XDA API endpoint
Returns an XDA author profile from their `https://www.xda-developers.com/author/<slug>/` `url` (required; paginated author URLs are rejected). The response has the name, title, biography, image, social links and the profile's latest articles, about 20, with no older pages.
/xda/authorQuery parameters:
url (required): a canonical https://www.xda-developers.com/author/<slug>/ URL. Paginated /author/<slug>/page/N/ URLs are rejected.title, image_url, and biography reflect whatever the author's own profile page shows. social_links lists the author's own accounts (x, linkedin, facebook, instagram, bluesky, threads, tiktok, youtube, twitch, muckrack, or a generic website); the site's internal profile link is not included. articles is the profile page's own "Latest" module (about 20 items); older pages are not available.
Example response (truncated):
{"code":200,"data":{"url":"https://www.xda-developers.com/author/patrick-orourke/","name":"Patrick O'Rourke","title":"News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead","biography":"Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead.","social_links":[{"type":"x","url":"https://x.com/Patrick_ORourke"}],"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.xda-developers.com/example-article-slug"}]}}
| Field | Filled in, of 20 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 20 | median 90 characters |
| url | 20 | xda-developers.com |
| summary | 20 | median 78 characters |
| image_url | 20 | static0.xdaimages.com |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical XDA author URL | https://www.xda-developers.com/author/patrick-orourke/ | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/xda/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xda-developers.com%2Fauthor%2Fpatrick-orourke%2F" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/author/patrick-orourke/",
"name": "Patrick O'Rourke",
"title": "News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead",
"biography": "Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead.",
"social_links": [
{
"type": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/Patrick_ORourke"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/example-article-slug"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.xdaAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | xda.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under XDA top stories API. | |||
| data.biography | string | No | ||||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links | array | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].type | string | No | ||||
| data.social_links[].url | string | No | ||||
| data.title | 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/xda/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xda-developers.com%2Fauthor%2Fpatrick-orourke%2F" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"