---
title: "Get a ScienceAlert author profile"
method: GET
path: "/sciencealert/author"
tags: ["ScienceAlert"]
---

# Get a ScienceAlert author profile

`GET /sciencealert/author`

## Request

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

Returns a ScienceAlert author's profile and one page of articles, from an author listing `url` in the form `https://www.sciencealert.com/<author>/page/<number>`; the first observed page is `/page/0`. The response has the name, `slug`, biography, image, social links, that page's articles, and `page` and `has_next_page` for paging.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsScienceAlertAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` SciencealertAuthorResponse
    - `articles` NewsplatformHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `biography` string[]
    - `has_next_page` boolean
    - `image_url` string
    - `name` string
    - `page` integer
    - `slug` string
    - `social_links` SciencealertAuthorSocialLink[]
      - `platform` string
      - `url` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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