---
title: "Get a Townhall author profile"
method: GET
path: "/townhall/author"
tags: ["Townhall"]
---

# Get a Townhall author profile

`GET /townhall/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Townhall author profile by `slug` (such as `amy-curtis`) or by an author `url`; exactly one is required. The response has the name, photo, bio, X profile link and the first page of the author's archive, about 50 stories, each with its section label and a `vip` flag. Unknown authors return a not-found error.

## Query parameters

- `slug` string
- `url` string

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsTownhallAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` TownhallAuthorResponse
    - `articles` TownhallAuthorArticle[]
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `section` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
      - `vip` boolean: VIP is true when Townhall marks the story with its VIP badge, meaning only the lead paragraph is free (see Article's paywalled flag).
    - `bio` string
    - `image_url` string
    - `name` string
    - `slug` string
    - `url` string
    - `x_url` string

## Other responses

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

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