Get author by ID or by slug

GET

/cms/author/{author_id}

• The API server for the WhiteBeard News Suite
• Local development server for the WhiteBeard News Suite
• Local worker for the WhiteBeard News Suite

Authorizations

• ApiKeyAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

author_id

required

string

Author ID (numeric) or slug

Responses

200

Author details

Author

API representation of an author

object

id

Author ID

integer format: int64

layoutTemplate

One of:

PageTemplateMatch

PageTemplateMatch

The page builder template to render a category, publication, article, author or keyword with (the layoutTemplate field of their views). Fetch the layout with GET /cms/layout/key/{key}, or GET /cms/layout/{id} when key is null.

object

id

Layout ID of the template

integer format: int64

Example

31

key

Stable key of the template; null when not set

string

nullable

Example

opinion-article

name

Template name

string

Example

Opinion article

matchedBy

Why this template applies, most specific first: the content type (article templates only), the category itself, a parent category, or the publication; for author and keyword templates, the author or keyword itself

string

Allowed values: article_type category parent_category publication author keyword

Example

category

targetType

What the template is used for

string

Allowed values: article_type category publication author keyword

Example

category

targetId

ID of the content type, category, publication, author or keyword

integer format: int64

Example

14

url

URL to the author page

string

name

Author name

string

image

Image URL

string

nullable

image_transforms

Available image transformations in different sizes

Array<object>

object

x

Width in pixels

integer

y

Height in pixels

integer

url

URL to the transformed image

string format: uri

cover

Cover image URL

string

nullable

email

Author email

string

nullable

department

Department

string

nullable

editorialName

Editorial name (slug)

string

nullable

biography

Short biography

string

nullable

description

Full description (HTML)

string

nullable

name_latin

Name in latin characters

string

nullable

country

Country code or name

string

nullable

googlePlus

Google+ profile (legacy)

string

nullable

twitter

Twitter handle (without @)

string

nullable

facebook

Facebook username

string

nullable

linkedin

LinkedIn profile

string

nullable

instagram

Instagram handle

string

nullable

objectType

Class name of the object

string

replacedWith

If this author was replaced, id of replacement

nullable

404

Not found