> ## 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/drops — List the creator’s drops

> Every drop on the account, newest first, with price, who can buy it, moderation status and checkout URL — including drops made in the dashboard.

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

Every drop on the account, newest first, with price, who can buy it, moderation status and checkout URL — including drops made in the dashboard.

Page with `cursor`: pass the `nextCursor` of the previous page until it is null. For per-media status and sales of one drop, use [GET /api/external/drops/{id}](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-drop.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 agency needs `canManageDrops` on that account. The response echoes the account acted on in the same header.

## Query parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `limit` | integer |  | Page size (out-of-range values are clamped). |
| `cursor` | string |  | `nextCursor` from the previous page. |

## Responses

### 200

A page of drops.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `drops` | DropSummary[] | yes | Newest first. |
| `nextCursor` | string \\| null |  | Pass as `cursor` for the next page; null on the last page. |

```json
{
  "drops": [
    {
      "id": "clxdr0p000001prod",
      "name": "Beach set — 6 photos",
      "description": null,
      "price": 25,
      "currency": "USD",
      "accessMode": "OPEN",
      "allowDownload": false,
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "mediaCount": 3,
      "buyUrl": "https://www.dropfans.io/buy/clxdr0p000001prod",
      "createdAt": "2026-08-15T09:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "nextCursor": null
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Body | When |
|---|---|---|
| 401 | `{"error":"Unauthorized","code":"unauthorized"}` | Missing or invalid API key. |
| 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). |
| 403 | `{"error":"The agency does not have permission for this on that account.","code":"permission_denied","permission":"canManageDrops"}` | With `X-Dropfans-Account`: the agency lacks `canManageDrops` on that account. |

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

### Node

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

## OpenAPI

```json
{
  "method": "GET",
  "path": "/api/external/drops",
  "operationId": "listDrops",
  "tags": [
    "drops"
  ],
  "summary": "List the creator’s drops",
  "description": "Every drop on the account, newest first, with price, who can buy it, moderation status and checkout URL — including drops made in the dashboard.\n\nPage with `cursor`: pass the `nextCursor` of the previous page until it is null. For per-media status and sales of one drop, use [GET /api/external/drops/{id}](https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/get-drop.md).",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "limit",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "Page size (out-of-range values are clamped).",
      "schema": {
        "type": "integer",
        "default": 50,
        "minimum": 1,
        "maximum": 100
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "cursor",
      "in": "query",
      "required": false,
      "description": "`nextCursor` from the previous page.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "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": "A page of drops.",
      "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": {
              "drops": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "id": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "The product (drop) id.",
                      "example": "clxdr0p000001prod"
                    },
                    "name": {
                      "type": [
                        "string",
                        "null"
                      ],
                      "description": "Drop title.",
                      "example": "Beach set — 6 photos"
                    },
                    "description": {
                      "type": [
                        "string",
                        "null"
                      ],
                      "description": "Drop description (only set by editing — create-drop discards it)."
                    },
                    "price": {
                      "type": "number",
                      "description": "USD **dollars**. 0 means free.",
                      "example": 25
                    },
                    "currency": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Always \"USD\".",
                      "enum": [
                        "USD"
                      ]
                    },
                    "accessMode": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "`OPEN` = anyone can buy; `SUBS_FREE` = free for subscribers; `SUBS_ONLY_PAID` = only subscribers can buy.",
                      "enum": [
                        "OPEN",
                        "SUBS_FREE",
                        "SUBS_ONLY_PAID"
                      ]
                    },
                    "allowDownload": {
                      "type": "boolean",
                      "description": "Images only: buyers get a watermarked download."
                    },
                    "status": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "The drop’s moderation status.",
                      "enum": [
                        "PENDING",
                        "APPROVED",
                        "REJECTED",
                        "FLAGGED"
                      ]
                    },
                    "mediaCount": {
                      "type": "integer",
                      "description": "Attached media items.",
                      "example": 3
                    },
                    "buyUrl": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "The web checkout page.",
                      "format": "uri",
                      "example": "https://www.dropfans.io/buy/clxdr0p000001prod"
                    },
                    "createdAt": {
                      "type": "string",
                      "description": "Creation time.",
                      "format": "date-time"
                    }
                  },
                  "required": [
                    "id",
                    "price",
                    "currency",
                    "accessMode",
                    "allowDownload",
                    "status",
                    "mediaCount",
                    "buyUrl",
                    "createdAt"
                  ]
                },
                "description": "Newest first."
              },
              "nextCursor": {
                "type": [
                  "string",
                  "null"
                ],
                "description": "Pass as `cursor` for the next page; null on the last page."
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "drops"
            ]
          },
          "example": {
            "drops": [
              {
                "id": "clxdr0p000001prod",
                "name": "Beach set — 6 photos",
                "description": null,
                "price": 25,
                "currency": "USD",
                "accessMode": "OPEN",
                "allowDownload": false,
                "status": "APPROVED",
                "mediaCount": 3,
                "buyUrl": "https://www.dropfans.io/buy/clxdr0p000001prod",
                "createdAt": "2026-08-15T09:00:00.000Z"
              }
            ],
            "nextCursor": 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). Also: With `X-Dropfans-Account`: the agency lacks `canManageDrops` on that 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, 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"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "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/drops\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DROPFANS_API_KEY\""
    },
    {
      "lang": "JavaScript",
      "label": "Node",
      "source": "const res = await fetch(`https://www.dropfans.io/api/external/drops`, {\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/drops\",\n    headers={\"Authorization\": f\"Bearer {os.environ['DROPFANS_API_KEY']}\"},\n)\nprint(res.json())"
    }
  ],
  "x-dropfans-docs": "https://www.dropfans.io/developers/reference/list-drops",
  "x-dropfans-agency-permission": "canManageDrops"
}
```

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