Endpoint Playground
Returns a News18 author profile from a required `url` in the form `https://www.news18.com/byline/<slug>.html`. The response has `name`, `biography`, `image_url`, `social_links` (whichever of website, X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn are set) and recent articles with `published_at` in RFC3339 UTC. Wire and staff bylines often have no bio or links.
14 Oct 2026: 15 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; url: news18.com; title: median 97 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/news18/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fbyline%2Fjane-doe-12345.html' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.news18.com/byline/jane-doe-12345.html | Canonical News18 author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.news18.com/byline/jane-doe-12345.html",
"name": "Jane Doe",
"image_url": "https://images.news18.com/ibnlive/uploads/2026/07/jane-doe.jpeg",
"biography": [
"Jane Doe is a senior correspondent at News18."
],
"social_links": [
{
"type": "twitter",
"url": "https://twitter.com/janedoe"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.news18.com/india/example-article-slug-10350678.html",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T10:49:07Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.