France 24 API endpoint
Returns one France 24 byline's public profile (name, job title, biography) and their recent articles from a canonical author-profile URL. This includes the shared "FRANCE 24" newsroom byline used on many stories, which has no individual biography.
/france24/authorQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS www.france24.com/en/author/<slug>/ URL. Returns the byline's public profile (name, job title, biography) and their recent articles. Most bylines resolve under this /author/ path -- including the shared "FRANCE 24" newsroom account, which many stories are credited to and has no individual biography or job title.
Example response for an individual journalist:
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.france24.com/en/author/stuart-norval/","name":"Stuart Norval","job_title":"Presenter","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"image_url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/example/avatar.jpg","articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20260924-example-headline"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 22 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 22 | median 75 characters |
| url | 22 | france24.com |
| image_url | 22 | s.france24.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical www.france24.com/en/author/<slug>/ URL | https://www.france24.com/en/author/france-24/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/france24/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.france24.com%2Fen%2Fauthor%2Ffrance-24%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.france24.com/en/author/france-24/",
"name": "FRANCE 24",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260924-example-headline"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.france24AuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | france24.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.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.job_title | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | 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/france24/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.france24.com%2Fen%2Fauthor%2Ffrance-24%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"