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Entertainment Weekly API endpoint
Entertainment Weekly author API
Returns one Entertainment Weekly contributor's public profile (name, job title, biography) and their recent articles from a canonical author URL.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestEntertainment Weeklypublicnews.ewAuthorResponseDoc
Entertainment Weekly/ew/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /ew/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Entertainment Weekly
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.ewAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS ew.com/author/<slug> or ew.com/<slug>-<id> profile URL. Returns the contributor's public profile (name, job title, biography) and their recent articles.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /ew/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Fauthor%2Fdalton-ross%2F
- Items in articles
- 24
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 24 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 24 | median 74 characters |
| url | 24 | ew.com |
| image_url | 24 | ew.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical ew.com/author/<slug> or ew.com/<slug>-<id> profile URL | https://ew.com/author/dalton-ross/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ew/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Fauthor%2Fdalton-ross%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://ew.com/author/dalton-ross",
"name": "Dalton Ross",
"job_title": "Editorial Director",
"highlights": [
"Dalton Ross is a writer and editor with over 25 years experience covering the entertainment industry."
],
"biography": [
"Dalton Ross has over 25 years of experience working as a writer and editor and has been with Entertainment Weekly since 1999."
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://ew.com/example-headline-12345678"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.ewAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | ew.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.highlights | array | No | ||||
| data.job_title | string | No | ||||
| data.name | 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/ew/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Few.com%2Fauthor%2Fdalton-ross%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"