Endpoint Playground
Returns one ProPublica staff/contributor's public profile: name, bio, contact email and social accounts where published, and one page of their recent bylined stories.
14 Oct 2026: 10 articles; 3 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2018-11-05 to 2026-09-23; url: propublica.org and 1 other host; title: median 85 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/propublica/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.propublica.org%2Fpeople%2Fwilliam-turton' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.propublica.org/people/william-turton | Canonical propublica.org/people/<slug> URL |
| page | integer | No | 1-based page of recent stories to return; defaults to 1 |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.propublica.org/people/william-turton",
"name": "William Turton",
"bio": [
"William Turton is a reporter at ProPublica covering national security."
],
"contact_email": "[email protected]",
"social_links": {
"linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-turton",
"x": "https://x.com/williamturton"
},
"page": 1,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example investigation",
"url": "https://www.propublica.org/article/example-investigation",
"published_at": "2026-09-22T09:00:00Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.