Endpoint Playground
Returns an XDA author profile from their `https://www.xda-developers.com/author/<slug>/` `url` (required; paginated author URLs are rejected). The response has the name, title, biography, image, social links and the profile's latest articles, about 20, with no older pages.
14 Oct 2026: 20 articles; 4 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: url: xda-developers.com; title: median 90 characters; summary: median 78 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/xda/author?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.xda-developers.com%2Fauthor%2Fpatrick-orourke%2F' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| url | string | Yes | https://www.xda-developers.com/author/patrick-orourke/ | Canonical XDA author URL |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/author/patrick-orourke/",
"name": "Patrick O'Rourke",
"title": "News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead",
"biography": "Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead.",
"social_links": [
{
"type": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/Patrick_ORourke"
}
],
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/example-article-slug"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.