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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# GET /api/external/profile — Read the creator’s public profile

> The creator's public profile: username, display name, bio, visibility, contact handles and images.

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

The creator's public profile: username, display name, bio, visibility, contact handles and images.

Image URLs are signed and valid for 24 hours — fetch them when you need them, don't store them. Change any of it with [PATCH /api/external/profile](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/update-profile.md).

## 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"}`.

Optional `X-Dropfans-Account: <account id>` — with a verified agency's own key, act for a creator or AI persona the agency manages (ids from GET /api/external/agency/creators). The response echoes the account acted on in the same header.

## Responses

### 200

The profile.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | string | yes | The account’s user id. |
| `username` | string \\| null |  | Public @handle, without the @. |
| `displayName` | string \\| null |  | Display name. |
| `bio` | string \\| null |  | Profile bio. |
| `profileVisible` | boolean | yes | Whether the public profile is visible. |
| `location` | string \\| null |  | Free-text location. |
| `websiteUrl` | string \\| null |  | Website link. |
| `twitterHandle` | string \\| null |  | X / Twitter handle. |
| `instagramHandle` | string \\| null |  | Instagram handle. |
| `tiktokHandle` | string \\| null |  | TikTok handle. |
| `snapchatHandle` | string \\| null |  | Snapchat handle. |
| `threadsHandle` | string \\| null |  | Threads handle. |
| `youtubeHandle` | string \\| null |  | YouTube handle. |
| `telegramHandle` | string \\| null |  | Telegram handle. |
| `whatsappNumber` | string \\| null |  | WhatsApp number. |
| `imessageHandle` | string \\| null |  | iMessage handle. |
| `primaryContactPlatform` | string \\| null |  | Which contact platform the profile highlights. |
| `avatarUrl` | string \\| null |  | Profile image. Signed URL, valid 24 hours — do not store it. |
| `bannerUrl` | string \\| null |  | Banner image. Signed URL, valid 24 hours — do not store it. |
| `avatarModerationStatus` | string \\| null |  | PENDING, APPROVED, REJECTED or FLAGGED for the profile image (a new image shows once approved); null when there is none. |
| `bannerModerationStatus` | string \\| null |  | PENDING, APPROVED, REJECTED or FLAGGED for the banner image; null when there is none. |

```json
{
  "id": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t",
  "username": "luna_ai",
  "displayName": "Luna",
  "bio": "Your favourite AI muse ✨",
  "profileVisible": true,
  "location": null,
  "websiteUrl": null,
  "twitterHandle": null,
  "instagramHandle": "luna.ai",
  "tiktokHandle": null,
  "snapchatHandle": null,
  "threadsHandle": null,
  "youtubeHandle": null,
  "telegramHandle": "luna_ai",
  "whatsappNumber": null,
  "imessageHandle": null,
  "primaryContactPlatform": "telegram",
  "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.dropfans.io/luna_ai/profile.jpg?token=…",
  "bannerUrl": null,
  "avatarModerationStatus": "APPROVED",
  "bannerModerationStatus": null
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}` | Missing or invalid API key. |
| 404 | `{"error":"Account not found"}` | The account no longer exists. |
| 400 | `{"error":"X-Dropfans-Account must be an account id (from GET /api/external/agency/creators), not a username.","code":"invalid_account_header"}` | `X-Dropfans-Account` is not an account id. |
| 403 | `{"error":"This key cannot act for that account.","code":"account_not_managed"}` | `X-Dropfans-Account` names an account this key cannot act for: not an agency’s own key, no ACCEPTED management, or the agency or account is suspended, banned or deleted (an unknown id gets the same answer). |

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

### Node

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

### Python

