---
title: "Get a Sun author profile"
method: GET
path: "/sun/author"
tags: ["The Sun"]
---

# Get a Sun author profile

`GET /sun/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Sun author's profile by `url`, a canonical `thesun.co.uk/author/<slug>/` link: name, job title, bio and recent articles with title, URL, excerpt, category and category URL. `job_title` is often empty because most Sun bylines carry only a name and bio.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsSunAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` SunAuthorResponse
    - `articles` SunAuthorArticle[]
      - `category` string
      - `category_url` string
      - `excerpt` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `job_title` string
    - `name` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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