Endpoint Playground
Returns one CNET author's public profile: name, role, biography, areas of expertise, social links, and one page of their recent articles.
14 Oct 2026: 5 articles; 7 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-07; url: cnet.com; title: median 84 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cnet/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. scottstein8 | |
| url | string | No | Canonical cnet.com/profiles/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n>/ segment; alternative to slug | |
| page | integer | No | 1-based page number; overrides any page number in url |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Scott Stein",
"slug": "scottstein8",
"url": "https://www.cnet.com/profiles/scottstein8/",
"role": "Editor at Large",
"biography": [
"Example biography paragraph."
],
"joined_at": "July 12, 2013",
"article_count": 3588,
"expertise": [
{
"name": "Wearables",
"url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/wearables/"
}
],
"social_links": [
{
"platform": "facebook",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/example"
}
],
"page": 1,
"has_next_page": true,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/example-article/",
"type": "news",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T01:12:05Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.