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# Get author

GET https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/{publicationId}/authors/{authorId}

Retrieve a single author from a publication.

Reference: https://developers.beehiiv.com/api-reference/authors/show

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `publicationId` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the publication object
- `authorId` (string, required) — The author identifier. This accepts a prefixed author ID, full name, or first name.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `data` (Author, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized. The API key or OAuth access token is missing, invalid, or expired.

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Resource Not Found

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate Limit Exceeded

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

## Types

### Author

- `id` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the author (e.g. `guest_xxx` for guest authors, `user_xxx` for users).
- `type` (enum, required) — The author type.
  - Allowed values: `user`, `guest_author`
- `name` (string, required) — The author display name.
- `social_media_links` (AuthorSocialMediaLinks, required)
- `bio` (string, optional) — The biography text for the author.
- `bio_image_url` (string, optional) — The profile image URL for the author.

### ErrorDetail

- `message` (string, required)
- `code` (string, required)

### AuthorSocialMediaLinks

- `twitter_handle` (string, optional)
- `facebook_url` (string, optional)
- `instagram_url` (string, optional)
- `linkedin_url` (string, optional)
- `youtube_url` (string, optional)
- `tiktok_url` (string, optional)
- `discord_url` (string, optional)
- `bluesky_url` (string, optional)
- `rss_url` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "user_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "type": "user",
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "social_media_links": {
      "twitter_handle": "jane_doe",
      "instagram_url": "https://instagram.com/janedoe",
      "linkedin_url": "https://linkedin.com/in/janedoe"
    },
    "bio": "Author biography.",
    "bio_image_url": "https://assets.beehiiv.com/example.png"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/publications/pub_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/authors/Jane%20Doe")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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