Endpoint Playground
Returns one South China Morning Post author/reporter's public profile -- name, role, biography, areas of expertise, languages, location, headshot, and contact/social links -- plus their recent articles, from a canonical author URL.
14 Oct 2026: 30 articles; 5 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-09-15 to 2026-10-13; url: scmp.com; summary: median 138 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/scmp/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scmp.com%2Fauthor%2Fmatthew-cheng' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.scmp.com/author/matthew-cheng | Canonical scmp.com/author/<slug> URL |
{
"code": 200,
"msg": "OK",
"data": {
"url": "https://www.scmp.com/author/jane-example",
"name": "Jane Example",
"role": "Reporter, City",
"bio": "Jane joined SCMP in 2025 and covers Hong Kong politics.",
"expertise": [
"Hong Kong politics, Hong Kong general news"
],
"languages": [
"Cantonese",
"English",
"Mandarin"
],
"headshot_url": "https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/example-headshot.jpg",
"social_links": [
{
"type": "email",
"url": "mailto:[email protected]"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "An Article By This Author",
"url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3368170/an-article-by-this-author",
"summary": "An example teaser sentence.",
"published_at": "2026-09-20T05:24:33Z",
"image_url": "https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/example-article.jpg"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.