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PEOPLE API endpoint
PEOPLE author API
Returns a PEOPLE staff writer or contributor's public profile (name, job title, structured intro fields, biography, personal social links) and recent articles from a canonical author URL.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestPEOPLEpublicnews.peopleAuthorResponseDoc
PEOPLE/people/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /people/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- PEOPLE
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.peopleAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS people.com author URL, e.g.
https://people.com/example-writer-12345678. Returns the staff writer or
contributor's profile (name, job title, any structured intro fields such as
education or location, biography, and personal social links) and their
recent articles.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /people/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fmadison-goldberg-11701619
- Items in articles
- 24
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 24 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 24 | median 93 characters |
| url | 24 | people.com |
| image_url | 24 | people.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical PEOPLE author URL | https://people.com/madison-goldberg-11701619 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/people/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fmadison-goldberg-11701619" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://people.com/example-writer-12345678",
"name": "Example Writer",
"job_title": "Writer-Reporter",
"info": [
{
"label": "Location",
"value": "Los Angeles, CA"
},
{
"label": "Twitter",
"url": "https://twitter.com/examplewriter"
}
],
"biography": [
"Example Writer has covered entertainment news for PEOPLE since 2024."
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example Headline",
"url": "https://people.com/example-headline-12345678"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.peopleAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | people.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.info | array | No | ||||
| data.info[].label | string | No | ||||
| data.info[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.info[].value | string | No | ||||
| data.job_title | string | No | ||||
| data.name | 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/people/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpeople.com%2Fmadison-goldberg-11701619" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"