TechCrunch Authors API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: TechCrunch WordPress REST Authors API
  description: TechCrunch is built on WordPress and exposes the standard WordPress REST API, providing JSON endpoints for accessing posts, categories, tags, authors, pages, and other content types. The API is available at the /wp-json/wp/v2/ base path and supports filtering, pagination, searching, and sorting across all TechCrunch content. TechCrunch uses a headless WordPress architecture with a React frontend, making the REST API the primary data layer for content delivery.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: TechCrunch
    url: https://techcrunch.com/contact-us/
  license:
    name: Terms of Service
    url: https://techcrunch.com/terms-of-service/
servers:
- url: https://techcrunch.com/wp-json/wp/v2
  description: TechCrunch WordPress REST API
tags:
- name: Authors
  description: Author and contributor profiles
paths:
  /users:
    get:
      operationId: listUsers
      summary: List Authors
      description: Retrieve a list of registered authors and contributors on TechCrunch.
      tags:
      - Authors
      parameters:
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
          maximum: 100
      - name: search
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: orderby
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - id
          - include
          - name
          - registered_date
          - slug
          - include_slugs
          - email
          - url
          default: name
      - name: order
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - asc
          - desc
          default: asc
      - name: who
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - authors
        description: Limit result set to users who are considered authors.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of authors
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Author'
  /users/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getUser
      summary: Get Author
      description: Retrieve a specific author by their unique ID.
      tags:
      - Authors
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Author object
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Author'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  parameters:
    id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Unique identifier for the resource.
  schemas:
    WPError:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
          properties:
            status:
              type: integer
    Author:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        description:
          type: string
        link:
          type: string
          format: uri
        slug:
          type: string
        avatar_urls:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
            format: uri
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/WPError'