---
title: "Get a Los Angeles Times author profile"
method: GET
path: "/latimes/author"
tags: ["Los Angeles Times"]
---

# Get a Los Angeles Times author profile

`GET /latimes/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Los Angeles Times author profile by `url`, a canonical `https://www.latimes.com/people/<slug>` link; other hosts or paths return a bad-request error. The response has the `name`, `job_title`, `bio`, `email`, `image_url`, `social_accounts` and recent articles with title, URL, summary, publication time and lead image. Accounts the page does not list are absent.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- LatimesAuthorResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` LatimesAuthorResponse
    - `articles` LatimesAuthorArticle[]
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `email` string
    - `image_url` string
    - `job_title` string
    - `name` string
    - `social_accounts` LatimesAuthorSocialAccount[]
      - `platform` string
      - `url` string
    - `url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

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

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