---
title: "Get a VICE contributor profile"
method: GET
path: "/vice/author"
tags: ["VICE"]
---

# Get a VICE contributor profile

`GET /vice/author`

## Request

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

Returns a VICE contributor profile from their canonical `url` (`www.vice.com/en/contributor/<slug>`, required). The response has the name and headshot when present, the biography paragraphs and recent articles with title, URL, summary, author, publication time and image.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsViceAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` ViceAuthorResponse
    - `articles` ViceHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `biography` string[]
    - `image_url` string
    - `name` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

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

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