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# GET /api/external/v1/creators/{id} — Get one creator you can act for

> One account from [GET /creators](/developers/reference/list-creators): its relationship to you, your permissions on it and whether creator-scoped calls work for it right now.

- Source: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-creator
- Section: API reference
- OpenAPI: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/openapi.json

Also served at `/api/external/creators/{id}` (the unversioned alias).

One account from [GET /creators](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/list-creators.md): its relationship to you, your permissions on it and whether creator-scoped calls work for it right now.

## Authentication

`Authorization: Bearer dpfn_...` — an API key generated in the dashboard (Vault → API Connect). By default the key acts for the one account it belongs to. Missing or invalid keys return 401 `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}`.

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | The account id. |

## Responses

### 200

The account.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | Account id — the `{creatorId}` of /api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/…. |
| `username` | string \\| null |  | Public @handle, without the @. |
| `name` | string \\| null |  | Display name. |
| `image` | string \\| null |  | Profile image URL. |
| `relationship` | `managed` \\| `ai_persona` \\| `onboarded` | yes | `managed` = a creator who accepted your agency; `ai_persona` = a persona your agency runs; `onboarded` = an account your app created with POST /accounts. |
| `active` | boolean | yes | Whether creator-scoped calls are accepted right now. False when the account is suspended, banned or deleted — or, for `onboarded`, when it no longer holds a key bound to your app (the creator revoked your access). |
| `permissions` | AgencyPermissions | yes | What you may do on the account. `onboarded` accounts get everything except co-performers. |
| `creatorPath` | string | yes | Prefix for creator-scoped calls, e.g. `${creatorPath}/drops`. |
| `profileUrl` | string \\| null |  | Public profile URL, null until the account has a username. |
| `since` | string \\| null |  | When the management was accepted, or when your app created the account. |

```json
{
  "id": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t",
  "username": "valeria",
  "name": "Valeria",
  "image": null,
  "relationship": "ai_persona",
  "active": true,
  "permissions": {
    "canEditProfile": true,
    "canManageDrops": true,
    "canManageVault": true,
    "canViewStats": true,
    "canManageCoPerformers": true
  },
  "creatorPath": "/api/external/v1/creators/cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t",
  "profileUrl": "https://www.dropfans.io/u/valeria",
  "since": "2026-10-20T09:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}` | Missing or invalid API key. |
| 403 | `{"error":"This endpoint needs a verified agency's own key or your app owner's own key.","code":"roster_key_required"}` | Neither a verified agency’s own key nor the key of your app’s owner — e.g. a creator’s key, or a key an agency minted for one of its creators. |
| 400 | `{"error":"This endpoint only acts as the key’s own account — send it without X-Dropfans-Account.","code":"account_header_not_allowed"}` | The request carried `X-Dropfans-Account`. |
| 404 | `{"error":"Creator not found","code":"creator_not_found"}` | Not on your roster — the same answer for an id that does not exist. |

## Rate limiting

Per-key fixed windows by tier (Personal 60/min · 5,000/day; approved apps 300/min · 50,000/day; Dropfans-operated integrations exempt). Read the live values from X-RateLimit-Tier, X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining, X-RateLimit-Reset and their -Day variants; a 429 carries Retry-After and `{"error":"Rate limit exceeded","code":"rate_limited"}`. See [Rate limits](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/concepts/rate-limits.md).

## Code samples

### curl

```bash
curl "https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators/$ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY"
```

### Node

```javascript
const id = '…'; // from an earlier response

const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators/${id}`, {
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DROPFANS_API_KEY}`,
  },
});
console.log(await res.json());
```

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

id = "…"  # from an earlier response

res = requests.get(
    f"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators/{id}",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}"},
)
print(res.json())
```

