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Washington Post staff author profile API

Returns one Washington Post staff author's public profile: byline metadata, bio, contact/social links, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestWashington Postwapo.authorResponseDoc/wapo/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /wapo/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Washington Post
Response schema: #/definitions/wapo.authorResponseDoc

Washington Post API Try Washington Post staff author profile API in Playground Washington Post API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): a Washington Post people slug, e.g. adam-taylor.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug. A URL that itself carries a ?page= query sets the page from that query.
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. total_count and total_pages (20 articles per page) describe the author's full public byline history on washingtonpost.com; requesting a page past total_pages returns 404. bio prefers the author's long-form biography and falls back to their short byline blurb when no long biography is published. email, twitter_url, facebook_url, and linkedin_url reflect whatever contact links the author's page actually publishes -- unlisted fields are simply absent, not an error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Adam Taylor","slug":"adam-taylor","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-taylor/","author_type":"Staff writer","role":"Reporter","location":"Washington, D.C.","expertise":"National Security reporter with a focus on the State Department","bio":"Adam Taylor writes about national security and foreign policy for The Washington Post.","email":"[email protected]","twitter_url":"https://twitter.com/mradamtaylor","image_url":"https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/washpost/5ca9816b-ff47-49a9-a99d-778fc202b6fe.png","page":1,"total_pages":15,"total_count":283,"articles":[{"title":"Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/22/trump-pledges-open-new-arctic-military-bases-he-signs-greenland-deal/","section":"National Security","published_at":"2026-09-22T17:18:23.392Z"}]},"msg":"OK"}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /wapo/author?slug=adam-taylor
Items in articles: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 6

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
title	20
url	20	washingtonpost.com
description	20	median 159 characters
section	20
published_at	20	2026-07-07 to 2026-10-13
image_url	20	cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Washington Post people slug, e.g. adam-taylor	adam-taylor
url	string	No	Canonical washingtonpost.com/people/<slug>/ URL, optionally with a ?page= query; alternative to slug	https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-taylor/?page=2
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/wapo/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Adam Taylor",
    "slug": "adam-taylor",
    "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-taylor/",
    "author_type": "Staff writer",
    "role": "Reporter",
    "location": "Washington, D.C.",
    "expertise": "National Security reporter with a focus on the State Department",
    "bio": "Adam Taylor writes about national security and foreign policy for The Washington Post.",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com/mradamtaylor",
    "image_url": "https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/washpost/5ca9816b-ff47-49a9-a99d-778fc202b6fe.png",
    "page": 1,
    "total_pages": 15,
    "total_count": 283,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal",
        "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/22/trump-pledges-open-new-arctic-military-bases-he-signs-greenland-deal/",
        "section": "National Security",
        "published_at": "2026-09-22T17:18:23.392Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/wapo.authorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	wapo.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].description	string	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].published_at	string	No
data.articles[].section	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.author_type	string	No
data.bio	string	No
data.email	string	No
data.expertise	string	No
data.facebook_url	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.linkedin_url	string	No
data.location	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.role	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.total_count	integer	No
data.total_pages	integer	No
data.twitter_url	string	No
data.url	string	No
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/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/wapo/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

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Washington Post API endpoint

Washington Post staff author profile API

Returns one Washington Post staff author's public profile: byline metadata, bio, contact/social links, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey3 credits/requestWashington Postwapo.authorResponseDoc/wapo/author

Endpoint facts

Method: GET
API path: /wapo/author
Auth: apiKey
Credits: 3 credits/request
Charged on: Successful 2xx responses only
Platform: Washington Post
Response schema: #/definitions/wapo.authorResponseDoc

Washington Post API Try Washington Post staff author profile API in Playground Washington Post API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): a Washington Post people slug, e.g. adam-taylor.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/<slug>/ URL, as an alternative to slug. A URL that itself carries a ?page= query sets the page from that query.
page (optional): 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number embedded in url. Defaults to 1.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Adam Taylor","slug":"adam-taylor","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-taylor/","author_type":"Staff writer","role":"Reporter","location":"Washington, D.C.","expertise":"National Security reporter with a focus on the State Department","bio":"Adam Taylor writes about national security and foreign policy for The Washington Post.","email":"[email protected]","twitter_url":"https://twitter.com/mradamtaylor","image_url":"https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/washpost/5ca9816b-ff47-49a9-a99d-778fc202b6fe.png","page":1,"total_pages":15,"total_count":283,"articles":[{"title":"Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal","url":"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/22/trump-pledges-open-new-arctic-military-bases-he-signs-greenland-deal/","section":"National Security","published_at":"2026-09-22T17:18:23.392Z"}]},"msg":"OK"}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /wapo/author?slug=adam-taylor
Items in articles: 20
Fields filled in every checked item: 6

Field	Filled in, of 20 checked	Values in the sample
title	20
url	20	washingtonpost.com
description	20	median 159 characters
section	20
published_at	20	2026-07-07 to 2026-10-13
image_url	20	cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Washington Post people slug, e.g. adam-taylor	adam-taylor
url	string	No	Canonical washingtonpost.com/people/<slug>/ URL, optionally with a ?page= query; alternative to slug	https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-taylor/?page=2
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/wapo/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Adam Taylor",
    "slug": "adam-taylor",
    "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/adam-taylor/",
    "author_type": "Staff writer",
    "role": "Reporter",
    "location": "Washington, D.C.",
    "expertise": "National Security reporter with a focus on the State Department",
    "bio": "Adam Taylor writes about national security and foreign policy for The Washington Post.",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "twitter_url": "https://twitter.com/mradamtaylor",
    "image_url": "https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/washpost/5ca9816b-ff47-49a9-a99d-778fc202b6fe.png",
    "page": 1,
    "total_pages": 15,
    "total_count": 283,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Trump pledges to open new Arctic military bases as he signs Greenland deal",
        "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/09/22/trump-pledges-open-new-arctic-military-bases-he-signs-greenland-deal/",
        "section": "National Security",
        "published_at": "2026-09-22T17:18:23.392Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "msg": "OK"
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/wapo.authorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Example
code	integer	No	200
data	wapo.AuthorResponse	No
data.articles	array	No
data.articles[].description	string	No
data.articles[].image_url	string	No
data.articles[].published_at	string	No
data.articles[].section	string	No
data.articles[].title	string	No
data.articles[].url	string	No
data.author_type	string	No
data.bio	string	No
data.email	string	No
data.expertise	string	No
data.facebook_url	string	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.linkedin_url	string	No
data.location	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.role	string	No
data.slug	string	No
data.total_count	integer	No
data.total_pages	integer	No
data.twitter_url	string	No
data.url	string	No
msg	string	No	OK

Failure responses

Status	Description	Schema
400	Bad Request	#/definitions/app.Response
404	Not Found	#/definitions/app.Response
429	Too Many Requests	#/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/wapo/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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Washington Post staff author profile API

Endpoint facts

How this endpoint behaves

Sampled response

Request parameters

cURL example

Example JSON response

Failure responses

Code examples

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Washington Post staff 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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