---
title: "Get a public Substack writer profile"
method: GET
path: "/substack/user"
tags: ["Substack"]
---

# Get a public Substack writer profile

`GET /substack/user`

## Request

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

Returns one public Substack profile: identity, the publications the writer contributes to, their publicly visible subscriptions, and every subscriber signal Substack publishes. total is opt-in per writer and rounded to roughly three significant figures; when a writer hides it, total_hidden is true and total is 0, which must not be read as zero subscribers. paid_rough, paid_rough_int, and paid_tier are buckets - no exact paid subscriber count is published anywhere. follower_count is exact but counts followers, not subscribers.

## Query parameters

- `handle` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- SubstackUserResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` SubstackUser
    - `bestseller_tier` integer
    - `bio` string
    - `handle` string
    - `id` integer
    - `name` string
    - `photo_url` string
    - `profile_set_up_at` string
    - `publications` SubstackUserPublication[]
      - `custom_domain` string
      - `id` integer
      - `is_primary` boolean
      - `name` string
      - `role` string
      - `subdomain` string
      - `url` string
    - `slug` string
    - `subscribers` SubstackSubscriberCounts
      - `follower_count` integer
      - `paid_rough` string: PaidRough and PaidRoughInt are the only paid-subscriber figures Substack publishes, and both are buckets rather than counts. PaidRoughInt is the finer of the two and is always present; PaidTier is the coarser threshold behind the public bestseller badge.
      - `paid_rough_int` integer
      - `paid_tier` integer
      - `total` integer
      - `total_display` string
      - `total_hidden` boolean
      - `total_rough` string
    - `subscriptions` SubstackUserSubscription[]
      - `is_founding` boolean
      - `membership_state` string
      - `publication_id` integer
      - `publication_name` string
      - `subdomain` string
    - `url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

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

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