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CNN API endpoint

CNN profile page API

Returns one CNN profile's byline metadata (name and title), bio paragraphs, social accounts, and recent articles/videos. Provide either a profile slug or a canonical cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestCNNcnn.authorResponseDoc/cnn/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /cnn/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: CNN
Response schema: #/definitions/cnn.authorResponseDoc

CNN API Try CNN profile page API in Playground CNN API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): a CNN profile slug, e.g. jake-tapper-profile. Some CNN profiles use a -profile suffix and others a bare name; a slug without the suffix is tried as <slug>-profile first and then as the bare slug (kevin-liptak resolves to kevin-liptak-profile, alaa-elassar resolves as-is).
url (optional): a canonical https://www.cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug. The URL's slug is used exactly as given.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. Returns the profile's name, job title, bio paragraphs, social accounts (platform tagged from the page's own labeling, e.g. facebook, twitter, instagram), and recent articles or videos.

Each item in articles carries a type of article or video -- CNN anchors' recent-content feeds are often video-heavy, while beat reporters are mostly text articles. published_at is the page's own machine-readable timestamp when present, or its human-readable display date (e.g. Sep 18, 2026) otherwise.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile","name":"Jake Tapper","title":"Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent","bio":["CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013..."],"social_accounts":[{"platform":"facebook","url":"https://www.facebook.com/JakeTapper"},{"platform":"twitter","url":"https://www.twitter.com/JakeTapper"}],"articles":[{"title":"JFK's niece on Trump's Kennedy Center fight: 'These are the actions of a petty tyrant who can't get his way'","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/us/video/jfk-niece-calls-trump-petty-tyrant-in-kennedy-center-fight-lead-jake-tapper","type":"video","published_at":"Sep 18, 2026","image_url":"https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/thumb-22998115-186338-815-thumb.jpg"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /cnn/author?slug=jake-tapper-profile
Items in articles: 16
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 16 checked	Values in the sample
title	16
url	16	cnn.com
type	16
published_at	16
image_url	16	media.cnn.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	CNN profile slug, e.g. jake-tapper-profile (a slug without the -profile suffix is tried with it first, then as-is)	jake-tapper-profile
url	string	No	Canonical cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug	https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cnn/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile",
    "name": "Jake Tapper",
    "title": "Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent",
    "bio": [
      "CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013..."
    ],
    "social_accounts": [
      {
        "platform": "facebook",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/JakeTapper"
      },
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://www.twitter.com/JakeTapper"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "JFK's niece on Trump's Kennedy Center fight: 'These are the actions of a petty tyrant who can't get his way'",
        "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/us/video/jfk-niece-calls-trump-petty-tyrant-in-kennedy-center-fight-lead-jake-tapper",
        "type": "video",
        "published_at": "Sep 18, 2026",
        "image_url": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/thumb-22998115-186338-815-thumb.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/cnn.authorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Enum	Example
code	integer	No		200
data	cnn.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].published_at	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].type	string	No	article, video
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.bio	array	No
data.name	string	No
data.social_accounts	array	No
data.social_accounts[].platform	string	No
data.social_accounts[].url	string	No
data.title	string	No
data.url	string	No
msg	string	No		OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal Server Error	#/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/cnn/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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CNN API endpoint

CNN profile page API

Returns one CNN profile's byline metadata (name and title), bio paragraphs, social accounts, and recent articles/videos. Provide either a profile slug or a canonical cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestCNNcnn.authorResponseDoc/cnn/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /cnn/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: CNN
Response schema: #/definitions/cnn.authorResponseDoc

CNN API Try CNN profile page API in Playground CNN API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): a CNN profile slug, e.g. jake-tapper-profile. Some CNN profiles use a -profile suffix and others a bare name; a slug without the suffix is tried as <slug>-profile first and then as the bare slug (kevin-liptak resolves to kevin-liptak-profile, alaa-elassar resolves as-is).
url (optional): a canonical https://www.cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug. The URL's slug is used exactly as given.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile","name":"Jake Tapper","title":"Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent","bio":["CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013..."],"social_accounts":[{"platform":"facebook","url":"https://www.facebook.com/JakeTapper"},{"platform":"twitter","url":"https://www.twitter.com/JakeTapper"}],"articles":[{"title":"JFK's niece on Trump's Kennedy Center fight: 'These are the actions of a petty tyrant who can't get his way'","url":"https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/us/video/jfk-niece-calls-trump-petty-tyrant-in-kennedy-center-fight-lead-jake-tapper","type":"video","published_at":"Sep 18, 2026","image_url":"https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/thumb-22998115-186338-815-thumb.jpg"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /cnn/author?slug=jake-tapper-profile
Items in articles: 16
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 16 checked	Values in the sample
title	16
url	16	cnn.com
type	16
published_at	16
image_url	16	media.cnn.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	CNN profile slug, e.g. jake-tapper-profile (a slug without the -profile suffix is tried with it first, then as-is)	jake-tapper-profile
url	string	No	Canonical cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug	https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cnn/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile",
    "name": "Jake Tapper",
    "title": "Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent",
    "bio": [
      "CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013..."
    ],
    "social_accounts": [
      {
        "platform": "facebook",
        "url": "https://www.facebook.com/JakeTapper"
      },
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://www.twitter.com/JakeTapper"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "JFK's niece on Trump's Kennedy Center fight: 'These are the actions of a petty tyrant who can't get his way'",
        "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/us/video/jfk-niece-calls-trump-petty-tyrant-in-kennedy-center-fight-lead-jake-tapper",
        "type": "video",
        "published_at": "Sep 18, 2026",
        "image_url": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/thumb-22998115-186338-815-thumb.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/cnn.authorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Enum	Example
code	integer	No		200
data	cnn.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].published_at	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].type	string	No	article, video
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.bio	array	No
data.name	string	No
data.social_accounts	array	No
data.social_accounts[].platform	string	No
data.social_accounts[].url	string	No
data.title	string	No
data.url	string	No
msg	string	No		OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/definitions/app.Response
500	Internal Server Error	#/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/cnn/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

More CNN endpoint docs CNN API CNN article API documentation CNN headlines API documentation CNN live story API documentation

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CNN profile page 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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CNN profile page API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related