Endpoint Playground
Returns a CBC journalist's profile, identified by `slug` (ending in CBC's author id, such as `darren-major-1.4462710`) or a `https://www.cbc.ca/author/<slug>` `url`; exactly one is required and an unknown author returns 404. The response has name, title, biography, photo, profile links and usually 10 latest articles, with `has_more_articles` showing whether older ones exist.
14 Oct 2026: 10 articles; 8 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-10; url: cbc.ca; title: median 87 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbc/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. darren-major-1.4462710 | |
| url | string | No | Canonical https://www.cbc.ca/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Darren Major",
"slug": "darren-major-1.4462710",
"url": "https://www.cbc.ca/author/darren-major-1.4462710",
"title": "Senior writer",
"biography": "Darren Major is a senior writer for CBC's parliamentary bureau in Ottawa.",
"image_url": "https://i.cbc.ca/ais/55f2e5ae-50ee-4f59-8a17-bc32fee05e29,1764871951641/full/max/0/default.jpg",
"has_more_articles": true,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Will Eby's early election gamble pay off or backfire in B.C.? Here's what history tells us",
"url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/does-calling-an-early-election-work-9.7355667",
"type": "story",
"summary": "On the whole, premiers and prime ministers have benefited from similar gambles in the past.",
"sections": [
"News",
"Politics"
],
"published_at": "2026-09-24T08:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-09-24T08:00:00Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.