Polygon API endpoint
Returns a Polygon author profile by canonical `url` (`https://www.polygon.com/author/<slug>/`): name, `title`, `image_url`, `biography`, social links and the articles in the profile's Latest module. Title, image and biography appear only as the profile shows them. `social_links` holds the author's own accounts, not Polygon's internal follow link.
/polygon/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.polygon.com/author/<slug>/ URL.title, image_url, and biography reflect whatever the author's own profile page shows -- not every profile carries a job title. social_links lists the author's own personal accounts (X/Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Threads, or a generic website); the site's internal follow/profile link is not included. articles is the profile page's own "Latest" module.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.polygon.com/author/venter-jason/","name":"Jason Venter","biography":"Jason Venter writes about games from Oregon.","social_links":[{"type":"x","url":"https://twitter.com/jasonventer"}],"articles":[{"title":"After 3 hours, Rayman Legends Retold could be 2026's surprise best remake","url":"https://www.polygon.com/rayman-legends-retold-preview/","summary":"Yeah, Rayman's thinking he's back"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 20 | median 63 characters |
| url | 20 | polygon.com |
| summary | 20 | median 31 characters |
| image_url | 20 | static0.polygonimages.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Polygon author URL | https://www.polygon.com/author/venter-jason/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/polygon/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polygon.com%2Fauthor%2Fventer-jason%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.polygon.com/author/venter-jason/",
"name": "Jason Venter",
"biography": "Jason Venter writes about games from Oregon.",
"social_links": [
{
"type": "x",
"url": "https://twitter.com/jasonventer"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "After 3 hours, Rayman Legends Retold could be 2026's surprise best remake",
"url": "https://www.polygon.com/rayman-legends-retold-preview/",
"summary": "Yeah, Rayman's thinking he's back"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.polygonAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | polygon.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Polygon top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | string | 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.title | 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/polygon/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.polygon.com%2Fauthor%2Fventer-jason%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"