Endpoint Playground
Returns a PCMag author profile by `slug` (for example `michael-kan`) or a pcmag.com authors `url`; supply exactly one. The response has `name`, `role`, `biography`, `image_url`, `expertise` topics linked to category hubs, `social_links` (X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads) as full URLs, and recent articles.
14 Oct 2026: 11 articles; 2 fields had a value in every checked item and 4 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-12 to 2026-10-13; url: pcmag.com; title: median 70 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/pcmag/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. michael-kan | |
| url | string | No | Canonical pcmag.com/authors/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Example Author",
"slug": "example-author",
"url": "https://www.pcmag.com/authors/example-author",
"role": "Principal Reporter",
"biography": "Example biography sentence.",
"expertise": [
{
"name": "Networking",
"url": "https://www.pcmag.com/categories/networking"
}
],
"social_links": [
{
"platform": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/example"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.pcmag.com/news/example-article",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T14:57:51Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.