Yardbarker API endpoint
Returns a Yardbarker author profile from a canonical author `url` of the form `https://www.yardbarker.com/authors/<slug>/<id>` (required). The response has the name, profile image when provided and linked recent stories. Biography text and pagination are not available.
/yardbarker/authorQuery parameter url is a canonical HTTPS Yardbarker author URL of the form https://www.yardbarker.com/authors/<slug>/<id>, such as https://www.yardbarker.com/authors/mike_j_asti/1297.
Returns the public author's name, profile image when provided, and linked recent stories found on that profile page. Story links are restricted to Yardbarker article URLs. Biography text and author pagination are not exposed.
Start from the checked request: GET /yardbarker/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com%2Fauthors%2Fmike_j_asti%2F1297. Live check on 2026-10-14: 25 articles returned. Fields present in every checked item: title, url, author.
Return to section story discovery with Get headlines for a Yardbarker section.
| Field | Filled in, of 25 checked | Values in the sample |
|---|---|---|
| title | 25 | median 71 characters |
| url | 25 | yardbarker.com |
| author | 25 |
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | Canonical Yardbarker author URL | https://www.yardbarker.com/authors/mike_j_asti/1297 | |
| x-api-key (header) | string | Yes | API key required |
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/yardbarker/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com%2Fauthors%2Fmike_j_asti%2F1297" \ -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.yardbarker.com/authors/mike_j_asti/1297",
"name": "Mike J. Asti",
"image_url": "https://images.yardbarker.com/example.png",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example story",
"url": "https://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/example_story/s1_13132_44365458",
"author": "Mike J. Asti"
}
]
}
}Request schema
No body schema
Response schema
#/definitions/publicnews.yardbarkerAuthorResponseDoc
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| data | yardbarker.AuthorResponse | No | ||||
| data.articles | array | No | HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under Yardbarker top stories API. | |||
| data.image_url | string | No | ||||
| data.name | string | No | ||||
| data.url | string | No |
| 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 |
Use environment variables for secrets and keep Crawlora API keys server-side.
curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/yardbarker/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yardbarker.com%2Fauthors%2Fmike_j_asti%2F1297" \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"