Sky News API endpoint
Returns a Sky News author's profile by canonical `url` (`https://news.sky.com/author/<name>-<id>`): name, `job_title`, biography paragraphs and recent articles. An `info` list carries whatever else the page shows, as label and value entries with an optional link, such as expertise, location, social handles or email.
/skynews/authorQuery parameter: url is a canonical HTTPS news.sky.com/author/<name>-<id> URL. Returns the author's byline metadata (job title, expertise, location, and other information the page lists, e.g. social handles or email), biography paragraphs, and their recent articles.
| Field | Filled in, of 44 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 44 | median 45 characters |
| url | 44 | news.sky.com |
| type | 18 | |
| image_url | 44 | e3.365dm.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Sky News author URL | https://news.sky.com/author/sam-coates-763 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/skynews/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fauthor%2Fsam-coates-763" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://news.sky.com/author/example-author-123",
"name": "Example Author",
"job_title": "Example Editor",
"info": [
{
"label": "Expertise",
"value": "Politics"
},
{
"label": "Follow on X",
"value": "@ExampleAuthor",
"url": "https://x.com/ExampleAuthor"
}
],
"biography": [
"Example is an editor covering example topics."
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://news.sky.com/story/example-story-12345678"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.skyNewsAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | skynews.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | ||||
| data.articles[].author | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].summary | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.biography | array | No | ||||
| data.info | array | No | ||||
| data.info[].label | string | No | ||||
| data.info[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.info[].value | string | No | ||||
| data.job_title | string | No | ||||
| data.name | 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/skynews/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.sky.com%2Fauthor%2Fsam-coates-763" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"