IGN API endpoint
Returns an IGN author profile by `url`, a canonical `https://www.ign.com/person/<username>` link. The response has the `username`, name, job title, location, biography, headshot, `social_links` (platform and URL) and the author's recent articles.
/ign/authorQuery parameter: url is required and must be a canonical https://www.ign.com/person/<username> URL.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.ign.com/person/exampleauthorIGN","username":"exampleauthorIGN","name":"Example Author","job_title":"News Editor","location":"London","image_url":"https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/avatars/example.jpg","biography":["Example Author covers games and entertainment for IGN."],"social_links":[{"platform":"Twitter","url":"https://www.twitter.com/@exampleauthor"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.ign.com/articles/example-article"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 102 characters |
| url | 10 | ign.com |
| summary | 10 | median 29 characters |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical www.ign.com/person/<username> URL | https://www.ign.com/person/tomphillipsIGN | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ign/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Fperson%2FtomphillipsIGN" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.ign.com/person/exampleauthorIGN",
"username": "exampleauthorIGN",
"name": "Example Author",
"job_title": "News Editor",
"location": "London",
"image_url": "https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/avatars/example.jpg",
"biography": [
"Example Author covers games and entertainment for IGN."
],
"social_links": [
{
"platform": "Twitter",
"url": "https://www.twitter.com/@exampleauthor"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/example-article"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.ignAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | ign.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.location | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links | array | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].platform | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No | ||||
| data.username | 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/ign/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ign.com%2Fperson%2FtomphillipsIGN" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"