Get Character

This is a preview API and may change. Returns a single character by its slug.

GET /characters/{slug}

/api/v1/characters/{slug}

cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug}"

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

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

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug}"

	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(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.venice.ai/api/v1/characters/{slug}")

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

200

{
  "data": {
    "adult": false,
    "author": "k3x9q",
    "createdAt": "2024-12-20T21:28:08.934Z",
    "description": "Alan Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled \"philosophical entertainer\", known for interpreting and popularizing Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience.",
    "featured": false,
    "id": "2f460055-7595-4640-9cb6-c442c4c869b0",
    "name": "Alan Watts",
    "shareUrl": "https://venice.ai/c/alan-watts",
    "photoUrl": "https://outerface.venice.ai/api/characters/2f460055-7595-4640-9cb6-c442c4c869b0/photo",
    "slug": "alan-watts",
    "stats": {
      "averageRating": 4.7,
      "imports": 112,
      "ratingCount": 24,
      "ratingSum": 113,
      "userRating": 123
    },
    "tags": [
      "AlanWatts",
      "Philosophy",
      "Buddhism",
      "Taoist",
      "Hindu"
    ],
    "updatedAt": "2025-02-09T03:23:53.708Z",
    "webEnabled": true,
    "modelId": "venice-uncensored-1-2"
  },
  "object": "character"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

Experimental Endpoint

This is an experimental endpoint and may be subject to change.

Postman Collection

For additional examples, please see this Postman Collection.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

slug · string · required

The slug of the character to retrieve

Example:

"alan-watts"

Response

200

application/json

OK

data · object · required

Show child attributes

object · enum<string> · required

Available options: character