026), not a machine-readable timestamp.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://9to5mac.com/author/chmiller44/","name":"Chance Miller","biography":["Chance is the editor-in-chief of 9to5Mac."],"social_links":[{"type":"threads","url":"https://www.threads.net/@chancehmiller"}],"articles":[{"title":"New iPad mini coming soon with these major changes","url":"https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/24/new-ipad-mini-coming-soon-with-these-major-changes","published_at":"9 hours ago","author":"Chance Miller"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 24 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 24 | median 66 characters |
| url | 24 | 9to5mac.com |
| summary | 24 | median 212 characters |
| published_at | 24 | |
| author | 24 | |
| image_url | 24 | 9to5mac.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical 9to5Mac author URL | https://9to5mac.com/author/chmiller44/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ninetofivemac/author?url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2Fauthor%2Fchmiller44%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://9to5mac.com/author/chmiller44/",
"name": "Chance Miller",
"biography": [
"Chance is the editor-in-chief of 9to5Mac."
],
"social_links": [
{
"type": "threads",
"url": "https://www.threads.net/@chancehmiller"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "New iPad mini coming soon with these major changes",
"url": "https://9to5mac.com/2026/09/24/new-ipad-mini-coming-soon-with-these-major-changes",
"published_at": "9 hours ago",
"author": "Chance Miller"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.ninetofivemacAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | ninetofivemac.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | ||||
| data.articles[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links | array | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].url | string | 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/ninetofivemac/author?url=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2Fauthor%2Fchmiller44%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"