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# GET /api/external/drops/{id} — Read back a drop

> One drop you created: price, moderation status (overall and per media item), checkout URL, whether previews are attached, and a sales summary.

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

One drop you created: price, moderation status (overall and per media item), checkout URL, whether previews are attached, and a sales summary.

`salesCount` counts paid orders **excluding refunds and chargebacks** — stricter than [check-status](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/check-drop-status.md), which does not exclude them. Use this endpoint to verify a drop went APPROVED before attaching it to a post, and to see which media items still lack a baked preview.

## Authentication

`Authorization: Bearer dpfn_...` — an API key generated in the creator's dashboard (Vault → API Connect). One key = one creator. Missing or invalid keys return 401 `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}`.

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | The product (drop) id from create-drop. |

## Responses

### 200

The drop.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | The product (drop) id. |
| `name` | string \\| null |  | Drop title. Null when created without a name. |
| `price` | number | yes | USD **dollars**. 0 means free. |
| `currency` | `USD` | yes | Always "USD". |
| `status` | `PENDING` \\| `APPROVED` \\| `REJECTED` \\| `FLAGGED` | yes | The drop’s overall moderation status. A drop built from already-APPROVED vault items is APPROVED at creation. |
| `moderationReason` | string \\| null |  | Why the drop was rejected or flagged. Null otherwise. |
| `buyUrl` | string | yes | The web checkout page for this drop. |
| `allowDownload` | boolean | yes | Whether buyers may download the files after purchase. |
| `mediaCount` | integer | yes | Number of media items attached. |
| `media` | object[] | yes | Attached media in display order. |
| `salesCount` | integer | yes | Paid orders, excluding refunds and chargebacks (stricter than check-status, which does NOT exclude refunds). |
| `lastSaleAt` | string \\| null |  | When the newest counted sale was paid. Null when never sold. |
| `createdAt` | string | yes | Creation time. |

```json
{
  "id": "clxdr0p000001prod",
  "name": "Beach set — 6 photos",
  "price": 25,
  "currency": "USD",
  "status": "APPROVED",
  "moderationReason": null,
  "buyUrl": "https://www.dropfans.io/buy/clxdr0p000001prod",
  "allowDownload": true,
  "mediaCount": 3,
  "media": [
    {
      "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30001item",
      "order": 0,
      "fileType": "image",
      "moderationStatus": "APPROVED",
      "hasPreview": true
    },
    {
      "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30002item",
      "order": 1,
      "fileType": "image",
      "moderationStatus": "APPROVED",
      "hasPreview": true
    },
    {
      "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30003item",
      "order": 2,
      "fileType": "video",
      "moderationStatus": "APPROVED",
      "hasPreview": false
    }
  ],
  "salesCount": 2,
  "lastSaleAt": "2026-08-18T21:03:00.000Z",
  "createdAt": "2026-08-15T09:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}` | Missing or invalid API key. |
| 404 | `{"error":"Drop not found"}` | No such drop on this account (another creator’s drop also 404s — never 403). |

## 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/drops/$PRODUCT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY"
```

