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Engadget API endpoint

Engadget author profile API

Returns one Engadget author's public profile: name, biography, expertise, social links, and the latest stories listed on their page (a single fixed batch; the page has no further pagination).

GETapiKey2 credits/requestEngadgetpublicnews.engadgetAuthorResponseDoc/engadget/author

Endpoint facts

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

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How this endpoint behaves

Returns one Engadget author's public profile: name, photo, location, school, expertise, highlights, biography, social links, and the latest stories listed on their page.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. mariella-moon.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.engadget.com/author/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. The page lists a single fixed batch of recent stories; there is no pagination parameter. An unknown author slug returns a not-found error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Mariella Moon","slug":"mariella-moon","url":"https://www.engadget.com/author/mariella-moon/","location":"Cavite City, Calabarzon, Philippines","expertise":["Space exploration","Robotics","Gaming"],"biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"social_links":[{"platform":"linkedin","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/example"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.engadget.com/2267229/example-headline","type":"AI"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /engadget/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fauthor%2Fmariella-moon%2F
Items in articles: 27
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 27 checked	Values in the sample
title	27	median 73 characters
url	27	engadget.com
type	27
summary	27	median 102 characters
image_url	27	engadget.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. mariella-moon	mariella-moon
url	string	No	Canonical engadget.com/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug	https://www.engadget.com/author/mariella-moon/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mariella Moon",
    "slug": "mariella-moon",
    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/author/mariella-moon/",
    "location": "Cavite City, Calabarzon, Philippines",
    "expertise": [
      "Space exploration",
      "Robotics",
      "Gaming"
    ],
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "linkedin",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2267229/example-headline",
        "type": "AI"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.engadgetAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	engadget.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].author	string	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].published_at	string	No
data.articles[].summary	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].type	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.biography	array	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.highlights	array	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.location	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.school	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/engadget/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Engadget API endpoint

Engadget author profile API

Returns one Engadget author's public profile: name, biography, expertise, social links, and the latest stories listed on their page (a single fixed batch; the page has no further pagination).

GETapiKey2 credits/requestEngadgetpublicnews.engadgetAuthorResponseDoc/engadget/author

Endpoint facts

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

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

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one Engadget author's public profile: name, photo, location, school, expertise, highlights, biography, social links, and the latest stories listed on their page.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. mariella-moon.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.engadget.com/author/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. The page lists a single fixed batch of recent stories; there is no pagination parameter. An unknown author slug returns a not-found error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Mariella Moon","slug":"mariella-moon","url":"https://www.engadget.com/author/mariella-moon/","location":"Cavite City, Calabarzon, Philippines","expertise":["Space exploration","Robotics","Gaming"],"biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"social_links":[{"platform":"linkedin","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/example"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.engadget.com/2267229/example-headline","type":"AI"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /engadget/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2Fauthor%2Fmariella-moon%2F
Items in articles: 27
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 27 checked	Values in the sample
title	27	median 73 characters
url	27	engadget.com
type	27
summary	27	median 102 characters
image_url	27	engadget.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. mariella-moon	mariella-moon
url	string	No	Canonical engadget.com/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug	https://www.engadget.com/author/mariella-moon/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Mariella Moon",
    "slug": "mariella-moon",
    "url": "https://www.engadget.com/author/mariella-moon/",
    "location": "Cavite City, Calabarzon, Philippines",
    "expertise": [
      "Space exploration",
      "Robotics",
      "Gaming"
    ],
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "linkedin",
        "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/example"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.engadget.com/2267229/example-headline",
        "type": "AI"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.engadgetAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	engadget.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].author	string	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].published_at	string	No
data.articles[].summary	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].type	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.biography	array	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.highlights	array	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.location	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.school	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/engadget/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Engadget 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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Engadget 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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