Creators

Creators are users who have published at least one model on Civitai.

List creators

GET /api/v1/creators

Auth: Public.

Query parameters

Name	Type	Default	Description
limit	integer (1–200)	20	Number of items per page.
page	integer (≥ 1)	1	1-indexed page number.
query	string	—	Full-text search on username.

Pagination is page-based only — there is no cursor parameter on this endpoint.

Response

{
  "items": [
    {
      "username": "JustMaier",
      "modelCount": 3,
      "link": "https://civitai.com/api/v1/models?username=JustMaier",
      "image": "https://image.civitai.com/.../JustMaier.jpeg"
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "totalItems": 84916,
    "currentPage": 1,
    "pageSize": 1,
    "totalPages": 84916,
    "nextPage": "https://civitai.com/api/v1/creators?limit=1&page=2"
  }
}

Field notes

• link is pre-built — follow it to list a creator's models via GET /models.
• modelCount is only included when greater than zero; creators with no published models are excluded from the listing entirely.
• image is null when the creator has no avatar.

Notes

• page * limit > 1000 returns 429. Beyond the first few thousand creators you'll need to scope the query (e.g. with ?query=) rather than paging linearly.

Examples

# First page
curl "https://civitai.com/api/v1/creators?limit=20"

# Find a specific creator
curl "https://civitai.com/api/v1/creators?query=JustMaier"

GET

Include Authorization: Bearer ...