Deadline API endpoint
Returns one Deadline staff writer or contributor's public profile: name, job title, headshot, biography, social/contact links, and one page of their recent articles.
/deadline/authorReturns one Deadline staff writer or contributor's public "/author/<slug>" archive: name, job title, headshot, biography, social/contact links, and one page of their recent articles.
Query parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://deadline.com/author/<slug> URL.page (optional): 1-based page of recent articles to return; defaults to 1.job_title, headshot_url, and social_links (e.g. twitter, email) reflect only what the author's own archive page publishes and may be empty.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://deadline.com/author/andreas-wiseman","name":"Andreas Wiseman","job_title":"Executive Editor, Film & International","headshot_url":"https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/example.jpg","biography":["Andreas joined Deadline in 2018 covering the international and U.S. film industries."],"social_links":{"twitter":"https://twitter.com/AndreasWiseman","email":"mailto:[email protected]"},"page":1,"articles":[{"title":"Example story","url":"https://deadline.com/2026/09/example-story-1237111140/"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 12 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 12 | median 88 characters |
| url | 12 | deadline.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical deadline.com/author/<slug> URL | https://deadline.com/author/andreas-wiseman/ | |
| page | integer | No | 1 | 1-based page of recent articles to return; defaults to 1 | 1 |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/deadline/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2Fauthor%2Fandreas-wiseman%2F&page=1" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://deadline.com/author/andreas-wiseman",
"name": "Andreas Wiseman",
"job_title": "Executive Editor, Film & International",
"headshot_url": "https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/example.jpg",
"biography": [
"Andreas joined Deadline in 2018 covering the international and U.S. film industries."
],
"social_links": {
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/AndreasWiseman",
"email": "mailto:[email protected]"
},
"page": 1,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example story",
"url": "https://deadline.com/2026/09/example-story-1237111140/"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.deadlineAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | deadline.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | ||||
| data.articles[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.headshot_url | string | No | ||||
| data.job_title | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.page | integer | No | ||||
| data.social_links | object | 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/deadline/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdeadline.com%2Fauthor%2Fandreas-wiseman%2F&page=1" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"