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News.com.au API endpoint
News.com.au author API
Returns a News.com.au staff writer's profile (name, job title, headshot, biography, social links) and recent articles from a canonical author URL.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestNews.com.aupublicnews.newscomauAuthorResponseDoc
News.com.au/newscomau/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /newscomau/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- News.com.au
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.newscomauAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS www.news.com.au/the-team/<slug>
URL. Returns the staff writer's profile (name, job title, headshot,
biography, and any public social links) and their recent articles.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /newscomau/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fthe-team%2Fben-graham
- Items in articles
- 10
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 41 characters |
| url | 10 | news.com.au |
| summary | 10 | median 132 characters |
| published_at | 10 | 2026-09-21 to 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 10 | content.api.news |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical News.com.au author URL | https://www.news.com.au/the-team/example-writer | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/newscomau/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fthe-team%2Fexample-writer" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.news.com.au/the-team/example-writer",
"name": "Example Writer",
"job_title": "News Editor",
"biography": [
"Example Writer has worked as a journalist for over a decade."
],
"social_urls": [
"https://twitter.com/examplewriter"
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/example-headline/news-story/0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.newscomauAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | newscomau.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.name | string | No | ||||
| data.social_urls | 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/newscomau/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fthe-team%2Fexample-writer" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"