CBR API endpoint
Returns a CBR author profile from `url`, a canonical `https://www.cbr.com/author/<slug>/` address; paginated `/page/N/` URLs are rejected. The response has name, `title`, biography, image, `social_links` and about 20 items from the profile's Latest module, with no older pages available.
/cbr/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.cbr.com/author/<slug>/ URL (cbr.com is also accepted). Paginated /author/<slug>/page/N/ URLs are rejected.title, image_url, and biography reflect whatever the author's own profile page shows. social_links lists the author's own accounts (x, linkedin, facebook, instagram, bluesky, threads, tiktok, youtube, twitch, muckrack, or a generic website); the site's internal profile link is not included. articles is the profile page's own "Latest" module (about 20 items); older pages are not available.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://cbr.com/author/john-dodge/","name":"John Dodge","title":"Staff Writer","biography":"John Dodge is a CBR writer covering movies, TV, comics, and pop culture.","social_links":[{"type":"x","url":"https://twitter.com/JohnJDodge"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://cbr.com/example-article-slug"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 20 | median 78 characters |
| url | 20 | cbr.com |
| summary | 20 | median 142 characters |
| image_url | 20 | static0.cbrimages.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical CBR author URL | https://www.cbr.com/author/john-dodge/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fauthor%2Fjohn-dodge%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://cbr.com/author/john-dodge/",
"name": "John Dodge",
"title": "Staff Writer",
"biography": "John Dodge is a CBR writer covering movies, TV, comics, and pop culture.",
"social_links": [
{
"type": "x",
"url": "https://twitter.com/JohnJDodge"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://cbr.com/example-article-slug"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.cbrAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | cbr.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under CBR 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 |
| 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/cbr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fauthor%2Fjohn-dodge%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"