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Variety author profile API

Returns a Variety author profile with name, biography, photo, social links and one page of recent articles. Give either `slug` (such as `ellise-shafer`) or an author `url`, which may include a `/page/<n>/` segment; `page` (default 1) overrides it. `has_next_page` shows whether another page exists.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestVarietypublicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDoc/variety/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /variety/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Variety
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDoc

Variety API Try Variety author profile API in Playground Variety API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. ellise-shafer.
url (optional): a canonical https://variety.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ path segment, as an alternative to slug. A URL that carries Variety's own /page/<n>/ pagination segment sets the page from that segment.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number embedded in url. Defaults to 1.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. has_next_page reports whether Variety's own pagination link indicates a further page exists.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Ellise Shafer","slug":"ellise-shafer","url":"https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/","biography":["Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."],"image_url":"https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg","social_links":[{"platform":"twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"}],"page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /variety/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2Fauthor%2Fellise-shafer%2F
Items in articles: 27
Fields filled in every checked item: 3

Field	Filled in, of 27 checked	Values in the sample
title	27	median 116 characters
url	27	variety.com
image_url	27	variety.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. ellise-shafer	ellise-shafer
url	string	No	Canonical variety.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug	https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/
page	integer	No	1-based page number; overrides any page number in url
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/variety/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	variety.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Variety top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	array	No
data.social_links[].platform	string	No
data.social_links[].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/variety/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Variety API endpoint

Variety author profile API

GETapiKey2 credits/requestVarietypublicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDoc/variety/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /variety/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 2 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Variety
Response schema: #/definitions/publicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDoc

Variety API Try Variety author profile API in Playground Variety API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. ellise-shafer.
url (optional): a canonical https://variety.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ path segment, as an alternative to slug. A URL that carries Variety's own /page/<n>/ pagination segment sets the page from that segment.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number embedded in url. Defaults to 1.

Exactly one of slug/url is required. has_next_page reports whether Variety's own pagination link indicates a further page exists.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Ellise Shafer","slug":"ellise-shafer","url":"https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/","biography":["Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."],"image_url":"https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg","social_links":[{"platform":"twitter","url":"https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"}],"page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /variety/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2Fauthor%2Fellise-shafer%2F
Items in articles: 27
Fields filled in every checked item: 3

Field	Filled in, of 27 checked	Values in the sample
title	27	median 116 characters
url	27	variety.com
image_url	27	variety.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. ellise-shafer	ellise-shafer
url	string	No	Canonical variety.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug	https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/
page	integer	No	1-based page number; overrides any page number in url
x-api-key (header)	string	Yes	API key required

cURL example

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/variety/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Ellise Shafer",
    "slug": "ellise-shafer",
    "url": "https://variety.com/author/ellise-shafer/",
    "biography": [
      "Ellise Shafer is Variety's Deputy Editor of International."
    ],
    "image_url": "https://variety.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Ellise-shoulder.jpg",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "platform": "twitter",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/EllieShafer"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/global/example-article-1234567/"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.varietyAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	variety.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Variety top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.slug	string	No
data.social_links	array	No
data.social_links[].platform	string	No
data.social_links[].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/variety/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

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Variety 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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Variety 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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