Endpoint Playground
Returns a Business Insider author's profile, identified by `slug` (the last segment of the author's page address) or a canonical `https://www.businessinsider.com/author/<slug>` `url`; exactly one is required. The response has name, job title, bio, image, `social_accounts` and one page of recent articles with title, URL and summary. Accounts the author does not list are simply absent.
14 Oct 2026: 20 articles; 3 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-08-12 to 2026-10-08; url: businessinsider.com; title: median 79 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/businessinsider/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug | |
| url | string | No | Canonical businessinsider.com/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Peter Kafka",
"slug": "peter-kafka",
"url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/author/peter-kafka",
"job_title": "Chief Correspondent",
"bio": "Peter covers media and technology for Business Insider; previously he has worked at Vox, Recode, AllThingsD, and Forbes.",
"image_url": "https://i.insider.com/678530c18951662c9f1fd624?width=1151&format=jpeg",
"social_accounts": [
{
"platform": "twitter",
"url": "https://www.x.com/pkafka"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Of course Larry and David Ellison got their way",
"url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/larry-david-ellison-lawsuit-states-power-trump-money-paramont-wbd-2026-9",
"summary": "When your dad is one of the richest men in the world, you get the media conglomerate you want.",
"published_at": "2026-09-21"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.