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The Straits Times API endpoint
The Straits Times author profile API
Returns a The Straits Times author's profile by `url`, a canonical `straitstimes.com/authors/<slug>` link: name, email when the author's page publishes one, and recent articles with title, URL, summary, author, image, `type` and publication time.
GETapiKey2 credits/requestThe Straits Timespublicnews.straitstimesAuthorResponseDoc
The Straits Times/straitstimes/authorEndpoint facts
- Method
- GET
- API path
- /straitstimes/author
- Auth
- apiKey
- Credits
- 2 credits/request
- Charged on
- Successful 2xx responses only
- Platform
- The Straits Times
- Response schema
- #/definitions/publicnews.straitstimesAuthorResponseDoc
How this endpoint behaves
Query parameters:
url(required): a canonicalhttps://www.straitstimes.com/authors/<slug>URL.
email reflects whatever contact email the author's own page shows; not every author page publishes one.
Sampled response
- Request, 14 Oct 2026
- GET /straitstimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.straitstimes.com%2Fauthors%2Frebekah-chia
- Items in articles
- 10
- Fields filled in every checked item
- 3
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 82 characters |
| url | 10 | straitstimes.com |
| image_url | 10 | cassette.sphdigital.com.sg |
Request parameters
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical The Straits Times author URL | https://www.straitstimes.com/authors/example-author | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
cURL example
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/straitstimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.straitstimes.com%2Fauthors%2Fexample-author" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
Example JSON response
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/authors/jane-doe",
"name": "Jane Doe",
"email": "[email protected]",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/example-article-slug"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.straitstimesAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | straitstimes.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under The Straits Times top stories API. | |||
| data.email | string | No | ||||
| data.name | 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/straitstimes/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.straitstimes.com%2Fauthors%2Fexample-author" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"