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Try the CBR author profile API

Returns a CBR author profile from `url`, a canonical `https://www.cbr.com/author/<slug>/` address; paginated `/page/N/` URLs are rejected. The response has name, `title`, biography, image, `social_links` and about 20 items from the profile's Latest module, with no older pages available.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /cbr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fauthor%2Fjohn-dodge%2F
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, image_url

Sample value profiles: url: cbr.com; title: median 78 characters; summary: median 142 characters.

Request: GET /cbr/author
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

CBR author profile API documentation CBR platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fauthor%2Fjohn-dodge%2F' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.cbr.com/author/john-dodge/	Canonical CBR author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://cbr.com/author/john-dodge/",
    "name": "John Dodge",
    "title": "Staff Writer",
    "biography": "John Dodge is a CBR writer covering movies, TV, comics, and pop culture.",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "type": "x",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/JohnJDodge"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://cbr.com/example-article-slug"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More CBR endpoints

Get CBR article content Get CBR section headlines Get CBR top stories Get CBR RSS sections

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.cbrAuthorResponseDocCBR

GET /cbr/author

Get a CBR author profile

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical CBR author URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://cbr.com/author/john-dodge/",
    "name": "John Dodge",
    "title": "Staff Writer",
    "biography": "John Dodge is a CBR writer covering movies, TV, comics, and pop culture.",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "type": "x",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/JohnJDodge"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://cbr.com/example-article-slug"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the CBR author profile API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 20 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /cbr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fauthor%2Fjohn-dodge%2F
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url, summary, image_url

Sample value profiles: url: cbr.com; title: median 78 characters; summary: median 142 characters.

Request: GET /cbr/author
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

CBR author profile API documentation CBR platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cbr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbr.com%2Fauthor%2Fjohn-dodge%2F' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.cbr.com/author/john-dodge/	Canonical CBR author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://cbr.com/author/john-dodge/",
    "name": "John Dodge",
    "title": "Staff Writer",
    "biography": "John Dodge is a CBR writer covering movies, TV, comics, and pop culture.",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "type": "x",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/JohnJDodge"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://cbr.com/example-article-slug"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More CBR endpoints

Get CBR article content Get CBR section headlines Get CBR top stories Get CBR RSS sections

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.cbrAuthorResponseDocCBR

GET /cbr/author

Get a CBR author profile

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API key

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not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical CBR author URL

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If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://cbr.com/author/john-dodge/",
    "name": "John Dodge",
    "title": "Staff Writer",
    "biography": "John Dodge is a CBR writer covering movies, TV, comics, and pop culture.",
    "social_links": [
      {
        "type": "x",
        "url": "https://twitter.com/JohnJDodge"
      }
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://cbr.com/example-article-slug"
      }
    ]
  }
}