---
title: "Get a Medical News Today author profile"
method: GET
path: "/medicalnewstoday/author"
tags: ["Medical News Today"]
---

# Get a Medical News Today author profile

`GET /medicalnewstoday/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Medical News Today author profile by `slug` including its numeric id (for example `peter-brown-1595`) or by the profile `url`; provide one of the two. The response has the author's `name`, a `bio` when one is listed, and recent articles with title and URL, plus summary, date and image where present.

## Query parameters

- `slug` string
- `url` string

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- MedicalnewstodayAuthorResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` MedicalnewstodayAuthorResponse
    - `articles` NewsplatformHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `name` string
    - `slug` string
    - `url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

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

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