---
title: "Get a Billboard author profile"
method: GET
path: "/billboard/author"
tags: ["Billboard"]
---

# Get a Billboard author profile

`GET /billboard/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Billboard author's byline metadata, biography, and recent articles (sourced from the author's own public RSS feed) from a canonical author URL.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsBillboardAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` BillboardAuthorResponse
    - `articles` BillboardHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `image_url` string
    - `job_title` string
    - `name` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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