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CNET API endpoint

CNET author profile API

Returns one CNET author's public profile: name, role, biography, areas of expertise, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestCNETpublicnews.cnetAuthorResponseDoc/cnet/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /cnet/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: CNET
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.cnetAuthorResponseDoc

CNET scraping API Try CNET author profile API in Playground CNET API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one CNET author's public profile: name, role, credentials, biography, areas of expertise, social links, join date, published-article count, and one page of their recent articles.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. scottstein8.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.cnet.com/profiles/<slug>/ URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ path segment, as an alternative to slug. A URL that carries CNET's own /page/<n>/ pagination segment sets the page from that segment.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number embedded in url. Defaults to 1.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. has_next_page reports whether CNET's own pagination link indicates a further page exists. Each article's type is CNET's content type for the listing (for example news or video).

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Scott Stein","slug":"scottstein8","url":"https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/","role":"Editor at Large","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"joined_at":"July 12, 2013","article_count":3588,"expertise":[{"name":"Wearables","url":"https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/wearables/"}],"social_links":[{"platform":"facebook","url":"https://www.facebook.com/example"}],"page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/example-article/","type":"news","published_at":"2026-09-24T01:12:05Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /cnet/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fprofiles%2Fscottstein8%2F
Items in articles: 5
Fields filled in every checked item: 7

Field	Filled in, of 5 checked	Values in the sample
title	5	median 84 characters
url	5	cnet.com
type	5
summary	5	median 123 characters
published_at	5	2026-09-25 to 2026-10-07
author	5
image_url	5	cnet.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. scottstein8	scottstein8
url	string	No	Canonical cnet.com/profiles/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug	https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/
page	integer	No	1-based page number; overrides any page number in url
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Scott Stein",
    "slug": "scottstein8",
    "url": "https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/",
    "role": "Editor at Large",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "joined_at": "July 12, 2013",
    "article_count": 3588,
    "expertise": [
      {
        "name": "Wearables",
        "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/wearables/"
      }
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "facebook",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/example-article/",
        "type": "news",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T01:12:05Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.cnetAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	cnet.AuthorResponse	No
data.article_count	integer	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under CNET top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.credentials	string	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.expertise[].name	string	No
data.expertise[].url	string	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.joined_at	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.role	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	array	No
data.social_links[].platform	string	No
data.social_links[].url	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/cnet/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

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CNET API endpoint

CNET author profile API

Returns one CNET author's public profile: name, role, biography, areas of expertise, social links, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestCNETpublicnews.cnetAuthorResponseDoc/cnet/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /cnet/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: CNET
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.cnetAuthorResponseDoc

CNET scraping API Try CNET author profile API in Playground CNET API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one CNET author's public profile: name, role, credentials, biography, areas of expertise, social links, join date, published-article count, and one page of their recent articles.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. scottstein8.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.cnet.com/profiles/<slug>/ URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ path segment, as an alternative to slug. A URL that carries CNET's own /page/<n>/ pagination segment sets the page from that segment.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number embedded in url. Defaults to 1.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Scott Stein","slug":"scottstein8","url":"https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/","role":"Editor at Large","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"joined_at":"July 12, 2013","article_count":3588,"expertise":[{"name":"Wearables","url":"https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/wearables/"}],"social_links":[{"platform":"facebook","url":"https://www.facebook.com/example"}],"page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/example-article/","type":"news","published_at":"2026-09-24T01:12:05Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /cnet/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fprofiles%2Fscottstein8%2F
Items in articles: 5
Fields filled in every checked item: 7

Field	Filled in, of 5 checked	Values in the sample
title	5	median 84 characters
url	5	cnet.com
type	5
summary	5	median 123 characters
published_at	5	2026-09-25 to 2026-10-07
author	5
image_url	5	cnet.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. scottstein8	scottstein8
url	string	No	Canonical cnet.com/profiles/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug	https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/
page	integer	No	1-based page number; overrides any page number in url
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Scott Stein",
    "slug": "scottstein8",
    "url": "https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/",
    "role": "Editor at Large",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "joined_at": "July 12, 2013",
    "article_count": 3588,
    "expertise": [
      {
        "name": "Wearables",
        "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/wearables/"
      }
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "facebook",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/example-article/",
        "type": "news",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T01:12:05Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.cnetAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	cnet.AuthorResponse	No
data.article_count	integer	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under CNET top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.credentials	string	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.expertise[].name	string	No
data.expertise[].url	string	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.joined_at	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.role	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	array	No
data.social_links[].platform	string	No
data.social_links[].url	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/cnet/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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CNET 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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CNET author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related