News18 API endpoint
Returns a News18 author profile from a required `url` in the form `https://www.news18.com/byline/<slug>.html`. The response has `name`, `biography`, `image_url`, `social_links` (whichever of website, X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn are set) and recent articles with `published_at` in RFC3339 UTC. Wire and staff bylines often have no bio or links.
/news18/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.news18.com/byline/<slug>.html URL.image_url, biography, and social_links reflect whatever the author's own profile record carries -- not every author has a headshot, bio, or any linked social account, and wire/staff bylines often have none. social_links covers whichever of the author's own website, X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn fields are set; type is one of those fixed labels. Each returned article's published_at is normalized to RFC3339 UTC.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.news18.com/byline/jane-doe-12345.html","name":"Jane Doe","image_url":"https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2026/07/jane-doe.jpeg","biography":["Jane Doe is a senior correspondent at News18."],"social_links":[{"type":"twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/janedoe"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.news18.com/india/example-article-slug-10350678.html","published_at":"2026-09-24T10:49:07Z"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 15 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 15 | median 97 characters |
| url | 15 | news18.com |
| published_at | 15 | 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13 |
| image_url | 15 | images.news18.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical News18 author URL | https://www.news18.com/byline/jane-doe-12345.html | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/news18/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fbyline%2Fjane-doe-12345.html" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.news18.com/byline/jane-doe-12345.html",
"name": "Jane Doe",
"image_url": "https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2026/07/jane-doe.jpeg",
"biography": [
"Jane Doe is a senior correspondent at News18."
],
"social_links": [
{
"type": "twitter",
"url": "https://twitter.com/janedoe"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.news18.com/india/example-article-slug-10350678.html",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T10:49:07Z"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.news18AuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | news18.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under News18 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/news18/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fbyline%2Fjane-doe-12345.html" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"