Endpoint Playground

Try the SFGate author API

Returns an SFGATE author's name, job title, biography, headshot, public profile links, and recent articles from a canonical author URL. Author pages are served through proxied browser renderers; the service does not bypass authentication or access controls.

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 19 articles; 2 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /sfgate/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fauthor%2Fgabe-fernandez%2F
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url

Sample value profiles: url: sfgate.com; title: median 75 characters; summary: median 62 characters.

Request: GET /sfgate/author
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

SFGate author API documentation SFGate platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sfgate/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fauthor%2Fexample-writer%2F' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.sfgate.com/author/example-writer/	Canonical SFGate author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/author/example-writer",
    "name": "Example Writer",
    "job_title": "Sports Reporter",
    "biography": [
      "Example Writer covers example topics."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/example-story-22400002.php"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More SFGate endpoints

Get SFGate article content Get SFGate section headlines Get SFGate top stories Get SFGate sections

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GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.sfgateAuthorResponseDocSFGate

GET /sfgate/author

Get an SFGate author profile

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Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical SFGate author URL

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Sample responseGET

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{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/author/example-writer",
    "name": "Example Writer",
    "job_title": "Sports Reporter",
    "biography": [
      "Example Writer covers example topics."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/example-story-22400002.php"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the SFGate author API

What a live request returned

14 Oct 2026: 19 articles; 2 fields had a value in every checked item and 1 varied between items.

Observed request: GET /sfgate/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fauthor%2Fgabe-fernandez%2F
Fields with a value in every checked item: title, url

Sample value profiles: url: sfgate.com; title: median 75 characters; summary: median 62 characters.

Request: GET /sfgate/author
Cost: 2 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

SFGate author API documentation SFGate platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/sfgate/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfgate.com%2Fauthor%2Fexample-writer%2F' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
url	string	Yes	https://www.sfgate.com/author/example-writer/	Canonical SFGate author URL

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/author/example-writer",
    "name": "Example Writer",
    "job_title": "Sports Reporter",
    "biography": [
      "Example Writer covers example topics."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/example-story-22400002.php"
      }
    ]
  }
}

More SFGate endpoints

Get SFGate article content Get SFGate section headlines Get SFGate top stories Get SFGate sections

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

1 shown

Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey2 credits/requestpublicnews.sfgateAuthorResponseDocSFGate

GET /sfgate/author

Get an SFGate author profile

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

url

requiredstring

Canonical SFGate author URL

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/author/example-writer",
    "name": "Example Writer",
    "job_title": "Sports Reporter",
    "biography": [
      "Example Writer covers example topics."
    ],
    "articles": [
      {
        "title": "Example headline",
        "url": "https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/example-story-22400002.php"
      }
    ]
  }
}