Creators
GET {{baseUrl}}/creators?ts={{ts}}&hash={{hash}}
Fetches lists of comic creators with optional filters.
See notes on individual parameters below.
Request Params
| Key | Datatype | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ts | string | Timestamp | |
hash | string | MD5 hash | |
firstName | string | Filter by creator first name (e.g. Brian). | |
middleName | null | Filter by creator middle name (e.g. Michael). | |
lastName | string | Filter by creator last name (e.g. Bendis). | |
suffix | string | Filter by suffix or honorific (e.g. Jr., Sr.). | |
nameStartsWith | string | Filter by creator names that match critera (e.g. B, St L). | |
firstNameStartsWith | string | Filter by creator first names that match critera (e.g. B, St L). | |
middleNameStartsWith | string | Filter by creator middle names that match critera (e.g. Mi). | |
lastNameStartsWith | string | Filter by creator last names that match critera (e.g. Ben). | |
modifiedSince | string | Return only creators which have been modified since the specified date. | |
comics | null | Return only creators who worked on in the specified comics (accepts a comma-separated list of ids). | |
stories | null | Return only creators who worked on the specified stories (accepts a comma-separated list of ids). | |
series | null | Return only creators who worked on the specified series (accepts a comma-separated list of ids). | |
events | null | Return only creators who worked on comics that took place in the specified events (accepts a comma-separated list of ids). | |
orderBy | string | Order the result set by a field or fields. | |
| Add a "-" to the value sort in descending order. |
Multiple values are given priority in the order in which they are passed.
Use the following:
lastName
-lastName
firstName
-firstName
middleName
-middleName
suffix
-suffix
modified
-modified |
| limit | number | | Limit the result set to the specified number of resources. |
| offset | number | | Skip the specified number of resources in the result set. |
RESPONSES
status: OK
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