---
title: "Get an SCMP author/reporter profile"
method: GET
path: "/scmp/author"
tags: ["SCMP"]
---

# Get an SCMP author/reporter profile

`GET /scmp/author`

## Request

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

Returns one South China Morning Post author/reporter's public profile -- name, role, biography, areas of expertise, languages, location, headshot, and contact/social links -- plus their recent articles, from a canonical author URL.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- ScmpAuthorResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` ScmpAuthorResponse
    - `articles` ScmpHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `expertise` string[]
    - `headshot_url` string
    - `languages` string[]
    - `location` string
    - `name` string
    - `role` string
    - `social_links` ScmpAuthorSocialLink[]
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `503`: Service Unavailable

---

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