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PCMag author profile API

Returns a PCMag author profile by `slug` (for example `michael-kan`) or a pcmag.com authors `url`; supply exactly one. The response has `name`, `role`, `biography`, `image_url`, `expertise` topics linked to category hubs, `social_links` (X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads) as full URLs, and recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestPCMagpublicnews.pcmagAuthorResponseDoc/pcmag/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /pcmag/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: PCMag
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.pcmagAuthorResponseDoc

PCMag Scraper API Try PCMag author profile API in Playground PCMag API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one PCMag author's public profile: name, role, a short biography, areas of expertise, social links, and their recent articles.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. michael-kan.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.pcmag.com/authors/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. expertise links each topic to its matching pcmag-sections category hub. social_links normalizes whichever of X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Threads the author has listed into full profile URLs.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Example Author","slug":"example-author","url":"https://www.pcmag.com/authors/example-author","role":"Principal Reporter","biography":"Example biography sentence.","expertise":[{"name":"Networking","url":"https://www.pcmag.com/categories/networking"}],"social_links":[{"platform":"x","url":"https://x.com/example"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.pcmag.com/news/example-article","published_at":"2026-09-24T14:57:51Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /pcmag/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Fauthors%2Fmichael-kan
Items in articles: 11
Fields filled in every checked item: 2
Fields empty in some or all items: 4

Field	Filled in, of 11 checked	Values in the sample
title	11	median 70 characters
url	11	pcmag.com
summary	5	median 153 characters
published_at	5	2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13
author	5
image_url	5	i.pcmag.com

Request parameters

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

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Example Author",
    "slug": "example-author",
    "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/authors/example-author",
    "role": "Principal Reporter",
    "biography": "Example biography sentence.",
    "expertise": [
      {
        "name": "Networking",
        "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/categories/networking"
      }
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "x",
        "url": "https://x.com/example"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/news/example-article",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T14:57:51Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.pcmagAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	pcmag.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under PCMag top stories API.
data.biography	string	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.expertise[].name	string	No
data.expertise[].url	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.role	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	array	No
data.social_links[].platform	string	No
data.social_links[].url	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/pcmag/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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PCMag API endpoint

PCMag author profile API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestPCMagpublicnews.pcmagAuthorResponseDoc/pcmag/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /pcmag/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: PCMag
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.pcmagAuthorResponseDoc

PCMag Scraper API Try PCMag author profile API in Playground PCMag API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one PCMag author's public profile: name, role, a short biography, areas of expertise, social links, and their recent articles.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. michael-kan.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.pcmag.com/authors/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Example Author","slug":"example-author","url":"https://www.pcmag.com/authors/example-author","role":"Principal Reporter","biography":"Example biography sentence.","expertise":[{"name":"Networking","url":"https://www.pcmag.com/categories/networking"}],"social_links":[{"platform":"x","url":"https://x.com/example"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.pcmag.com/news/example-article","published_at":"2026-09-24T14:57:51Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /pcmag/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pcmag.com%2Fauthors%2Fmichael-kan
Items in articles: 11
Fields filled in every checked item: 2
Fields empty in some or all items: 4

Field	Filled in, of 11 checked	Values in the sample
title	11	median 70 characters
url	11	pcmag.com
summary	5	median 153 characters
published_at	5	2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13
author	5
image_url	5	i.pcmag.com

Request parameters

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

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Example Author",
    "slug": "example-author",
    "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/authors/example-author",
    "role": "Principal Reporter",
    "biography": "Example biography sentence.",
    "expertise": [
      {
        "name": "Networking",
        "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/categories/networking"
      }
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "x",
        "url": "https://x.com/example"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.pcmag.com/news/example-article",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T14:57:51Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.pcmagAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	pcmag.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under PCMag top stories API.
data.biography	string	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.expertise[].name	string	No
data.expertise[].url	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.role	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	array	No
data.social_links[].platform	string	No
data.social_links[].url	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/pcmag/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

More PCMag endpoint docs PCMag Scraper API PCMag article API documentation PCMag section headlines API documentation PCMag top stories API documentation PCMag sections API documentation

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PCMag 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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PCMag author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related