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Birmingham Mail author profile API

Returns one Birmingham Mail author's public profile: name, job title, bio, email, X/Twitter handle, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestBirmingham Mailpublicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc/birminghammail/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /birminghammail/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Birmingham Mail
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc

Birmingham Mail scraping API Try Birmingham Mail author profile API in Playground Birmingham Mail API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. stephanie-balloo.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the site's own ?pageNumber=<n> query, as an alternative to slug.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list, from 1 to 100; overrides any pageNumber in url. Defaults to 1.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. Each page lists about 24 articles and has_next_page reports whether the site's own pagination shows a further page. email and twitter are the author's own contact links; unlisted contact details are simply absent, not an error. An unknown slug returns a 404 error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Stephanie Balloo","slug":"stephanie-balloo","url":"https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/","job_title":"Real Life Editor","bio":"Example biography.","email":"[email protected]","twitter":"https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo","page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862","label":"West Midlands Police","label_url":"https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /birminghammail/author?slug=stephanie-balloo
Items in articles: 24
Fields filled in every checked item: 4

Field	Filled in, of 24 checked	Values in the sample
title	24	median 78 characters
url	24	birminghammail.co.uk
label	24
label_url	24	birminghammail.co.uk

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. stephanie-balloo	stephanie-balloo
url	string	No	Canonical birminghammail.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug	https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/
page	integer	No	1-based page number of the author's article list (1 to 100); overrides any pageNumber in url
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	reachplc.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].label	string	No
data.articles[].label_url	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.bio	string	No
data.email	string	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.job_title	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.slug	string	No
data.twitter	string	No
data.url	string	No

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/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/birminghammail/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

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Birmingham Mail API endpoint

Birmingham Mail author profile API

Returns one Birmingham Mail author's public profile: name, job title, bio, email, X/Twitter handle, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestBirmingham Mailpublicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc/birminghammail/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /birminghammail/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Birmingham Mail
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc

Birmingham Mail scraping API Try Birmingham Mail author profile API in Playground Birmingham Mail API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. stephanie-balloo.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the site's own ?pageNumber=<n> query, as an alternative to slug.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list, from 1 to 100; overrides any pageNumber in url. Defaults to 1.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Stephanie Balloo","slug":"stephanie-balloo","url":"https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/","job_title":"Real Life Editor","bio":"Example biography.","email":"[email protected]","twitter":"https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo","page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862","label":"West Midlands Police","label_url":"https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /birminghammail/author?slug=stephanie-balloo
Items in articles: 24
Fields filled in every checked item: 4

Field	Filled in, of 24 checked	Values in the sample
title	24	median 78 characters
url	24	birminghammail.co.uk
label	24
label_url	24	birminghammail.co.uk

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. stephanie-balloo	stephanie-balloo
url	string	No	Canonical birminghammail.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug	https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/
page	integer	No	1-based page number of the author's article list (1 to 100); overrides any pageNumber in url
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/birminghammail/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Stephanie Balloo",
    "slug": "stephanie-balloo",
    "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/stephanie-balloo/",
    "job_title": "Real Life Editor",
    "bio": "Example biography.",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/JournoBalloo",
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/example-headline-34668862",
        "label": "West Midlands Police",
        "label_url": "https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/west-midlands-police"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	reachplc.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].label	string	No
data.articles[].label_url	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.bio	string	No
data.email	string	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.job_title	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.slug	string	No
data.twitter	string	No
data.url	string	No

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/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/birminghammail/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Birmingham Mail author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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Birmingham Mail author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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