RTÉ News API endpoint
Returns an RTÉ News author's profile by canonical `url` (`https://www.rte.ie/author/<id>-<slug>/`, the author link on an article byline): name, headshot, `role` and recent articles, each with title, URL, summary, publication time and image. `role` is the job title the page shows, for example Political Correspondent, and is omitted when there is none.
/rte/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.rte.ie/author/<id>-<slug>/ URL, for example the /author/... link on an article byline.| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 55 characters |
| url | 10 | rte.ie |
| summary | 10 | median 150 characters |
| image_url | 10 | rte.ie |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical RTÉ author URL | https://www.rte.ie/author/1110632-barry-lenihan/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rte/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rte.ie%2Fauthor%2F1110632-barry-lenihan%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.rte.ie/author/1110632-example-author",
"name": "Example Author",
"role": "Political Correspondent",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2026/0924/1592808-example-slug"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.rteAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | rte.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under RTÉ News top stories API. | |||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.role | 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/rte/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rte.ie%2Fauthor%2F1110632-barry-lenihan%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"