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ScienceAlert API endpoint
ScienceAlert author profile API
Returns a ScienceAlert author's profile and one page of articles, from an author listing `url` in the form `https://www.sciencealert.com/<author>/page/<number>`; the first observed page is `/page/0`. The response has the name, `slug`, biography, image, social links, that page's articles, and `page` and `has_next_page` for paging.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestScienceAlertpublicnews.scienceAlertAuthorResponseDoc
ScienceAlert/sciencealert/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /sciencealert/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- ScienceAlert
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.scienceAlertAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameter: url is required and must be a public author listing URL in the form https://www.sciencealert.com/<author>/page/<number>. The response includes the author's name, biography, social links, and recent articles from that page. Page numbers follow the site's URL format (the first observed page is /page/0).
Workflow check
Start from the checked request: GET /sciencealert/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fmichelle-starr%2Fpage%2F0. Live check on 2026-10-14: 12 articles returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, type, published_at, image_url.
Return to section story discovery with Get ScienceAlert section headlines.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /sciencealert/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fmichelle-starr%2Fpage%2F0
- Items in articles
- 12
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 5
| Field | Filled in, of 12 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 12 | median 70 characters |
| url | 12 | sciencealert.com |
| type | 12 | |
| published_at | 12 | |
| image_url | 12 | sciencealert.com |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical ScienceAlert author listing URL, e.g. /michelle-starr/page/0 | https://www.sciencealert.com/michelle-starr/page/0 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sciencealert/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fmichelle-starr%2Fpage%2F0" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Illustrative JSON response shape
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Michelle Starr",
"slug": "michelle-starr",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/michelle-starr/page/0",
"biography": [
"Example biography."
],
"page": 0,
"has_next_page": true,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example science story",
"url": "https://www.sciencealert.com/example-science-story"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.scienceAlertAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | sciencealert.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under ScienceAlert top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.has_next_page | boolean | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.page | integer | 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/sciencealert/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencealert.com%2Fmichelle-starr%2Fpage%2F0" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"