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Try the DW author API

Returns one Deutsche Welle correspondent's public profile (name, expertise, biography) and their recent articles from a canonical person-profile URL. Many DW breaking-news items are bylined to the "Deutsche Welle" editorial organization rather than a named person; those articles have no person-profile URL to look up.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 9 articles; 2 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /dw/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fcathrin-schaer%2Fperson-55594156
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url

Sample value profiles: url: dw.com; title: median 51 characters; summary: median 112 characters.

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

DW author API documentation DW platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dw/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fcathrin-schaer%2Fperson-55594156' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.dw.com/en/cathrin-schaer/person-55594156	Canonical www.dw.com/en/<name>/person-<id> URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/cathrin-schaer/person-55594156",
    "name": "Cathrin Schaer",
    "expertise": "Middle East, Business",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/example-headline/a-12345678"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Get DW article content Get DW section headlines Get DW top stories Get DW sections

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.dwAuthorResponseDocDW

GET /dw/author

Get a DW author profile

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical www.dw.com/en/<name>/person-<id> URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/cathrin-schaer/person-55594156",
    "name": "Cathrin Schaer",
    "expertise": "Middle East, Business",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/example-headline/a-12345678"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the DW author API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 9 articles; 2 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /dw/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fcathrin-schaer%2Fperson-55594156
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url

Sample value profiles: url: dw.com; title: median 51 characters; summary: median 112 characters.

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

DW author API documentation DW platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/dw/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dw.com%2Fen%2Fcathrin-schaer%2Fperson-55594156' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.dw.com/en/cathrin-schaer/person-55594156	Canonical www.dw.com/en/<name>/person-<id> URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/cathrin-schaer/person-55594156",
    "name": "Cathrin Schaer",
    "expertise": "Middle East, Business",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/example-headline/a-12345678"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More DW endpoints

Get DW article content Get DW section headlines Get DW top stories Get DW sections

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Endpoint

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Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.dwAuthorResponseDocDW

GET /dw/author

Get a DW 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 www.dw.com/en/<name>/person-<id> 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://www.dw.com/en/cathrin-schaer/person-55594156",
    "name": "Cathrin Schaer",
    "expertise": "Middle East, Business",
    "biography": [
      "Example biography paragraph."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.dw.com/en/example-headline/a-12345678"
      }
    ]
  }
}