---
title: "Get a USA Today staff/author profile"
method: GET
path: "/usatoday/author"
tags: ["USA Today"]
---

# Get a USA Today staff/author profile

`GET /usatoday/author`

## Request

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

Returns one USA Today staff writer's public profile: name, bio, social accounts, and their recent articles, from a canonical staff page URL.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- UsatodayAuthorResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` UsatodayAuthorResponse
    - `articles` UsatodayAuthorArticle[]
      - `description` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_label` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `bio` string
    - `name` string
    - `profile_id` string
    - `social_accounts` UsatodayAuthorSocialAccount[]
      - `platform` 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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