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TheJournal.ie API endpoint

TheJournal.ie author API

Returns one TheJournal.ie author's public archive page: name, numeric author id, and the most recent articles the first page lists.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestTheJournal.iepublicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDoc/thejournal/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /thejournal/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: TheJournal.ie
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDoc

TheJournal.ie Scraper API Try TheJournal.ie author API in Playground TheJournal.ie API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. ottoline-spearman, the second-to-last segment of the author link in a story's byline.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.thejournal.ie/author/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the numeric id (/author/<slug>/<id>/), as an alternative to slug.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. The response covers the first page of the author's archive (about 40 articles, no further pagination; has_more is true when older articles exist); each article has title, url, section (the card label), summary and image_url when shown. The author page has no biography or social links, and its cards show only relative times, so neither is returned. An unknown author returns HTTP 404.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Ottoline Spearman","slug":"ottoline-spearman","id":"9329","url":"https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/","has_more":true,"articles":[{"title":"Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators","url":"https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026","section":"Great News","image_url":"https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /thejournal/author?slug=ottoline-spearman
Items in articles: 35
Fields filled in every checked item: 3
Fields empty in some or all items: 2

Field	Filled in, of 35 checked	Values in the sample
title	35	median 78 characters
url	35	thejournal.ie
image_url	35	img2.thejournal.ie and 1 other host
section	32
summary	1	median 70 characters

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. ottoline-spearman	ottoline-spearman
url	string	No	Canonical thejournal.ie/author/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the numeric author id; alternative to slug	https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	thejournal.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].section	string	No
data.articles[].summary	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.has_more	boolean	No
data.id	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/thejournal/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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TheJournal.ie API endpoint

TheJournal.ie author API

Returns one TheJournal.ie author's public archive page: name, numeric author id, and the most recent articles the first page lists.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestTheJournal.iepublicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDoc/thejournal/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /thejournal/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: TheJournal.ie
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDoc

TheJournal.ie Scraper API Try TheJournal.ie author API in Playground TheJournal.ie API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. ottoline-spearman, the second-to-last segment of the author link in a story's byline.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.thejournal.ie/author/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the numeric id (/author/<slug>/<id>/), as an alternative to slug.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Ottoline Spearman","slug":"ottoline-spearman","id":"9329","url":"https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/","has_more":true,"articles":[{"title":"Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators","url":"https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026","section":"Great News","image_url":"https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /thejournal/author?slug=ottoline-spearman
Items in articles: 35
Fields filled in every checked item: 3
Fields empty in some or all items: 2

Field	Filled in, of 35 checked	Values in the sample
title	35	median 78 characters
url	35	thejournal.ie
image_url	35	img2.thejournal.ie and 1 other host
section	32
summary	1	median 70 characters

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. ottoline-spearman	ottoline-spearman
url	string	No	Canonical thejournal.ie/author/<slug>/ URL, optionally with the numeric author id; alternative to slug	https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

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

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ottoline Spearman",
    "slug": "ottoline-spearman",
    "id": "9329",
    "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/author/ottoline-spearman/9329/",
    "has_more": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Some Amazon customers will receive cheques for up to $200 following settlement with US regulators",
        "url": "https://www.thejournal.ie/amazon-refunds-200-cheques-7170610-Sep2026",
        "section": "Great News",
        "image_url": "https://img2.thejournal.ie/article/7170610/river?version=7171290&width=230"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.theJournalAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	thejournal.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].section	string	No
data.articles[].summary	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.has_more	boolean	No
data.id	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/thejournal/author" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

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TheJournal.ie author 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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TheJournal.ie author API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

Shared guides

Related