Endpoint Playground
Returns an Evening Standard author profile, found by `slug` (for example `nicholas-cecil`) or by a canonical `url`; send exactly one of the two. The response has the name, job title, bio, X/Twitter link and the author's recent articles with their section. It is one page, with no further pagination.
14 Oct 2026: 21 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: url: standard.co.uk; title: median 68 characters; section_url: standard.co.uk.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/standard/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. nicholas-cecil | |
| url | string | No | Canonical standard.co.uk/author/<slug> URL; alternative to slug |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Nicholas Cecil",
"slug": "nicholas-cecil",
"url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/author/nicholas-cecil",
"job_title": "Chief Reporter",
"bio": "Nicholas Cecil is Chief Reporter at The Standard...",
"twitter": "https://twitter.com/nicholascecil",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Greens to win ZERO London MPs as Labour gets 'Burnham bounce' - poll",
"url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/yougov-mrp-poll-london-zack-polanski-green-party-labour-burnham-b1298184.html",
"section": "Politics",
"section_url": "https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.