---
title: "Get a Washington Post staff author profile"
method: GET
path: "/wapo/author"
tags: ["Washington Post"]
---

# Get a Washington Post staff author profile

`GET /wapo/author`

## Request

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

Returns one Washington Post staff author's public profile: byline metadata, bio, contact/social links, and one page of their recent articles.

## Query parameters

- `slug` string
- `url` string
- `page` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- WapoAuthorResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` WapoAuthorResponse
    - `articles` WapoHeadlineItem[]
      - `description` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `section` string
      - `title` string
      - `url` string
    - `author_type` string
    - `bio` string
    - `email` string
    - `expertise` string
    - `facebook_url` string
    - `image_url` string
    - `linkedin_url` string
    - `location` string
    - `name` string
    - `page` integer
    - `role` string
    - `slug` string
    - `total_count` integer
    - `total_pages` integer
    - `twitter_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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