> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.dropfans.io/developers/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# GET /api/external/v1/creators — List the creators you can act for

> Every account your key can act for with /api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/…: the creators and AI personas your agency manages, and the accounts your app onboarded.

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

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

Every account your key can act for with /api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/…: the creators and AI personas your agency manages, and the accounts your app onboarded.

An agency’s own key sees its accepted creators (`managed`) and its personas (`ai_persona`). Your app owner’s own key sees the accounts your app created with [POST /accounts](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/create-account.md) (`onboarded`). A key that is both sees both; an account on both lists shows once, as the agency relationship.

`active: false` means a creator-scoped call would be refused right now (403 `account_not_managed`). For an `onboarded` account that happens when it is restricted, or when it no longer holds a key bound to your app — the creator revoked your access by deleting it.

## 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"}`.

## Query parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `relationship` | `managed` \\| `ai_persona` \\| `onboarded` |  | Only this relationship. |
| `active` | `true` \\| `false` |  | Only accounts that are (`true`) or are not (`false`) usable right now. |
| `limit` | integer |  | Page size. |
| `cursor` | string |  | `nextCursor` from the previous page. |

## Responses

### 200

One page, sorted by id.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `data` | RosterCreator[] | yes | The accounts. |
| `nextCursor` | string \\| null |  | Pass as `cursor` for the next page; null on the last page. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": null
}
```

## 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`. |
| 400 | `{"error":"limit must be 1–100","code":"invalid_limit"}` | Bad `limit` (also `invalid_relationship`, `invalid_active`). |

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

### Node

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

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "GET",
  "path": "/api/external/v1/creators",
  "operationId": "listCreators",
  "tags": [
    "creators"
  ],
  "summary": "List the creators you can act for",
  "description": "Every account your key can act for with /api/external/v1/creators/{creatorId}/…: the creators and AI personas your agency manages, and the accounts your app onboarded.\n\nAn agency’s own key sees its accepted creators (`managed`) and its personas (`ai_persona`). Your app owner’s own key sees the accounts your app created with [POST /accounts](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/create-account.md) (`onboarded`). A key that is both sees both; an account on both lists shows once, as the agency relationship.\n\n`active: false` means a creator-scoped call would be refused right now (403 `account_not_managed`). For an `onboarded` account that happens when it is restricted, or when it no longer holds a key bound to your app — the creator revoked your access by deleting it.",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "relationship",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Only this relationship.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "managed",
          "ai_persona",
          "onboarded"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "active",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Only accounts that are (`true`) or are not (`false`) usable right now.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "true",
          "false"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "limit",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Page size.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 100
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "cursor",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "`nextCursor` from the previous page.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "responses": {
    "200": {
      "description": "One page, sorted by 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"
          }
        },
        "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": {
              "data": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "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"
                  ]
                },
                "description": "The accounts."
              },
              "nextCursor": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Pass as `cursor` for the next page; null on the last page."
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "data"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "data": [
              {
                "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"
              }
            ],
            "nextCursor": null
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "The request carried `X-Dropfans-Account`. Also: Bad `limit` (also `invalid_relationship`, `invalid_active`).",
      "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"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "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\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/v1/creators`, {\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/v1/creators\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}\"},\n)\nprint(res.json())"
    }
  ],
  "x-dropfans-docs": "https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/list-creators",
  "x-dropfans-category": "account"
}
```

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