Irish Times API endpoint
Returns an Irish Times author's name, job title, biography, headshot, contact details, and recent articles from a canonical author URL.
/irishtimes/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.irishtimes.com/author/<slug>/ URL.job_title, email, twitter and biography reflect whatever the author's own page shows -- not every author has every field. articles holds up to 50 of the author's most recent articles; a nonexistent author returns 404.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/author/jane-doe/","name":"Jane Doe","job_title":"Political Correspondent","biography":["Jane Doe is a Political Correspondent with The Irish Times"],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/24/example-article-slug","published_at":"2026-09-24T14:39:00Z"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 50 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 50 | median 82 characters |
| url | 50 | irishtimes.com |
| summary | 50 | median 108 characters |
| published_at | 50 | 2026-09-09 to 2026-10-13 |
| author | 50 | |
| image_url | 50 | cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Irish Times author URL | https://www.irishtimes.com/author/jane-doe/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/irishtimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fauthor%2Fjane-doe%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/author/jane-doe/",
"name": "Jane Doe",
"job_title": "Political Correspondent",
"biography": [
"Jane Doe is a Political Correspondent with The Irish Times"
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2026/09/24/example-article-slug",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T14:39:00Z"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.irishtimesAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | irishtimes.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Irish Times top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.email | string | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.job_title | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.twitter | 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/irishtimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fauthor%2Fjane-doe%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"