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Spaceflight News Author Structure

Author byline for an article, blog, or report.

Type: object Properties: 2 Required: 1
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Author is a JSON Structure definition published by Spaceflight News, describing 2 properties, of which 1 is required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

name socials

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/spaceflight-news/refs/heads/main/json-structure/spaceflight-news-author-structure.json",
  "name": "Author",
  "description": "Author byline for an article, blog, or report.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 250,
      "description": "Display name of the author.",
      "example": "Will Robinson-Smith"
    },
    "socials": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Social media handles for an author.",
      "properties": {
        "x": {
          "type": "uri",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "URL of the author's X (Twitter) profile.",
          "example": "https://x.com/willrobinsons"
        },
        "youtube": {
          "type": "uri",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "URL of the author's YouTube channel.",
          "example": "https://youtube.com/@author"
        },
        "instagram": {
          "type": "uri",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "URL of the author's Instagram profile.",
          "example": "https://instagram.com/author"
        },
        "linkedin": {
          "type": "uri",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "URL of the author's LinkedIn profile.",
          "example": "https://linkedin.com/in/author"
        },
        "mastodon": {
          "type": "uri",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "URL of the author's Mastodon profile.",
          "example": "https://mastodon.social/@author"
        },
        "bluesky": {
          "type": "uri",
          "maxLength": 200,
          "description": "URL of the author's Bluesky profile.",
          "example": "https://bsky.app/profile/author.bsky.social"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "name"
  ]
}