---
title: "Get a News18 author profile"
method: GET
path: "/news18/author"
tags: ["News18"]
---

# Get a News18 author profile

`GET /news18/author`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/news18/author`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns a News18 author profile from a required `url` in the form `https://www.news18.com/byline/<slug>.html`. The response has `name`, `biography`, `image_url`, `social_links` (whichever of website, X/Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn are set) and recent articles with `published_at` in RFC3339 UTC. Wire and staff bylines often have no bio or links.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsNews18AuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` News18AuthorResponse
    - `articles` NewsplatformHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `biography` string[]
    - `image_url` string
    - `name` string
    - `social_links` News18AuthorSocialLink[]
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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