Endpoint Playground
Returns a Telegraph author's profile by `url`, a canonical `telegraph.co.uk/authors/<letter>/<range>/<name>/` link: name, job title, bio and recent articles with title, URL, excerpt and ISO-8601 `published_at`. `job_title` can be empty for contributors without a masthead credit.
14 Oct 2026: 22 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-06-08 to 2026-10-11; url: telegraph.co.uk; title: median 61 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/telegraph/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fauthors%2Fc%2Fck-co%2Fcon-coughlin%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/ck-co/con-coughlin/ | Canonical Telegraph author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/authors/c/ck-co/con-coughlin/",
"name": "Con Coughlin",
"job_title": "Executive Defence and Foreign Affairs Editor",
"bio": "A leading expert on global conflict, international security and the Middle East.",
"articles": [
{
"title": "Trump is making a fool of himself over Iran",
"url": "https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09/22/trump-making-fool-of-himself-over-iran/",
"excerpt": "The US president both threatened to annihilate the Iranian regime and claimed it was no longer a bully",
"published_at": "2026-09-22T17:53:33.545+01:00"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.