Endpoint Playground
Returns one ZDNet author's public profile: name, role, biography, education, areas of expertise, join date, article count, and one page of their recent articles.
14 Oct 2026: 5 articles; 7 fields had a value in every checked item.
Sample value profiles: published_at: 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-13; url: zdnet.com; title: median 76 characters.
curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/zdnet/author' \
-H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"| Parameter | Type | Required | Prefilled value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| slug | string | No | Author slug, e.g. abeaty | |
| url | string | No | Canonical zdnet.com/meet-the-team/<slug> URL; alternative to slug | |
| page | integer | No | 1-based page number of the author's article list; overrides any page number in url |
{
"code": 200,
"data": {
"name": "Artie Beaty",
"slug": "abeaty",
"url": "https://www.zdnet.com/meet-the-team/abeaty/",
"role": "Contributing Writer",
"biography": [
"Example biography paragraph."
],
"joined_at": "June 8, 2023",
"article_count": 1086,
"expertise": [
{
"name": "Amazon",
"url": "https://www.zdnet.com/topic/amazon/"
}
],
"page": 1,
"has_next_page": true,
"articles": [
{
"title": "Example headline",
"url": "https://www.zdnet.com/tech/example-article/",
"type": "news",
"published_at": "2026-09-24T20:31:27Z"
}
]
}
}The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.