Endpoint Playground
Returns a Metro author's name, job title, biography, topic areas, social links, and most recent articles from a canonical author URL.
14 Oct 2026: 27 articles; 3 fields had a value in every checked item and 2 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-20 to 2026-10-13; url: metro.co.uk; title: median 77 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/metro/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetro.co.uk%2Fauthor%2Fcraig-munro%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/ | Canonical Metro author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://metro.co.uk/author/craig-munro/",
"name": "Craig Munro",
"job_title": "Senior Politics Reporter",
"bio": "Craig Munro is Metro's senior politics reporter.",
"image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Craig_headshot-dfbd.png",
"knows_about": [
"Politics",
"Crime News",
"World"
],
"same_as": [
"https://twitter.com/crunro"
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Why Andy Burnham has been talking about Russia this week",
"url": "https://metro.co.uk/2026/09/24/andy-burnham-talking-russia-this-week-29649003/",
"summary": "The new prime minister took a far more pugilistic tone with the Kremlin",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T07:08:40Z",
"section": "Politics",
"image_url": "https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/SEI_313580460-cd1a.jpg"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.