Kotaku API endpoint
Returns a Kotaku author profile by `url`, a canonical `https://kotaku.com/author/<slug>` link. The response has the `name`, `biography`, `image_url`, `social_links` (a `type` label and URL) and recent articles. The article `published_at` is the page's own date text, such as `Published September 23, 2026 at 11:20 am`, not a timestamp.
/kotaku/authorReturns a Kotaku author's name, biography, headshot, social links, and recent articles from a canonical author URL.
Query parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://kotaku.com/author/<slug> URL.image_url and biography reflect whatever the author's own page shows. Kotaku's author template has no separate job-title field, so the single bio paragraph sometimes also carries a contact line (an email or a tip line). social_links lists whatever icon links render on the page; each entry's type is read directly from the page's own aria-label rather than a fixed enum. Each article's published_at is the page's own rendered publish-date text (for example Published September 23, 2026 at 11:20 am), not a machine-readable timestamp.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://kotaku.com/author/ethangach","name":"Ethan Gach","image_url":"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/926f3f50f2edc54a0c13d4af2e065aea","biography":["I'm a senior reporter who's been writing about games and internet culture at Kotaku for almost 10 years."],"social_links":[{"type":"X (Twitter)","url":"https://twitter.com/ethangach"}],"articles":[{"title":"Bethesda President Addresses Obsidian Amid Questions About Whether It Will Be Demoted To A Support Studio","url":"https://kotaku.com/bethesda-president-addresses-obsidian-amid-questions-about-whether-it-will-be-demoted-to-a-support-studio-2000736746","published_at":"Published September 23, 2026 at 11:20 am"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 20 | median 88 characters |
| url | 20 | kotaku.com |
| summary | 20 | median 57 characters |
| published_at | 20 | |
| image_url | 20 | kotaku.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Kotaku author URL | https://kotaku.com/author/ethangach | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/kotaku/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fauthor%2Fethangach" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://kotaku.com/author/ethangach",
"name": "Ethan Gach",
"image_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/926f3f50f2edc54a0c13d4af2e065aea",
"biography": [
"I'm a senior reporter who's been writing about games and internet culture at Kotaku for almost 10 years."
],
"social_links": [
{
"type": "X (Twitter)",
"url": "https://twitter.com/ethangach"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Bethesda President Addresses Obsidian Amid Questions About Whether It Will Be Demoted To A Support Studio",
"url": "https://kotaku.com/bethesda-president-addresses-obsidian-amid-questions-about-whether-it-will-be-demoted-to-a-support-studio-2000736746",
"published_at": "Published September 23, 2026 at 11:20 am"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.kotakuAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | kotaku.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Kotaku top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | 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/kotaku/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkotaku.com%2Fauthor%2Fethangach" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"