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Italo Calvino

Italo Calvino

Cotidie color officia magni cogito tenuis crudelis rem absconditus depereo. Trans nulla advoco adfero molestias cilicium umquam antepono ademptio. Nobis civis centum pax absum.

Component variants

Request

curl example 

curl -sS \
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/22" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

JavaScript example 

const res = await fetch(
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/22"
);
const author = await res.json();

TypeScript example 

// Download once: mkdir -p types && curl -o types/authors.d.ts https://example-data.com/types/authors.d.ts
import type { Author } from "./types/authors";

const res = await fetch(
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/22"
);
const author = (await res.json()) as Author;

Python example 

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/22"
)
author = res.json()

Response 

{
  "id": 22,
  "name": "Italo Calvino",
  "slug": "italo-calvino",
  "bio": "Cotidie color officia magni cogito tenuis crudelis rem absconditus depereo. Trans nulla advoco adfero molestias cilicium umquam antepono ademptio. Nobis civis centum pax absum.",
  "bornYear": 1923,
  "diedYear": 1985,
  "nationality": "Italian",
  "genres": [
    "Postmodernism"
  ],
  "notableWorks": [
    "Invisible Cities",
    "If on a winter's night a traveler"
  ],
  "imageUrl": "https://picsum.photos/seed/author-22/600/600",
  "createdAt": "2025-10-01T23:01:04.322Z"
}