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ZDNet author profile API

Returns one ZDNet author's public profile: name, role, biography, education, areas of expertise, join date, article count, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestZDNetpublicnews.zdnetAuthorResponseDoc/zdnet/author

Endpoint facts

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

ZDNet Scraper API Try ZDNet author profile API in Playground ZDNet API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Returns one ZDNet author's public profile: name, role, education (returned as credentials when the author lists it), biography, areas of expertise, join date, published-article count, and one page of their recent articles.

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. abeaty.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/<slug>/ URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ path segment, as an alternative to slug. A URL that carries ZDNet'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. Each page lists five articles. has_next_page reports whether ZDNet's own pagination link indicates a further page exists. Each article's type is ZDNet's content type for the listing (for example news, how-to, analysis-opinion or product-promo). An unknown slug returns a 404 error.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Artie Beaty","slug":"abeaty","url":"https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/","role":"Contributing Writer","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"joined_at":"June 8, 2023","article_count":1086,"expertise":[{"name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.zdnet.com/topic/amazon/"}],"page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.zdnet.com/tech/example-article/","type":"news","published_at":"2026-09-24T20:31:27Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /zdnet/author?slug=abeaty
Items in articles: 5
Fields filled in every checked item: 7

Field	Filled in, of 5 checked	Values in the sample
title	5	median 76 characters
url	5	zdnet.com
type	5
summary	5	median 101 characters
published_at	5	2026-10-02 to 2026-10-13
author	5
image_url	5	zdnet.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. abeaty	abeaty
url	string	No	Canonical zdnet.com/meet-the-team/<slug> URL; alternative to slug	https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/
page	integer	No	1-based page number of the author's article list; 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/zdnet/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Artie Beaty",
    "slug": "abeaty",
    "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/",
    "role": "Contributing Writer",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "joined_at": "June 8, 2023",
    "article_count": 1086,
    "expertise": [
      {
        "name": "Amazon",
        "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/topic/amazon/"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/tech/example-article/",
        "type": "news",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T20:31:27Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.zdnetAuthorResponseDoc

Field	Type	Required	Description
data	zdnet.AuthorResponse	No
data.article_count	integer	No
data.articles	array	No	HeadlineItem record, 7 fields: author, image_url, published_at, summary, title, type, url. Described under ZDNet top stories API.
data.biography	array	No
data.credentials	string	No
data.expertise	array	No
data.expertise[].name	string	No
data.expertise[].url	string	No
data.has_next_page	boolean	No
data.image_url	string	No
data.joined_at	string	No
data.name	string	No
data.page	integer	No
data.role	string	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/zdnet/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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ZDNet API endpoint

ZDNet author profile API

Returns one ZDNet author's public profile: name, role, biography, education, areas of expertise, join date, article count, and one page of their recent articles.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestZDNetpublicnews.zdnetAuthorResponseDoc/zdnet/author

Endpoint facts

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

ZDNet Scraper API Try ZDNet author profile API in Playground ZDNet API documentation

How this endpoint behaves

Query parameters:

slug (optional): an author slug, e.g. abeaty.
url (optional): a canonical https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/<slug>/ URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ path segment, as an alternative to slug. A URL that carries ZDNet'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.

Example response (truncated):

{"code":200,"data":{"name":"Artie Beaty","slug":"abeaty","url":"https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/","role":"Contributing Writer","biography":["Example biography paragraph."],"joined_at":"June 8, 2023","article_count":1086,"expertise":[{"name":"Amazon","url":"https://www.zdnet.com/topic/amazon/"}],"page":1,"has_next_page":true,"articles":[{"title":"Example headline","url":"https://www.zdnet.com/tech/example-article/","type":"news","published_at":"2026-09-24T20:31:27Z"}]}}

Sampled response

Request, 14 Oct 2026: GET /zdnet/author?slug=abeaty
Items in articles: 5
Fields filled in every checked item: 7

Field	Filled in, of 5 checked	Values in the sample
title	5	median 76 characters
url	5	zdnet.com
type	5
summary	5	median 101 characters
published_at	5	2026-10-02 to 2026-10-13
author	5
image_url	5	zdnet.com

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
slug	string	No	Author slug, e.g. abeaty	abeaty
url	string	No	Canonical zdnet.com/meet-the-team/<slug> URL; alternative to slug	https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/
page	integer	No	1-based page number of the author's article list; 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/zdnet/author?page=1" \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "name": "Artie Beaty",
    "slug": "abeaty",
    "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/",
    "role": "Contributing Writer",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "joined_at": "June 8, 2023",
    "article_count": 1086,
    "expertise": [
      {
        "name": "Amazon",
        "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/topic/amazon/"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "has_next_page": true,
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/tech/example-article/",
        "type": "news",
        "published_at": "2026-09-24T20:31:27Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/publicnews.zdnetAuthorResponseDoc

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

Shared guides

Authentication Errors and retries Rate limits and credits Pricing Acceptable use

More ZDNet endpoint docs ZDNet Scraper API ZDNet article API documentation ZDNet section headlines API documentation ZDNet top stories API documentation ZDNet sections API documentation

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ZDNet 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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ZDNet 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