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

# Get a Telegraph author profile

`GET /telegraph/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Telegraph author's profile by `url`, a canonical `telegraph.co.uk/authors/<letter>/<range>/<name>/` link: name, job title, bio and recent articles with title, URL, excerpt and ISO-8601 `published_at`. `job_title` can be empty for contributors without a masthead credit.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsTelegraphAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` TelegraphAuthorResponse
    - `articles` TelegraphAuthorArticle[]
      - `excerpt` string
      - `published_at` 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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