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beehiiv Authors API

The Authors API from beehiiv — 2 operation(s) for authors.

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Operations 2

GET /publications/{publicationId}/authors List authors #

GET /publications/{publicationId}/authors/{authorId} Get author #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Reference Authors API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.beehiiv.com/v2
  description: Default
tags:
- name: Authors
paths:
  /publications/{publicationId}/authors:
    get:
      operationId: index
      summary: List authors
      description: Retrieve a list of authors available for the publication.
      tags:
      - Authors
      parameters:
      - name: publicationId
        in: path
        description: The prefixed ID of the publication object
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_ids_PublicationId'
      - name: limit
        in: query
        description: A limit on the number of objects to be returned. The limit can range between 1 and 100, and the default is 10.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: 'Pagination returns the results in pages. Each page contains the number of results specified by the `limit` (default: 10).<br>If not specified, results 1-10 from page 1 will be returned.'
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: name
        in: query
        description: Optionally filter authors by full name or first name (case-insensitive).
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        description: Bearer authentication
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_authors_AuthorsListResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The API key or OAuth access token is missing, invalid, or expired.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate Limit Exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
  /publications/{publicationId}/authors/{authorId}:
    get:
      operationId: show
      summary: Get author
      description: Retrieve a single author from a publication.
      tags:
      - Authors
      parameters:
      - name: publicationId
        in: path
        description: The prefixed ID of the publication object
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_ids_PublicationId'
      - name: authorId
        in: path
        description: The author identifier. This accepts a prefixed author ID, full name, or first name.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: Authorization
        in: header
        description: Bearer authentication
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_authors_AuthorsGetResponse'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized. The API key or OAuth access token is missing, invalid, or expired.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '404':
          description: Resource Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '429':
          description: Rate Limit Exceeded
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__Error'
components:
  schemas:
    type_authors_Author:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: The prefixed ID of the author (e.g. `guest_xxx` for guest authors, `user_xxx` for users).
        type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_authors_AuthorType'
          description: The author type.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The author display name.
        bio:
          type: string
          description: The biography text for the author.
        bio_image_url:
          type: string
          description: The profile image URL for the author.
        social_media_links:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_authors_AuthorSocialMediaLinks'
      required:
      - id
      - type
      - name
      - social_media_links
      title: Author
    type_ids_PublicationId:
      type: string
      description: The prefixed ID of the publication.
      title: PublicationId
    type__Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
        statusText:
          type: string
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/type__ErrorDetail'
      required:
      - status
      - statusText
      - errors
      description: The top level error response.
      title: Error
    type__ErrorDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
      required:
      - message
      - code
      title: ErrorDetail
    type_authors_AuthorsGetResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_authors_Author'
      required:
      - data
      title: AuthorsGetResponse
    type_authors_AuthorType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - user
      - guest_author
      title: AuthorType
    type_authors_AuthorSocialMediaLinks:
      type: object
      properties:
        twitter_handle:
          type: string
        facebook_url:
          type: string
        instagram_url:
          type: string
        linkedin_url:
          type: string
        youtube_url:
          type: string
        tiktok_url:
          type: string
        discord_url:
          type: string
        bluesky_url:
          type: string
        rss_url:
          type: string
      title: AuthorSocialMediaLinks
    type_authors_AuthorsListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/type_authors_Author'
          description: A list of authors available for this publication.
        limit:
          type: integer
          description: The limit placed on the results. If no limit was specified in the request, this defaults to 10.
        page:
          type: integer
          default: 1
          description: The page number the results are from. If no page was specified in the request, this defaults to page 1.
        total_results:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of results from all pages.
        total_pages:
          type: integer
          description: The total number of pages.
      required:
      - data
      - limit
      - page
      - total_results
      - total_pages
      title: AuthorsListResponse
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuthScheme:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer