Gizmodo API endpoint
Returns a Gizmodo author's name, job title, biography, headshot, social links, and most recent articles from a canonical author URL.
/gizmodo/authorQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS gizmodo.com/author/<slug> URL,
for example https://gizmodo.com/author/jpero. Returns the author's name, job
title, biography, headshot, social links (when listed), and the most recent
articles from the first page of their public post list. The article
published_at is the page's own human-readable local timestamp (for example
September 23, 2026, 9:20 pm), not an RFC 3339 value.
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 20 | median 63 characters |
| url | 20 | gizmodo.com |
| summary | 20 | median 74 characters |
| published_at | 20 | |
| image_url | 20 | gizmodo.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Gizmodo author URL | https://gizmodo.com/author/jpero | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/gizmodo/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fauthor%2Fjpero" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://gizmodo.com/author/example-writer",
"name": "Example Writer",
"role": "Senior Reporter",
"biography": [
"Example Writer covers example topics."
],
"social_links": [
{
"type": "X (Twitter)",
"url": "https://x.com/example"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://gizmodo.com/example-story-2000000001",
"published_at": "September 23, 2026, 9:20 pm"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.gizmodoAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | gizmodo.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Gizmodo top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.role | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links | array | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].url | 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/gizmodo/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgizmodo.com%2Fauthor%2Fjpero" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"