---
title: "Get an i author profile"
method: GET
path: "/inews/author"
tags: ["i"]
---

# Get an i author profile

`GET /inews/author`

## Request

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

Returns an author profile from i (inews.co.uk) by `url`, a canonical `https://inews.co.uk/author/<slug>` link. The response has `name`, `bio`, `image_url`, `same_as` social profiles and up to about 30 recent articles, each with title, URL, summary, section and `published_at`. Paginated or non-author URLs return 400, and an unknown author returns 404.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsInewsAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` InewsAuthorResponse
    - `articles` InewsAuthorArticle[]
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `section` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `image_url` string
    - `name` string
    - `same_as` string[]
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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