Author Finder: Bulk Email Discovery from Articles
The Bulk Author Finder tool helps you save time by identifying and verifying professional email addresses from blog posts, news articles, and other online publications.
How to Use the Bulk Author Finder
Navigate to the Bulks page
Click on Author Finder
Select + New Bulk, name your task
Upload your file
📄 Accepted file types: .CSV or .TXT
📌 Your file should contain only URLs of online articles, one per row.
Once uploaded, Tomba will analyze each article and return verified email addresses using domain-based patterns and available public sources.
Creating a New Bulk Author Finder
When you click + New Bulk:
List Name
Give your task a unique name (3-201 characters).
List Content
Enter article or blog post URLs one per line, or upload a .CSV or .TXT file.
URLs must be in a single column
Maximum: 10,000 URLs per bulk
File size must not exceed 4MB
CSV Column Mapping
For multi-column CSV files, a preview shows the first 10 rows. Click on the column containing your article URLs to select it.
Options
Include sources — Toggle to include the source URLs where each email was found
Notify me when ready — Toggle to receive an email notification when complete
Viewing Task Results
Click on any task to view its detail page.
Progress Tracking
While processing: progress bar with percentage, live counter, browser tab favicon badge, and desktop notifications (bell icon).
Results Preview
A preview table shows the first rows with: Email found, Score (confidence), and Domain.
Download Options
Click Download to choose:
Full list — All results
Valid only — Only verified valid email addresses
Task Details
Details grid shows: Created and Expiration dates, Processing duration, Total emails found, Search cost in credits.
Task Actions
From the dropdown menu: Rename, Archive (or Restore), Delete.
CSV Output Columns
Your downloaded CSV file will include these columns:
CSV Column | Description |
| The article URL searched |
| Author's email address |
| Domain of the email |
| Company name |
| Deliverability likelihood (percentage) |
| Valid, Accept all, Invalid, or Unknown |
| Author's first name |
| Author's last name |
| Job title |
| Public Twitter profile |
| LinkedIn profile |
| Phone number (if available) |
| Article title |
| Article description/excerpt |
If you enabled Sources, the CSV will also include Type, Pattern, Department, Total Sources, and Source1 through Source10.
Managing Your Uploaded Tasks
You can easily manage your bulk author tasks with the following actions:
Sort: By task name, status, or creation date
Search: Locate specific tasks by name
Filter: Toggle between All and Archived tasks
Rename: Change task names via the dropdown menu
Archive: Move completed tasks to the archive for a cleaner view
Restore: Bring archived tasks back to the active list
Delete: Remove tasks permanently via the dropdown menu
Pagination: Choose how many tasks to display per page (10, 20, 50, 100, 150, or 200)
Find Author Emails via Google Sheets Add-on
Tomba for Google Sheets allows you to enrich article URLs directly from your spreadsheet.
Open your Google Sheet with article URLs
Select the Author tab
Match the column containing your article URLs
Check the “My table has headers” box if needed
Click “Find email addresses”
📌 Tomba will automatically populate:
The author's email address
A confidence score
A status column, indicating:
✅ OK: Email found
❌ No results: No email found
⚠️ Error: Missing required data (e.g., article URL)
Find Author Emails via Excel Add-in
Using Tomba’s Microsoft Excel Add-in, you can enrich your article list directly from Excel:
Open your Excel file
Go to the Author tab
Match the column with article URLs
Click “Find email addresses”
Tomba will fill the results with:
Email address
Confidence score
Verification status
Using the Author Finder via API
Automate author email discovery from article URLs using Tomba’s API:
from tomba.client import Clientfrom tomba.services.finder import Finder# Initialize the Tomba clientclient = Client()client.set_key('ta_xxxx').set_secret('ts_xxxx')# Initialize the Finder servicefinder = Finder(client)# Find the author's email from a blog post URLresult = finder.author_finder('https://clearbit.com/blog/company-name-to-domain-api')
Available SDKs
Tomba offers official SDKs for many popular programming languages, including:
PHP, Python, C#, Go, Rust, Ruby, Dart, JavaScript, R, Lua, Elixir, and more.
Task Progress Tracking
While your bulk task is processing:
A progress bar shows the percentage completed
A live counter displays items processed vs total items
Your browser tab updates with the progress percentage in the favicon
Click the bell icon to enable desktop notifications — you’ll be notified when your task finishes
Task Statuses
Each bulk task goes through one of the following statuses:
Pending — Task is queued, not yet started
Running — Currently being processed
Completed — Results are ready to download
No Result — Completed but no results were found
Failed — Task terminated with an error
Cancelled — Stopped by user or system
Expired — Data retention period has passed, results are no longer available
Task Details
Each completed task displays:
Created date and expiration date
Processing duration
Total results found
Total items processed
Verification status and cost (if verification was enabled)
Search cost in credits
Credits & Upgrade
Credits are only consumed when you download the results
If you don’t have enough credits, an upgrade prompt will appear with a link to upgrade your plan
Team members will see a notice if the team owner needs more credits
Related Resources
Bulk Operations Overview — All bulk tools in one place
Bulk API Reference — API documentation for bulk endpoints
Pricing & Plans — View plans and credit allowances
How Credits Work — Understand credit usage for bulk operations
Author Finder — Find the email of an article author
Author Finder API — API reference for author finder
LinkedIn Email Finder — Find emails from LinkedIn profiles
LinkedIn Finder API — API reference for LinkedIn finder