Tomba Author Finder Actor

A powerful Apify Actor that discovers and extracts author information from web pages using the Tomba Author Finder API. Perfect for content creators, researchers, and marketers who need to identify and verify author details from articles, blog posts, and web content.

Key Features

• Author Discovery: Extract author information directly from web page URLs
• Email Verification: Get verified email addresses with confidence scores
• Professional Details: Company, position, and contact information
• Social Profiles: Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media links
• Bulk Processing: Process multiple URLs efficiently with rate limiting
• Rate Limited: Respects Tomba's 150 requests per minute limit
• Rich Data Output: Comprehensive author profiles with metadata
• Built-in Verification: Email validation and confidence scoring

How it works

The Actor leverages Tomba's powerful Author Finder API to extract comprehensive author information:

Process Flow

1. Authentication: Connects to Tomba API using your credentials
2. Input Processing: Accepts array of URLs to analyze
3. Author Discovery: Uses Tomba's authorFinder method for each URL
4. Data Validation: Processes and validates author information
5. Rate Limiting: Automatically handles 150 requests/minute limit
6. Data Storage: Saves results to Apify dataset

What You Get

For each discovered author, you'll receive:

• Personal Info: First name, last name, full name
• Email Details: Verified email address with confidence score
• Professional: Company, position, website URL
• Location: Country information (when available)
• Social Media: Twitter, LinkedIn profiles
• Source Tracking: Multiple sources where author was found
• Verification: Email validation status and metadata

Quick Start

Prerequisites

1. Tomba Account: Sign up at Tomba.io to get your API credentials

Getting Your API Keys

1. Visit Tomba API Dashboard
2. Copy your API Key (starts with ta_)
3. Copy your Secret Key (starts with ts_)

Input Configuration

Required Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
tombaApiKey	string	Your Tomba API key (ta_xxxx)
tombaApiSecret	string	Your Tomba secret key (ts_xxxx)
urls	array	` Array of URLs to analyze for authors

Optional Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
maxResults	number	50	Maximum number of results to return

Example Input

{
    "tombaApiKey": "ta_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "tombaApiSecret": "ts_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "urls": [
        "https://www.shopify.com/blog/self-publish-a-book",
        "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/content-marketing",
        "https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/15/startup-funding/"
    ],
    "maxResults": 100
}

Best Practices

• URL Selection: Choose pages that likely contain author information (blog posts, articles, about pages)
• Rate Limits: The Actor automatically handles Tomba's 150 requests/minute limit
• Batch Size: Process 10-50 URLs at a time for optimal performance

Output Data Structure

The Actor returns detailed author information for each discovered author:

{
    "email": "author@example.com",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "full_name": "John Doe",
    "website_url": "example.com",
    "company": "Example Corp",
    "position": "Content Writer",
    "country": "US",
    "twitter": "https://twitter.com/johndoe",
    "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
    "score": 95,
    "verification": {
        "date": "2025-10-17T00:00:00+02:00",
        "status": "valid"
    },
    "sources": [
        {
            "uri": "https://example.com/blog/article",
            "website_url": "example.com",
            "extracted_on": "2024-09-17T11:26:56+02:00",
            "last_seen_on": "2025-09-06T04:51:06+02:00",
            "still_on_page": true
        }
    ]
}

Data Fields Explained

• Email Verification: verification.status shows email validity
• Confidence Score: score (0-100) indicates data reliability
• Source Tracking: sources array shows where author was found
• Time Stamps: Track when data was extracted and last verified
• Multi-Source: Authors may be found across multiple pages

Use Cases

• Content Attribution: Identify authors of articles and blog posts
• Email Outreach: Find verified contact information for content creators
• Research: Academic and journalistic research on authorship
• Marketing: Build contact lists for influencer outreach
• Verification: Validate author information across sources

Resources & Documentation

API Documentation

• Tomba API Docs - Complete API reference
• Authentication Guide - Get your API keys
• Pricing & Limits - Understand rate limits and costs

Rate Limiting

• Tomba limits to 150 requests per minute
• Actor automatically handles rate limiting with delays
• Large batches may take time to complete

Cost Considerations

• Each URL processed = 1 Tomba API request
• Monitor your Tomba usage dashboard
• Consider Tomba's pricing tiers for volume usage

FAQ

General Questions

Q: What does author finding do? A: Author finding analyzes web pages to identify and extract author information, including names, contact details, social profiles, and professional information from articles, blog posts, and content pages.

Q: What types of pages work best for author detection? A: Blog posts, articles, author pages, team pages, and content with clear bylines work best. Pages with structured author information yield the most comprehensive results.

Q: What information can I extract about authors? A: You can get author names, email addresses, social media profiles, bio information, job titles, and links to other authored content.

Technical Questions

Q: How many URLs can I process at once? A: You can process up to 1000 URLs per run. For optimal performance, process 20-50 URLs per batch.

Q: What URL formats are supported? A: Any valid HTTP/HTTPS URL can be processed. Blog posts, article pages, and author bio pages typically yield the best results.

Q: What if a page doesn't have clear author information? A: Some pages may return limited or no author data. This is normal for pages without bylines or clear authorship attribution.

Business Applications

Q: How can this help with content marketing? A: Find contact information for authors in your industry to build relationships, guest posting opportunities, and content partnerships.

Q: Is this useful for journalism or research? A: Yes! Identify and contact authors, researchers, and experts for interviews, quotes, or collaboration opportunities.

Q: Can I use this for influencer outreach? A: Absolutely! Discover content creators and thought leaders in your space, then get their contact information for partnership opportunities.

Keywords

author finder, email discovery, content attribution, author identification, web scraping, contact extraction, email verification, author detection, content marketing, influencer outreach, research tool, author analysis, email outreach

Support

If you need any help, have questions, or encounter any issues while using Tomba.io, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team. You can contact us via:

• Email: support@tomba.io
• Live chat: Available on the Tomba.io website during business hours

Contributing

We welcome contributions to improve this actor. Please feel free to submit issues, feature requests, or pull requests to help make this tool even better for the community.

About Tomba

Founded in 2020, Tomba prides itself on being the most reliable, accurate, and in-depth source of email address data available anywhere. We process terabytes of data to produce our Email finder API.