Endpoint Playground
Returns one CNN profile's byline metadata (name and title), bio paragraphs, social accounts, and recent articles/videos. Provide either a profile slug or a canonical cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL.
14 Oct 2026: 16 articles; 5 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: url: cnn.com; image_url: media.cnn.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/cnn/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | CNN profile slug, e.g. jake-tapper-profile (a slug without the -profile suffix is tried with it first, then as-is) | |
| url | string | No | Canonical cnn.com/profiles/<slug> URL, as an alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.cnn.com/profiles/jake-tapper-profile",
"name": "Jake Tapper",
"title": "Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent",
"bio": [
"CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joined the network in January 2013..."
],
"social_accounts": [
{
"platform": "facebook",
"url": "https://www.facebook.com/JakeTapper"
},
{
"platform": "twitter",
"url": "https://www.twitter.com/JakeTapper"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "JFK's niece on Trump's Kennedy Center fight: 'These are the actions of a petty tyrant who can't get his way'",
"url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/us/video/jfk-niece-calls-trump-petty-tyrant-in-kennedy-center-fight-lead-jake-tapper",
"type": "video",
"published_at": "Sep 18, 2026",
"image_url": "https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/thumb-22998115-186338-815-thumb.jpg"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.