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Philadelphia Inquirer API endpoint

Philadelphia Inquirer author profile API

Returns a Philadelphia Inquirer staff author profile by `slug` (for example `gammage_jeff`) or an inquirer.com author `url`; supply exactly one. The response has `name`, `role`, `biography`, `image_url`, public web social links (no email or phone) and the latest 20 stories, with no paging. An unknown slug returns a 404 error.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestPhiladelphia Inquirerpublicnews.phillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc/phillyinquirer/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /phillyinquirer/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Philadelphia Inquirer
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.phillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc

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How this endpoint behaves

Returns one Philadelphia Inquirer staff author's public profile: name, role (the author's "What I Do" line), biography ("My Background"), profile photo, public social links (web links only; email and phone contacts are not returned) and the latest stories listed on the profile page.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug such as gammage_jeff (the form is <lastname>_<firstname>; slugs are listed in the Inquirer's public author sitemap).
url (optional): a canonical https://www.inquirer.com/author/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. The profile page lists the author's latest 20 stories; the site loads older stories through client-side scripting, so there is no paging. Each article's type is the site section. An unknown slug returns a 404 error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Jeff Gammage","slug":"gammage_jeff","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/author/gammage_jeff/","role":"I cover immigration in the Philadelphia region.","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"social_links":[{"platform":"bluesky","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/example"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/news/example-story-20260924.html","type":"news","published_at":"2026-09-24T16:21:30Z","author":"Jeff Gammage"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /phillyinquirer/author?slug=gammage_jeff
Items in articles: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 6
Fields empty in some or all items: 1

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
title	20	median 101 characters
url	20	inquirer.com
type	20
summary	20	median 115 characters
published_at	20	2026-07-22 to 2026-10-06
author	20
image_url	19	inquirer.com

Request parameters

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

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Jeff Gammage",
    "slug": "gammage_jeff",
    "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/author/gammage_jeff/",
    "role": "I cover immigration in the Philadelphia region.",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "bluesky",
        "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/example"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/news/example-story-20260924.html",
        "type": "news",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T16:21:30Z",
        "author": "Jeff Gammage"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.phillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	phillyinquirer.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Philadelphia Inquirer top stories API.
data.biography	array	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/phillyinquirer/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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Philadelphia Inquirer API endpoint

Philadelphia Inquirer author profile API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestPhiladelphia Inquirerpublicnews.phillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc/phillyinquirer/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /phillyinquirer/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Philadelphia Inquirer
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.phillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc

Philadelphia Inquirer Scraper API Try Philadelphia Inquirer author profile API in Playground Philadelphia Inquirer API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug such as gammage_jeff (the form is <lastname>_<firstname>; slugs are listed in the Inquirer's public author sitemap).
url (optional): a canonical https://www.inquirer.com/author/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Jeff Gammage","slug":"gammage_jeff","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/author/gammage_jeff/","role":"I cover immigration in the Philadelphia region.","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"social_links":[{"platform":"bluesky","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/example"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.inquirer.com/news/example-story-20260924.html","type":"news","published_at":"2026-09-24T16:21:30Z","author":"Jeff Gammage"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /phillyinquirer/author?slug=gammage_jeff
Items in articles: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 6
Fields empty in some or all items: 1

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
title	20	median 101 characters
url	20	inquirer.com
type	20
summary	20	median 115 characters
published_at	20	2026-07-22 to 2026-10-06
author	20
image_url	19	inquirer.com

Request parameters

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

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Jeff Gammage",
    "slug": "gammage_jeff",
    "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/author/gammage_jeff/",
    "role": "I cover immigration in the Philadelphia region.",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "bluesky",
        "url": "https://bsky.app/profile/example"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.inquirer.com/news/example-story-20260924.html",
        "type": "news",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T16:21:30Z",
        "author": "Jeff Gammage"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.phillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	phillyinquirer.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Philadelphia Inquirer top stories API.
data.biography	array	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/phillyinquirer/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Philadelphia Inquirer author profile API

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Sampled response

Request parameters

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Example JSON response

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Code examples

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Philadelphia Inquirer author profile API

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