### Node

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

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

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

product_id = "…"  # from an earlier response

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

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "GET",
  "path": "/api/external/drops/{id}",
  "operationId": "getDrop",
  "tags": [
    "drops"
  ],
  "summary": "Read back a drop",
  "description": "One drop you created: price, moderation status (overall and per media item), checkout URL, whether previews are attached, and a sales summary.\n\n`salesCount` counts paid orders **excluding refunds and chargebacks** — stricter than [check-status](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/check-drop-status.md), which does not exclude them. Use this endpoint to verify a drop went APPROVED before attaching it to a post, and to see which media items still lack a baked preview.",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "id",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The product (drop) id from create-drop.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "example": "clxdr0p000001prod"
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The drop.",
      "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": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The product (drop) id.",
                "example": "clxdr0p000001prod"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Drop title. Null when created without a name.",
                "example": "Beach set — 6 photos"
              },
              "price": {
                "type": "number",
                "description": "USD **dollars**. 0 means free.",
                "example": 25
              },
              "currency": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Always \"USD\".",
                "enum": [
                  "USD"
                ]
              },
              "status": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The drop’s overall moderation status. A drop built from already-APPROVED vault items is APPROVED at creation.",
                "enum": [
                  "PENDING",
                  "APPROVED",
                  "REJECTED",
                  "FLAGGED"
                ]
              },
              "moderationReason": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Why the drop was rejected or flagged. Null otherwise."
              },
              "buyUrl": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The web checkout page for this drop.",
                "format": "uri",
                "example": "https://www.dropfans.io/buy/clxdr0p000001prod"
              },
              "allowDownload": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "description": "Whether buyers may download the files after purchase."
              },
              "mediaCount": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Number of media items attached.",
                "example": 6
              },
              "media": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "vaultItemId": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "The source vault item."
                    },
                    "order": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "description": "Display position (0-based)."
                    },
                    "fileType": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Media kind.",
                      "enum": [
                        "image",
                        "video",
                        "audio"
                      ]
                    },
                    "moderationStatus": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Per-item moderation status.",
                      "enum": [
                        "PENDING",
                        "APPROVED",
                        "REJECTED",
                        "FLAGGED"
                      ]
                    },
                    "hasPreview": {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "description": "True once a baked blur preview was attached via POST /api/external/drops/{id}/previews."
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "vaultItemId",
                    "order",
                    "fileType",
                    "moderationStatus",
                    "hasPreview"
                  ],
                  "description": "One attached vault item."
                },
                "description": "Attached media in display order."
              },
              "salesCount": {
                "type": "integer",
                "description": "Paid orders, excluding refunds and chargebacks (stricter than check-status, which does NOT exclude refunds).",
                "example": 2
              },
              "lastSaleAt": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "When the newest counted sale was paid. Null when never sold.",
                "format": "date-time"
              },
              "createdAt": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Creation time.",
                "format": "date-time"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "price",
              "currency",
              "status",
              "buyUrl",
              "allowDownload",
              "mediaCount",
              "media",
              "salesCount",
              "createdAt"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "id": "clxdr0p000001prod",
            "name": "Beach set — 6 photos",
            "price": 25,
            "currency": "USD",
            "status": "APPROVED",
            "moderationReason": null,
            "buyUrl": "https://www.dropfans.io/buy/clxdr0p000001prod",
            "allowDownload": true,
            "mediaCount": 3,
            "media": [
              {
                "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30001item",
                "order": 0,
                "fileType": "image",
                "moderationStatus": "APPROVED",
                "hasPreview": true
              },
              {
                "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30002item",
                "order": 1,
                "fileType": "image",
                "moderationStatus": "APPROVED",
                "hasPreview": true
              },
              {
                "vaultItemId": "clxv1a2b30003item",
                "order": 2,
                "fileType": "video",
                "moderationStatus": "APPROVED",
                "hasPreview": false
              }
            ],
            "salesCount": 2,
            "lastSaleAt": "2026-08-18T21:03:00.000Z",
            "createdAt": "2026-08-15T09:00:00.000Z"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "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, rate_limited, username_required.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Unauthorized",
            "code": "unauthorized"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "403": {
      "description": "The app this key belongs to has been suspended by Dropfans. Every request fails with this until the app is reinstated — surface it to the creator and contact Dropfans.",
      "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"
            ]
          }
        }
      },
      "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, rate_limited, username_required.",
                "example": "rate_limited"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error",
              "code"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "This integration has been suspended by Dropfans. Contact the app developer.",
            "code": "app_suspended"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "No such drop on this account (another creator’s drop also 404s — never 403).",
      "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 describing what went wrong.",
                "example": "Vault item not found"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "error"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "error": "Drop 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, rate_limited, username_required.",
                "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/drops/$PRODUCT_ID\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const productId = '…'; // from an earlier response\n\nconst res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/drops/${productId}`, {\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\nproduct_id = \"…\"  # from an earlier response\n\nres = requests.get(\n    f\"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/drops/{product_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-drop"
}
```

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