Endpoint Playground
Returns a CTV News byline profile from a canonical author URL: name, role, biography, photo, public contact address, and recent stories.
14 Oct 2026: Single record response; 4 fields had a value in every checked item; 1 field was empty in this sample.
Sample value profiles: url: ctvnews.ca; biography: 1 entry; image_url: author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ctvnews/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ctvnews.ca%2Fabout-us%2Fteam%2Fthe-associated-press%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.ctvnews.ca/about-us/team/the-associated-press/ | Canonical CTV News author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/about-us/todd-coyne/",
"name": "Todd Coyne",
"role": "CTVNewsVancouver.ca Journalist",
"biography": [
"Todd Coyne is a reporter for CTV News Vancouver."
],
"image_url": "https://author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub/bellmediainc/EXAMPLE.jpg",
"email": "[email protected]",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/example-article-slug",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T18:41:41Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.