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Space.com author profile API

Returns a Space.com author's profile, looked up by `slug` (for example `elizabeth-howell`) or canonical `url`; exactly one is required. The response has the name, `job_title`, biography, image and the first batch of recent articles on the author page. That page has no URL-based pagination, so no further articles are available.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestSpacepublicnews.spaceAuthorResponseDoc/space/author

Endpoint facts

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

Space Scraper API Try Space.com author profile API in Playground Space API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. elizabeth-howell.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.space.com/author/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. Space.com's author pages have no pagination, so articles is the first batch of recent articles rather than a paginated list.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Elizabeth Howell","slug":"elizabeth-howell","url":"https://www.space.com/author/elizabeth-howell","job_title":"Contributing Writer","biography":["Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., was a staff writer in the spaceflight channel."],"image_url":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/example.jpg","articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.space.com/astronomy/example-story"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /space/author?slug=elizabeth-howell
Items in articles: 25
Fields filled in every checked item: 6

Field	Filled in, of 25 checked	Values in the sample
title	25	median 83 characters
url	25	space.com
summary	25	median 139 characters
published_at	25	2026-07-06 to 2026-10-13
author	25
image_url	25	cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. elizabeth-howell	elizabeth-howell
url	string	No	Canonical space.com/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug	https://www.space.com/author/elizabeth-howell
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/space/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Elizabeth Howell",
    "slug": "elizabeth-howell",
    "url": "https://www.space.com/author/elizabeth-howell",
    "job_title": "Contributing Writer",
    "biography": [
      "Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., was a staff writer in the spaceflight channel."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/example.jpg",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.space.com/astronomy/example-story"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.spaceAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	space.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Space.com top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.job_title	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.slug	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/space/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Space API endpoint

Space.com author profile API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestSpacepublicnews.spaceAuthorResponseDoc/space/author

Endpoint facts

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

Space Scraper API Try Space.com author profile API in Playground Space API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. elizabeth-howell.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.space.com/author/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. Space.com's author pages have no pagination, so articles is the first batch of recent articles rather than a paginated list.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Elizabeth Howell","slug":"elizabeth-howell","url":"https://www.space.com/author/elizabeth-howell","job_title":"Contributing Writer","biography":["Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., was a staff writer in the spaceflight channel."],"image_url":"https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/example.jpg","articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.space.com/astronomy/example-story"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /space/author?slug=elizabeth-howell
Items in articles: 25
Fields filled in every checked item: 6

Field	Filled in, of 25 checked	Values in the sample
title	25	median 83 characters
url	25	space.com
summary	25	median 139 characters
published_at	25	2026-07-06 to 2026-10-13
author	25
image_url	25	cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. elizabeth-howell	elizabeth-howell
url	string	No	Canonical space.com/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug	https://www.space.com/author/elizabeth-howell
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/space/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Elizabeth Howell",
    "slug": "elizabeth-howell",
    "url": "https://www.space.com/author/elizabeth-howell",
    "job_title": "Contributing Writer",
    "biography": [
      "Elizabeth Howell (she/her), Ph.D., was a staff writer in the spaceflight channel."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/example.jpg",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.space.com/astronomy/example-story"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.spaceAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	space.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Space.com top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.job_title	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.slug	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/space/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Space.com author profile 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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Space.com author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related