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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

Cupressus vicinus ventito necessitatibus cilicium auxilium quidem. Virga sum trans quam video substantia voluptatum pecco. Terror demergo tepidus.

Component variants

Request

curl example 

curl -sS \
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/7" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

JavaScript example 

const res = await fetch(
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/7"
);
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/7"
);
const author = (await res.json()) as Author;

Python example 

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors/7"
)
author = res.json()

Response 

{
  "id": 7,
  "name": "Toni Morrison",
  "slug": "toni-morrison",
  "bio": "Cupressus vicinus ventito necessitatibus cilicium auxilium quidem. Virga sum trans quam video substantia voluptatum pecco. Terror demergo tepidus.",
  "bornYear": 1931,
  "diedYear": 2019,
  "nationality": "American",
  "genres": [
    "Literary fiction"
  ],
  "notableWorks": [
    "Beloved",
    "Song of Solomon",
    "The Bluest Eye"
  ],
  "imageUrl": "https://picsum.photos/seed/author-7/600/600",
  "createdAt": "2025-08-12T16:16:08.498Z"
}