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National Post API endpoint

National Post author profile API

Returns one National Post author's public profile: name, bio when the author has one, the total number of stories the page attributes to them, and their latest stories (first page).

GETapiKey2 credits/requestNational Postpublicnews.nationalPostAuthorResponseDoc/nationalpost/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /nationalpost/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: National Post
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.nationalPostAuthorResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. stuckpostmedia-com. Slugs are derived from the writer's Postmedia login, so they are not always the name; take the slug from the author link on an article byline.
url (optional): a canonical https://nationalpost.com/author/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. The response lists the first page of latest stories shown on the profile (up to 10; no further pagination), each with title, url, and, when the card shows them, a summary and the story's category. article_count is omitted when the page does not publish a total; when present, it can exceed the listed stories. Shared bylines such as specialnp ("Special to National Post") may report very large counts. Stories from other Postmedia sites and paid Sponsored stories are not listed. Contact details on the page are not returned. An unknown author returns a not-found error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Leigh Taveroff","slug":"leightaveroff","url":"https://nationalpost.com/author/leightaveroff/","bio":"Leigh is a writer, editor, thumb-war champ and shopping enthusiast hailing from Squamish, B.C. She tests the latest products and services to help readers make important purchasing decisions.","article_count":5,"articles":[{"title":"Swimming with Galápagos penguins made my wildlife dreams come true","url":"https://nationalpost.com/travel/swimming-with-penguins-galapagos-islands","category":"Travel International"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /nationalpost/author?slug=stuckpostmedia-com
Items in articles: 10
Fields filled in every checked item: 4

Field	Filled in, of 10 checked	Values in the sample
title	10	median 82 characters
url	10	nationalpost.com
summary	10	median 100 characters
category	10

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. stuckpostmedia-com	stuckpostmedia-com
url	string	No	Canonical nationalpost.com/author/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug	https://nationalpost.com/author/stuckpostmedia-com/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/nationalpost/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Leigh Taveroff",
    "slug": "leightaveroff",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/author/leightaveroff/",
    "bio": "Leigh is a writer, editor, thumb-war champ and shopping enthusiast hailing from Squamish, B.C. She tests the latest products and services to help readers make important purchasing decisions.",
    "article_count": 5,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Swimming with Galápagos penguins made my wildlife dreams come true",
        "url": "https://nationalpost.com/travel/swimming-with-penguins-galapagos-islands",
        "category": "Travel International"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.nationalPostAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	nationalpost.AuthorResponse	No
data.article_count	integer	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].category	string	No
data.articles[].summary	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.bio	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.slug	string	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/nationalpost/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

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National Post API endpoint

National Post author profile API

Returns one National Post author's public profile: name, bio when the author has one, the total number of stories the page attributes to them, and their latest stories (first page).

GETapiKey2 credits/requestNational Postpublicnews.nationalPostAuthorResponseDoc/nationalpost/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /nationalpost/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: National Post
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.nationalPostAuthorResponseDoc

National Post Scraper API Try National Post author profile API in Playground National Post API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. stuckpostmedia-com. Slugs are derived from the writer's Postmedia login, so they are not always the name; take the slug from the author link on an article byline.
url (optional): a canonical https://nationalpost.com/author/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Leigh Taveroff","slug":"leightaveroff","url":"https://nationalpost.com/author/leightaveroff/","bio":"Leigh is a writer, editor, thumb-war champ and shopping enthusiast hailing from Squamish, B.C. She tests the latest products and services to help readers make important purchasing decisions.","article_count":5,"articles":[{"title":"Swimming with Galápagos penguins made my wildlife dreams come true","url":"https://nationalpost.com/travel/swimming-with-penguins-galapagos-islands","category":"Travel International"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /nationalpost/author?slug=stuckpostmedia-com
Items in articles: 10
Fields filled in every checked item: 4

Field	Filled in, of 10 checked	Values in the sample
title	10	median 82 characters
url	10	nationalpost.com
summary	10	median 100 characters
category	10

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. stuckpostmedia-com	stuckpostmedia-com
url	string	No	Canonical nationalpost.com/author/<slug>/ URL; alternative to slug	https://nationalpost.com/author/stuckpostmedia-com/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/nationalpost/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Leigh Taveroff",
    "slug": "leightaveroff",
    "url": "https://nationalpost.com/author/leightaveroff/",
    "bio": "Leigh is a writer, editor, thumb-war champ and shopping enthusiast hailing from Squamish, B.C. She tests the latest products and services to help readers make important purchasing decisions.",
    "article_count": 5,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Swimming with Galápagos penguins made my wildlife dreams come true",
        "url": "https://nationalpost.com/travel/swimming-with-penguins-galapagos-islands",
        "category": "Travel International"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.nationalPostAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	nationalpost.AuthorResponse	No
data.article_count	integer	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].category	string	No
data.articles[].summary	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.bio	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.slug	string	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/nationalpost/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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National Post author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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National Post author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

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