# GEN Characters API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-characters-api/  
**Provider:** GEN — https://apis.io/providers/gen-pro/  
**Base URL:** https://api.gen.pro/v1  
**Documentation:** https://gen.pro/docs

GEN Characters API is one of 27 APIs that [GEN](https://apis.io/providers/gen-pro/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Characters. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

A person the agent can appear as, with looks (images) and talking characters (talking videos). Characters were called avatars; the /v1/avatars routes still work as deprecated aliases.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/characters` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — list |
| POST | `/characters` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — create |
| POST | `/characters/{character_id}/looks` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — upload look |
| POST | `/characters/{character_id}/talking_characters` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — upload talking character |
| GET | `/characters/{character_id}/talking_characters/{id}` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — get talking character |
| GET | `/characters/{id}` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — get |
| PATCH | `/characters/{id}` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — rename |
| DELETE | `/characters/{id}` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — delete character |
| POST | `/characters/{id}/copy` | Manage characters, looks, and talking characters — copy to mine |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/gen-pro/openapi/gen-pro-characters-api-openapi.yml

## Other GEN APIs (12)

- [GEN Agent Chat API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-agent-chat-api/)
- [GEN Agent Core API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-agent-core-api/)
- [GEN Agent Profile API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-agent-profile-api/)
- [GEN Agent Voice API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-agent-voice-api/)
- [GEN Agents API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-agents-api/)
- [GEN API Keys API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-api-keys-api/)
- [GEN Asset Libraries API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-asset-libraries-api/)
- [GEN Billing API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-billing-api/)
- [GEN Cells API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-cells-api/)
- [GEN Columns API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-columns-api/)
- [GEN Content Monitoring API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-content-monitoring-api/)
- [GEN Content Resources API](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-content-resources-api/)

## Tags

Characters

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/gen-pro/gen-pro-characters-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/gen-pro/.