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Houston Chronicle API endpoint
Houston Chronicle author API
Returns a Houston Chronicle author profile by `url`, a canonical `houstonchronicle.com/author/<slug>/` link. The response has the `name`, `job_title`, `biography`, `image_url`, social profile links in `same_as`, and recent article cards with title, URL and summary.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestHouston Chroniclepublicnews.houstonChronicleAuthorResponseDoc
Houston Chronicle/houston-chronicle/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /houston-chronicle/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- Houston Chronicle
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.houstonChronicleAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url must be a canonical HTTPS houstonchronicle.com/author/<slug>/ URL. Returns the author's public name, job title, biography, headshot, social profile links, and recent article cards. The service does not require login state or bypass author-page access controls.
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /houston-chronicle/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fauthor%2Fpeter-warren%2F. Live check on 2026-10-14: 15 articles returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url.
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Live monitoring
- Monitored request
- GET /houston-chronicle/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fauthor%2Fpeter-warren%2F
- Checks passed, 7 days to 14 Oct 2026
- 100%
- Median response time
- 11.87 s
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /houston-chronicle/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fauthor%2Fpeter-warren%2F
- Items in articles
- 15
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 2
| Field | Filled in, of 15 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 15 | median 74 characters |
| url | 15 | houstonchronicle.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Houston Chronicle author URL | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/peter-warren/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/houston-chronicle/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fauthor%2Fpeter-warren%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/author/example-writer",
"name": "Example Writer",
"job_title": "Reporter",
"biography": [
"Example Writer covers Houston."
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example story",
"url": "https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/article/example-story-22400002.php"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.houstonChronicleAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | houstonchronicle.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | ||||
| data.articles[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].title | 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.same_as | array | 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/houston-chronicle/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.houstonchronicle.com%2Fauthor%2Fpeter-warren%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"