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Overview

Request

curl example 

curl -sS \
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors?limit=25"

JavaScript example 

const res = await fetch(
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors?limit=25"
);
const { data, meta } = 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, ListEnvelope } from "./types/authors";

const res = await fetch(
  "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors?limit=25"
);
const { data, meta } = (await res.json()) as ListEnvelope<Author>;

Python example 

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://example-data.com/api/v1/authors",
    params={"limit": 25},
)
data = res.json()

Response 

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 25,
      "name": "Ursula K. Le Guin",
      "slug": "ursula-k-le-guin",
      "bio": "Abutor sumo decipio cilicium centum bestia arguo. Cotidie texo textilis umerus tempora aggero aranea. Pecto abscido vorax volaticus tempora demonstro cauda ademptio spargo cicuta.",
      "bornYear": 1929,
      "diedYear": 2018,
      "nationality": "American",
      "genres": [
        "Science fiction",
        "Fantasy"
      ],
      "notableWorks": [
        "A Wizard of Earthsea",
        "The Left Hand of Darkness"
      ],
      "imageUrl": "https://picsum.photos/seed/author-25/600/600",
      "createdAt": "2026-01-23T20:33:14.522Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 26,
      "name": "Emilia Graham",
      "slug": "emilia-graham",
      "bio": "Caveo tantillus vilitas decet vis caterva. Colo abscido volutabrum vulgus. Curtus territo theca vel cupiditas.",
      "bornYear": 1911,
      "diedYear": 1971,
      "nationality": "Lithuania",
      "genres": [
        "Horror"
      ],
      "notableWorks": [
        "aeneus derideo vero adulatio",
        "fugiat comptus amoveo"
      ],
      "imageUrl": "https://picsum.photos/seed/author-26/600/600",
      "createdAt": "2024-06-17T22:04:14.046Z"
    },
    {
      "id": 27,
      "name": "Amie Wehner",
      "slug": "amie-wehner",
      "bio": "Quo vito aeger. Decipio utor eligendi quos aer nulla strues. Tamisium deserunt vociferor alveus.",
      "bornYear": 1910,
      "diedYear": null,
      "nationality": "Mauritius",
      "genres": [
        "Drama"
      ],
      "notableWorks": [
        "adinventitias angulus adicio defluo",
        "illo repellat reprehenderit vesco termes"
      ],
      "imageUrl": "https://picsum.photos/seed/author-27/600/600",
      "createdAt": "2025-09-24T03:44:07.220Z"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "page": 2,
    "limit": 24,
    "total": 50,
    "totalPages": 3
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "/api/v1/authors?page=2&limit=24",
    "first": "/api/v1/authors?page=1&limit=24",
    "last": "/api/v1/authors?page=3&limit=24",
    "next": "/api/v1/authors?page=3&limit=24",
    "prev": "/api/v1/authors?page=1&limit=24"
  }
}