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The Hindu API endpoint

The Hindu author profile API

Returns a The Hindu author's byline metadata, biography, contact/social links, and their most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestThe Hindupublicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDoc/thehindu/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /thehindu/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: The Hindu
Execution: Managed browser rendering where the target needs it
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDoc

The Hindu Scraper API Try The Hindu author profile API in Playground The Hindu API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

url (required): a canonical https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/<slug>/ URL.

articles is the author's own page's list of recent coverage only (the page renders no further pagination link, so no deeper pages are fetched). designation, image_url, biography, email, twitter_url, facebook_url, and linkedin_url reflect whatever the author's own profile carries -- not every profile has all of these; a staff/desk byline typically has only a name and a follow link, while a columnist profile may also carry a headshot, job title, and a full biography.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/","name":"DEVDUTT PATTANAIK","designation":"author, speaker and illustrator","image_url":"https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG","email":"[email protected]","biography":["DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /thehindu/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fprofile%2Fauthor%2Fdevdutt-pattanaik-3563%2F
Items in articles: 14
Fields filled in every checked item: 3

Field	Filled in, of 14 checked	Values in the sample
title	14	median 56 characters
url	14	thehindu.com
image_url	14	th-i.thgim.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical The Hindu author URL	https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thehindu/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fprofile%2Fauthor%2Fdevdutt-pattanaik-3563%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	thehindu.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.designation	string	No
data.email	string	No
data.facebook_url	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.linkedin_url	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.twitter_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/thehindu/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fprofile%2Fauthor%2Fdevdutt-pattanaik-3563%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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The Hindu API endpoint

The Hindu author profile API

Returns a The Hindu author's byline metadata, biography, contact/social links, and their most recent articles from a canonical author URL.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestThe Hindupublicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDoc/thehindu/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /thehindu/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: The Hindu
Execution: Managed browser rendering where the target needs it
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDoc

The Hindu Scraper API Try The Hindu author profile API in Playground The Hindu API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

url (required): a canonical https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/<slug>/ URL.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/","name":"DEVDUTT PATTANAIK","designation":"author, speaker and illustrator","image_url":"https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG","email":"[email protected]","biography":["DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /thehindu/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fprofile%2Fauthor%2Fdevdutt-pattanaik-3563%2F
Items in articles: 14
Fields filled in every checked item: 3

Field	Filled in, of 14 checked	Values in the sample
title	14	median 56 characters
url	14	thehindu.com
image_url	14	th-i.thgim.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical The Hindu author URL	https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/thehindu/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fprofile%2Fauthor%2Fdevdutt-pattanaik-3563%2F" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/devdutt-pattanaik-3563/",
    "name": "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK",
    "designation": "author, speaker and illustrator",
    "image_url": "https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/z23nex/article67764665.ece/alternates/SQUARE_100/Devdutt%20Pattanaik.JPG",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "biography": [
      "DEVDUTT PATTANAIK writes on mythology, which he defines as cultural truths revealed through stories, symbols and rituals."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/example-column/article71467898.ece"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.theHinduAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	thehindu.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.designation	string	No
data.email	string	No
data.facebook_url	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.linkedin_url	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.twitter_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/thehindu/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fprofile%2Fauthor%2Fdevdutt-pattanaik-3563%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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The Hindu 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

The Hindu 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