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Times of India API endpoint

Times of India author profile API

Returns a Times of India reporter's profile by `url`, a canonical `timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-<name>-<id>.cms` link: name, job title, organization, location, email, biography, headshot and recent articles with title and URL. Fields the profile page does not publish may be empty.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestTimes of Indiapublicnews.timesOfIndiaAuthorResponseDoc/timesofindia/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /timesofindia/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Times of India
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.timesOfIndiaAuthorResponseDoc

Times of India Scraper API Try Times of India author profile API in Playground Times of India API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one Times of India reporter's public profile from a canonical https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-<name>-<id>.cms URL: name, job title, organization, location, biography, headshot, and their recent articles.

Query parameters:

url (required): a canonical https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-<name>-<id>.cms URL.

job_title, organization, location, email, biography, and image_url reflect only what the reporter's own profile page publishes and may be empty.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms","name":"Smriti Jain","job_title":"Senior Assistant Editor","organization":"TOI Online","location":"New Delhi","email":"[email protected]","biography":["Smriti Jain is a business and economy journalist with over 16 years of reporting and editing experience."],"image_url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/authorphoto/479254229.cms","articles":[{"title":"Example story","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134432773.cms"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /timesofindia/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Ftoireporter%2Fauthor-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms
Items in articles: 30
Fields filled in every checked item: 2

Field	Filled in, of 30 checked	Values in the sample
title	30	median 96 characters
url	30	timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical Times of India author URL	https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timesofindia/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Ftoireporter%2Fauthor-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms",
    "name": "Smriti Jain",
    "job_title": "Senior Assistant Editor",
    "organization": "TOI Online",
    "location": "New Delhi",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "biography": [
      "Smriti Jain is a business and economy journalist with over 16 years of reporting and editing experience."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/authorphoto/479254229.cms",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134432773.cms"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.timesOfIndiaAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	timesofindia.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.biography	array	No
data.email	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.job_title	string	No
data.location	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.organization	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/timesofindia/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Ftoireporter%2Fauthor-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

More Times of India endpoint docs Times of India Scraper API Times of India article API documentation Times of India section headlines API documentation Times of India top stories API documentation Times of India sections API documentation

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Times of India API endpoint

Times of India author profile API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestTimes of Indiapublicnews.timesOfIndiaAuthorResponseDoc/timesofindia/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /timesofindia/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Times of India
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.timesOfIndiaAuthorResponseDoc

Times of India Scraper API Try Times of India author profile API in Playground Times of India API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

url (required): a canonical https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-<name>-<id>.cms URL.

job_title, organization, location, email, biography, and image_url reflect only what the reporter's own profile page publishes and may be empty.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms","name":"Smriti Jain","job_title":"Senior Assistant Editor","organization":"TOI Online","location":"New Delhi","email":"[email protected]","biography":["Smriti Jain is a business and economy journalist with over 16 years of reporting and editing experience."],"image_url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/authorphoto/479254229.cms","articles":[{"title":"Example story","url":"https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134432773.cms"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /timesofindia/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Ftoireporter%2Fauthor-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms
Items in articles: 30
Fields filled in every checked item: 2

Field	Filled in, of 30 checked	Values in the sample
title	30	median 96 characters
url	30	timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description	Example
url	string	Yes		Canonical Times of India author URL	https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes		API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/timesofindia/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Ftoireporter%2Fauthor-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms",
    "name": "Smriti Jain",
    "job_title": "Senior Assistant Editor",
    "organization": "TOI Online",
    "location": "New Delhi",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "biography": [
      "Smriti Jain is a business and economy journalist with over 16 years of reporting and editing experience."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/authorphoto/479254229.cms",
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example story",
        "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/example-story/articleshow/134432773.cms"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.timesOfIndiaAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required
data	timesofindia.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.biography	array	No
data.email	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.job_title	string	No
data.location	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.organization	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/timesofindia/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Ftoireporter%2Fauthor-Smriti-Jain-479254229.cms" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Times of India 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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Times of India 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