Endpoint Playground
Returns one Live Science author's public profile: name, job title, biography, social links, and one page of their recent articles.
14 Oct 2026: 25 articles; 3 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-04-23 to 2026-07-18; url: livescience.com; title: median 113 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/livescience/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. ben-turner | |
| url | string | No | Canonical livescience.com/author/<slug> URL, optionally with a /page/<n> segment; alternative to slug | |
| page | integer | No | 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number embedded in url |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Example Author",
"slug": "example-author",
"url": "https://www.livescience.com/author/example-author",
"job_title": "Features Editor",
"biography": [
"Example bio paragraph."
],
"social_links": [
{
"platform": "twitter",
"url": "https://twitter.com/exampleauthor"
}
],
"page": 1,
"has_next_page": true,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/example-comet-story"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.