---
title: "Get a Mirror author profile"
method: GET
path: "/mirror/author"
tags: ["Mirror"]
---

# Get a Mirror author profile

`GET /mirror/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Mirror author profile by `slug` (for example `neil-shaw`) or by a mirror.co.uk author `url`; supply exactly one. The response has `name`, `job_title`, `bio`, `email`, `twitter` and one page of recent articles with title, URL and label. There is no paging, and unlisted contact details are omitted rather than raising an error.

## Query parameters

- `slug` string
- `url` string

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsMirrorAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` MirrorAuthorResponse
    - `articles` MirrorAuthorArticle[]
      - `label` string
      - `label_url` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `email` string
    - `job_title` string
    - `name` string
    - `slug` string
    - `twitter` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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