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "GET",
  "path": "/api/external/v1/creators/{id}",
  "operationId": "getCreator",
  "tags": [
    "creators"
  ],
  "summary": "Get one creator you can act for",
  "description": "One account from [GET /creators](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/list-creators.md): its relationship to you, your permissions on it and whether creator-scoped calls work for it right now.",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The account id.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t"
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The account.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-Dropfans-Account": {
          "description": "The id of the account this request acted on — the key’s own account, or the managed account named in the X-Dropfans-Account request header. Assert it when acting for several accounts.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Account id — the `{creatorId}` of /api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/….",
                "example": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t"
              },
              "username": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Public @handle, without the @.",
                "example": "valeria"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Display name.",
                "example": "Valeria"
              },
              "image": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Profile image URL.",
                "format": "uri"
              },
              "relationship": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "`managed` = a creator who accepted your agency; `ai_persona` = a persona your agency runs; `onboarded` = an account your app created with POST /accounts.",
                "enum": [
                  "managed",
                  "ai_persona",
                  "onboarded"
                ],
                "example": "ai_persona"
              },
              "active": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "description": "Whether creator-scoped calls are accepted right now. False when the account is suspended, banned or deleted — or, for `onboarded`, when it no longer holds a key bound to your app (the creator revoked your access).",
                "example": true
              },
              "permissions": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                  "canEditProfile": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Profile, timezone, subscription tier and Telegram notification settings."
                  },
                  "canManageDrops": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Drops, orders and posts."
                  },
                  "canManageVault": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Vault media, folders, tags and video uploads."
                  },
                  "canViewStats": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Earnings, tips, balance and subscription reads."
                  },
                  "canManageCoPerformers": {
                    "type": "boolean",
                    "description": "Co-performer management (dashboard only — no API endpoint uses it yet)."
                  }
                },
                "required": [
                  "canEditProfile",
                  "canManageDrops",
                  "canManageVault",
                  "canViewStats",
                  "canManageCoPerformers"
                ]
              },
              "creatorPath": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Prefix for creator-scoped calls, e.g. `${creatorPath}/drops`.",
                "example": "/api/external/v1/creators/cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t"
              },
              "profileUrl": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Public profile URL, null until the account has a username.",
                "format": "uri"
              },
              "since": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "When the management was accepted, or when your app created the account.",
                "format": "date-time"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "relationship",
              "active",
              "permissions",
              "creatorPath"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "id": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t",
            "username": "valeria",
            "name": "Valeria",
            "image": null,
            "relationship": "ai_persona",
            "active": true,
            "permissions": {
              "canEditProfile": true,
              "canManageDrops": true,
              "canManageVault": true,
              "canViewStats": true,
              "canManageCoPerformers": true
            },
            "creatorPath": "/api/external/v1/creators/cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t",
            "profileUrl": "https://www.dropfans.io/u/valeria",
            "since": "2026-10-20T09:00:00.000Z"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "The request carried `X-Dropfans-Account`.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "This endpoint only acts as the key’s own account — send it without X-Dropfans-Account.",
            "code": "account_header_not_allowed"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Missing or invalid API key.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Unauthorized",
            "code": "unauthorized"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "403": {
      "description": "Neither a verified agency’s own key nor the key of your app’s owner — e.g. a creator’s key, or a key an agency minted for one of its creators.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "This endpoint needs a verified agency's own key or your app owner's own key.",
            "code": "roster_key_required"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "Not on your roster — the same answer for an id that does not exist.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Creator not found",
            "code": "creator_not_found"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "429": {
      "description": "Rate limit exceeded for the current minute or day window. Wait Retry-After seconds and retry.",
      "headers": {
        "X-RateLimit-Tier": {
          "description": "Rate-limit tier of the key: personal, app or first_party (first_party is unlimited).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "string",
            "enum": [
              "personal",
              "app",
              "first_party"
            ]
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per minute for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current minute window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the minute window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Limit-Day": {
          "description": "Requests allowed per UTC day for this key (absent on first_party).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining-Day": {
          "description": "Requests left in the current UTC day window.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "X-RateLimit-Reset-Day": {
          "description": "Epoch seconds when the day window resets.",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        },
        "Retry-After": {
          "description": "Seconds to wait before retrying (sent with 429s).",
          "schema": {
            "type": "integer"
          }
        }
      },
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "error": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Human-readable message.",
                "example": "Rate limit exceeded"
              },
              "code": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Machine-readable code: unauthorized, app_suspended, first_party_only, api_category_disabled, rate_limited, username_required, invalid_account_header, account_not_managed, permission_denied, account_header_not_allowed, agency_key_required — plus endpoint-specific codes listed on each reference page.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Rate limit exceeded",
            "code": "rate_limited"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-codeSamples": [
    {
      "lang": "cURL",
      "label": "curl",
      "source": "curl \"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators/$ID\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const id = '…'; // from an earlier response\n\nconst res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators/${id}`, {\n  headers: {\n    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.DROPFANS_API_KEY}`,\n  },\n});\nconsole.log(await res.json());"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Python",
      "source": "import os\nimport requests\n\nid = \"…\"  # from an earlier response\n\nres = requests.get(\n    f\"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators/{id}\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}\"},\n)\nprint(res.json())"
    }
  ],
  "x-dropfans-docs": "https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-creator",
  "x-dropfans-category": "account"
}
```

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