Kit Subscribers API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Kit API V4 Account Subscribers API
  description: Kit (formerly ConvertKit) API V4 for email marketing and the creator economy. Manage subscribers, broadcasts, tags, custom fields, forms, and account-level statistics. Supports OAuth 2.0 and API key authentication.
  version: v4
  contact:
    name: Kit Developer Support
    url: https://developers.kit.com/v4/api-reference
servers:
- url: https://api.kit.com/v4
  description: Kit API V4 production server
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Subscribers
  description: Subscriber records and lifecycle
paths:
  /subscribers:
    get:
      operationId: listSubscribers
      summary: List Subscribers
      description: List subscribers in the Kit account with cursor-based pagination.
      tags:
      - Subscribers
      parameters:
      - name: after
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Cursor returned by a previous page response
      - name: before
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Cursor returned by a previous page response
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 500
        description: Number of records per page
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with subscriber list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriberListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createSubscriber
      summary: Create Subscriber
      description: Create a subscriber. Behaves as an upsert based on email address.
      tags:
      - Subscribers
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriberRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Subscriber created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SubscriberResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Subscriber:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        first_name:
          type: string
        email_address:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        fields:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
    SubscriberResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        subscriber:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
    SubscriberRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - email_address
      properties:
        email_address:
          type: string
        first_name:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        fields:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    SubscriberListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        subscribers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Subscriber'
        pagination:
          type: object
          properties:
            has_previous_page:
              type: boolean
            has_next_page:
              type: boolean
            start_cursor:
              type: string
            end_cursor:
              type: string
            per_page:
              type: integer
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid credentials
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Kit-Api-Key
      description: Personal API key issued from the Kit developer portal
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://app.kit.com/oauth/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.kit.com/oauth/token
          scopes: {}