---
title: "Get a Philadelphia Inquirer author profile"
method: GET
path: "/phillyinquirer/author"
tags: ["Philadelphia Inquirer"]
---

# Get a Philadelphia Inquirer author profile

`GET /phillyinquirer/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Philadelphia Inquirer staff author profile by `slug` (for example `gammage_jeff`) or an inquirer.com author `url`; supply exactly one. The response has `name`, `role`, `biography`, `image_url`, public web social links (no email or phone) and the latest 20 stories, with no paging. An unknown slug returns a 404 error.

## Query parameters

- `slug` string
- `url` string

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsPhillyinquirerAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` PhillyinquirerAuthorResponse
    - `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
    - `role` string
    - `slug` string
    - `social_links` PhillyinquirerAuthorSocialLink[]
      - `platform` string
      - `url` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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