---
title: "Get a BBC News correspondent's profile"
method: GET
path: "/bbc/author"
tags: ["BBC"]
---

# Get a BBC News correspondent's profile

`GET /bbc/author`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/bbc/author`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns a BBC News correspondent's profile from `url`, a canonical `bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/<slug>` address: name, short `bio` and recent articles with title, URL, section and publication date when the page shows one. `published_at` is `YYYY-MM-DD` when the page gives a full date; items labelled only with a relative time, such as `2 days ago`, come back as written.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- BbcAuthorResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` BbcAuthorResponse
    - `articles` BbcAuthorArticle[]
      - `published_at` string
      - `section` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `name` string
    - `url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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