Daily Star UK API endpoint
Returns one Daily Star (UK) author's public profile (name and, when published, job title, bio, email and X/Twitter handle) and one page of their recent articles.
/dailystaruk/authorQuery parameters:
slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. edward-easton.url (optional): a canonical https://www.dailystar.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. Most Daily Star profiles carry only a name, so the contact fields are usually absent; that is not an error. An unknown slug returns a 404 error.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Edward Easton","slug":"edward-easton","url":"https://www.dailystar.co.uk/authors/edward-easton/","page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/example-headline-37700286","label":"Protein Diet","label_url":"https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/protein-diet"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 24 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 24 | median 83 characters |
| url | 24 | dailystar.co.uk |
| label | 24 | |
| label_url | 24 | dailystar.co.uk |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. edward-easton | edward-easton | |
| url | string | No | Canonical dailystar.co.uk/authors/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/authors/edward-easton/ | |
| 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 -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dailystaruk/author?page=1" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Edward Easton",
"slug": "edward-easton",
"url": "https://www.dailystar.co.uk/authors/edward-easton/",
"page": 1,
"has_next_page": true,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/example-headline-37700286",
"label": "Protein Diet",
"label_url": "https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/protein-diet"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.reachAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dailystaruk/author?page=1" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"