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Punch author archive API

Returns a Punch author's name and their most recent articles (the first archive page, about 30) from a canonical `url` (`https://punchng.com/author/<slug>/`). `total_pages` is the number of archive pages. Punch author pages have no biography, photo or social links, so none are returned. An unknown author returns not-found.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestPunchpublicnews.punchAuthorResponseDoc/punch/author

Endpoint facts

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

Punch Scraper API Try Punch author archive API in Playground Punch API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

url (required): a canonical https://punchng.com/author/<slug>/ URL. Punch author slugs are usually the writer's newsroom login, for example tbankolepunchng-com.

Punch author pages carry no biography, photo, or social links, so none are returned. total_pages is the number of archive pages the author has. Each article's published_at is RFC 3339 UTC. An unknown author returns not-found.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://punchng.com/author/tbankolepunchng-com/","name":"Taiwo Bankole","total_pages":90,"articles":[{"title":"2027: Adebutu decries neglect of Ogun border communities, promises action","url":"https://punchng.com/2027-adebutu-decries-neglect-of-ogun-border-communities-promises-action","summary":"PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, has lamented the neglect of Ogun communities...","published_at":"2026-09-24T20:22:00Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /punch/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fauthor%2Ftbankolepunchng-com%2F
Items in articles: 31
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 31 checked	Values in the sample
title	31	median 59 characters
url	31	punchng.com
summary	31	median 157 characters
published_at	31	2026-10-04 to 2026-10-12
image_url	31	cdn.punchng.com and 1 other host

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical Punch author URL	https://punchng.com/author/example-author/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/punch/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fauthor%2Fexample-author%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://punchng.com/author/tbankolepunchng-com/",
    "name": "Taiwo Bankole",
    "total_pages": 90,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "2027: Adebutu decries neglect of Ogun border communities, promises action",
        "url": "https://punchng.com/2027-adebutu-decries-neglect-of-ogun-border-communities-promises-action",
        "summary": "PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, has lamented the neglect of Ogun communities...",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T20:22:00Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.punchAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	punch.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Punch top stories API.
data.name	string	No
data.total_pages	integer	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/punch/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fauthor%2Fexample-author%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Punch author archive API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestPunchpublicnews.punchAuthorResponseDoc/punch/author

Endpoint facts

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

Punch Scraper API Try Punch author archive API in Playground Punch API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

url (required): a canonical https://punchng.com/author/<slug>/ URL. Punch author slugs are usually the writer's newsroom login, for example tbankolepunchng-com.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://punchng.com/author/tbankolepunchng-com/","name":"Taiwo Bankole","total_pages":90,"articles":[{"title":"2027: Adebutu decries neglect of Ogun border communities, promises action","url":"https://punchng.com/2027-adebutu-decries-neglect-of-ogun-border-communities-promises-action","summary":"PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, has lamented the neglect of Ogun communities...","published_at":"2026-09-24T20:22:00Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /punch/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fauthor%2Ftbankolepunchng-com%2F
Items in articles: 31
Fields filled in every checked item: 5

Field	Filled in, of 31 checked	Values in the sample
title	31	median 59 characters
url	31	punchng.com
summary	31	median 157 characters
published_at	31	2026-10-04 to 2026-10-12
image_url	31	cdn.punchng.com and 1 other host

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical Punch author URL	https://punchng.com/author/example-author/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/punch/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fauthor%2Fexample-author%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://punchng.com/author/tbankolepunchng-com/",
    "name": "Taiwo Bankole",
    "total_pages": 90,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "2027: Adebutu decries neglect of Ogun border communities, promises action",
        "url": "https://punchng.com/2027-adebutu-decries-neglect-of-ogun-border-communities-promises-action",
        "summary": "PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, has lamented the neglect of Ogun communities...",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T20:22:00Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.punchAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	punch.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Punch top stories API.
data.name	string	No
data.total_pages	integer	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/punch/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpunchng.com%2Fauthor%2Fexample-author%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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

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Punch author archive 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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Punch author archive 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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