Endpoint Playground
Returns one USA Today staff writer's public profile: name, bio, social accounts, and their recent articles, from a canonical staff page URL.
14 Oct 2026: 40 articles; 3 fields had a value in every checked item and 2 varied between items.
Sample value profiles: url: usatoday.com; description: median 131 characters; image_url: usatoday.com.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/usatoday/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstaff%2F87951836007%2Fandres-soto%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.usatoday.com/staff/87951836007/andres-soto/ | Canonical USA Today staff URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Example Author",
"profile_id": "87951836007",
"url": "https://www.usatoday.com/staff/87951836007/example-author/",
"bio": "Example is based out of Los Angeles and covers pro and college sports.",
"social_accounts": [
{
"platform": "twitter",
"url": "https://www.twitter.com/exampleauthor"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/dodgers/2026/09/23/example/91899080007/",
"description": "Example summary.",
"published_label": "2:05 a.m. ET Sept. 23",
"image_url": "https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2026/09/23/USAT/example.JPG"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.