The Verge API endpoint
Returns a The Verge author's profile by `url`, a canonical `theverge.com/authors/<slug>` link: name, job title such as Senior Reporter, bio and recent articles. Each article has a title, URL, excerpt, ISO-8601 `published_at` and `category`, the post's primary Verge vertical such as Tech.
/theverge/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.theverge.com/authors/<slug> URL.job_title reflects the author's masthead credit (for example "Senior Reporter"). Each article's category is the post's primary Verge vertical (for example "Tech"); published_at is an ISO-8601 timestamp taken directly from the platform's own data.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters","name":"Jay Peters","job_title":"Senior Reporter","bio":"Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.","articles":[{"title":"A great new video game movie","url":"https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave","category":"Tech","excerpt":"Plus, in this week's Installer.","published_at":"2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 10 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 10 | median 56 characters |
| url | 10 | theverge.com |
| category | 10 | |
| published_at | 10 | 2026-10-09 to 2026-10-13 |
| excerpt | 2 | median 52 characters |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical The Verge author URL | https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/theverge/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Fauthors%2Fjay-peters" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.theverge.com/authors/jay-peters",
"name": "Jay Peters",
"job_title": "Senior Reporter",
"bio": "Jay Peters is a senior reporter at The Verge. He covers breaking news in technology, video games, and more.\n\nBefore The Verge, he worked at Techmeme.",
"articles": [
{
"title": "A great new video game movie",
"url": "https://www.theverge.com/tech/997322/resident-evil-steam-frame-fire-emblem-fortunes-weave",
"category": "Tech",
"excerpt": "Plus, in this week's Installer.",
"published_at": "2026-09-20T12:00:00+00:00"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.thevergeAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | theverge.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | ||||
| data.articles[].category | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].excerpt | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].published_at | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].title | string | No | ||||
| data.articles[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.bio | 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/theverge/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2Fauthors%2Fjay-peters" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"