Endpoint Playground
Returns an NPR author profile from a required `url` in the form `https://www.npr.org/people/<id>/<slug>`. The response has `name`, `job_title`, `bio` and the recent stories listed under Stories By, each with title, URL, summary, publication date and a lead image where the card has one. Other hosts or paths return a bad-request error.
14 Oct 2026: 24 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-06-01 to 2026-10-10; url: npr.org; summary: median 192 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/npr/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2Fpeople%2F14562108%2Fbill-chappell' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.npr.org/people/14562108/bill-chappell | Canonical www.npr.org author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"url": "https://www.npr.org/people/14562108/bill-chappell",
"name": "Bill Chappell",
"job_title": "Reporter, Producer",
"bio": "Bill Chappell is a correspondent and editor, and a leader on NPR's flagship digital news team.",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/09/21/nx-s1-5973179/example",
"published_at": "2026-09-21"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.