---
title: "Get a Yardbarker author profile"
method: GET
path: "/yardbarker/author"
tags: ["Yardbarker"]
---

# Get a Yardbarker author profile

`GET /yardbarker/author`

## Request

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

Returns a Yardbarker author profile from a canonical author `url` of the form `https://www.yardbarker.com/authors/<slug>/<id>` (required). The response has the name, profile image when provided and linked recent stories. Biography text and pagination are not available.

## Query parameters

- `url` string, required

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- PublicnewsYardbarkerAuthorResponseDoc
  - `data` YardbarkerAuthorResponse
    - `articles` NewsplatformHeadlineItem[]
      - `author` string
      - `image_url` string
      - `published_at` string
      - `summary` string
      - `title` string
      - `type` string
      - `url` string
    - `image_url` string
    - `name` string
    - `url` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `503`: Service Unavailable

---

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