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Android Police API endpoint
Android Police author API
Returns a public author's byline metadata, biography, social links, and recent articles from a canonical author URL. Only the first page is covered.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestAndroid Policepublicnews.androidpoliceAuthorResponseDoc
Android Police/androidpolice/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /androidpolice/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Android Police
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.androidpoliceAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter url must be a canonical public author-profile URL such as https://www.androidpolice.com/author/jade-bryan-jardinico/. The response includes public byline metadata, biography, social links, and recent article links. Only the first page is covered.
Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /androidpolice/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fauthor%2Fjade-bryan-jardinico%2F
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 3.72 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /androidpolice/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fauthor%2Fjade-bryan-jardinico%2F
- Items in articles
- 20
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 4
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 20 | median 86 characters |
| url | 20 | androidpolice.com |
| summary | 20 | median 46 characters |
| image_url | 20 | static0.anpoimages.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Android Police author URL | https://www.androidpolice.com/author/jade-bryan-jardinico/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/androidpolice/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fauthor%2Fjade-bryan-jardinico%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Jade Bryan Jardinico",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example Android Police story",
"url": "https://www.androidpolice.com/example-story/"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.androidpoliceAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | androidpolice.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Android Police top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | string | 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.title | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No |
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | #/definitions/app.Response |
Code examples
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/androidpolice/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Fauthor%2Fjade-bryan-jardinico%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"