Endpoint Playground
Returns one Independent author's profile by `slug` (for example `lizzie-dearden`) or `url`; exactly one is required. The response has name, job title, bio, X/Twitter handle and the author's recent articles with title, URL, section and section URL. It is a single page of articles with no further pagination.
14 Oct 2026: 84 articles; 2 fields had a value in every checked item and 2 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: url: independent.co.uk; title: median 67 characters; section_url: independent.co.uk.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/independent/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. lizzie-dearden | |
| url | string | No | Canonical independent.co.uk/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Lizzie Dearden",
"slug": "lizzie-dearden",
"url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/author/lizzie-dearden",
"job_title": "Former Home Affairs Editor",
"bio": "Lizzie Dearden was The Independent's Home Affairs Editor until August 2023...",
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/lizziedearden",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Home Office body returns £1m funding for counterextremism work",
"url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terrorism-threat-extremism-budget-home-office-b2395559.html",
"section": "Home News",
"section_url": "https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.