```python
import os
import requests

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

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "GET",
  "path": "/api/external/profile",
  "operationId": "getProfile",
  "tags": [
    "account"
  ],
  "summary": "Read the creator’s public profile",
  "description": "The creator's public profile: username, display name, bio, visibility, contact handles and images.\n\nImage URLs are signed and valid for 24 hours — fetch them when you need them, don't store them. Change any of it with [PATCH /api/external/profile](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/update-profile.md).",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "X-Dropfans-Account",
      "in": "header",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Agencies only. With a verified agency’s own key, the id of a creator or AI persona the agency manages (from GET /api/external/agency/creators): the request then acts as that account, exactly as if it were sent with that account’s own key. Account ids only — usernames are refused (400 invalid_account_header). Checked on every request: the management must be ACCEPTED, nobody may be suspended, banned or deleted (else 403 account_not_managed), and the agency needs the endpoint’s permission on that account (else 403 permission_denied). Omit it to act as the key’s own account.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "pattern": "^c[a-z0-9]{20,32}$"
      },
      "example": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t"
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "The profile.",
      "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": "The account’s user id.",
                "example": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t"
              },
              "username": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Public @handle, without the @.",
                "example": "luna_ai"
              },
              "displayName": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Display name.",
                "example": "Luna"
              },
              "bio": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Profile bio."
              },
              "profileVisible": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "description": "Whether the public profile is visible."
              },
              "location": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Free-text location."
              },
              "websiteUrl": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Website link."
              },
              "twitterHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "X / Twitter handle."
              },
              "instagramHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Instagram handle."
              },
              "tiktokHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "TikTok handle."
              },
              "snapchatHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Snapchat handle."
              },
              "threadsHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Threads handle."
              },
              "youtubeHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "YouTube handle."
              },
              "telegramHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Telegram handle."
              },
              "whatsappNumber": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "WhatsApp number."
              },
              "imessageHandle": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "iMessage handle."
              },
              "primaryContactPlatform": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Which contact platform the profile highlights."
              },
              "avatarUrl": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Profile image. Signed URL, valid 24 hours — do not store it.",
                "format": "uri"
              },
              "bannerUrl": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Banner image. Signed URL, valid 24 hours — do not store it.",
                "format": "uri"
              },
              "avatarModerationStatus": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "PENDING, APPROVED, REJECTED or FLAGGED for the profile image (a new image shows once approved); null when there is none."
              },
              "bannerModerationStatus": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "PENDING, APPROVED, REJECTED or FLAGGED for the banner image; null when there is none."
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "id",
              "profileVisible"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "id": "cmh4v2q8k0003xy9z7w6v5u4t",
            "username": "luna_ai",
            "displayName": "Luna",
            "bio": "Your favourite AI muse ✨",
            "profileVisible": true,
            "location": null,
            "websiteUrl": null,
            "twitterHandle": null,
            "instagramHandle": "luna.ai",
            "tiktokHandle": null,
            "snapchatHandle": null,
            "threadsHandle": null,
            "youtubeHandle": null,
            "telegramHandle": "luna_ai",
            "whatsappNumber": null,
            "imessageHandle": null,
            "primaryContactPlatform": "telegram",
            "avatarUrl": "https://cdn.dropfans.io/luna_ai/profile.jpg?token=…",
            "bannerUrl": null,
            "avatarModerationStatus": "APPROVED",
            "bannerModerationStatus": null
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "`X-Dropfans-Account` is not an account id.",
      "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, 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": "X-Dropfans-Account must be an account id (from GET /api/external/agency/creators), not a username.",
            "code": "invalid_account_header"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "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, 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": "`X-Dropfans-Account` names an account this key cannot act for: not an agency’s own key, no ACCEPTED management, or the agency or account is suspended, banned or deleted (an unknown id gets the same answer).",
      "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, 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 key cannot act for that account.",
            "code": "account_not_managed"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "The account no longer exists.",
      "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": "Account 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, 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/profile\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/profile`, {\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\nres = requests.get(\n    \"https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/profile\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}\"},\n)\nprint(res.json())"
    }
  ],
  "x-dropfans-docs": "https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-profile",
  "x-dropfans-agency-permission": null
}
```

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