---
title: "Rotten Tomatoes critic directory"
method: GET
path: "/rottentomatoes/critics/authors"
tags: ["Rotten Tomatoes"]
---

# Rotten Tomatoes critic directory

`GET /rottentomatoes/critics/authors`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/rottentomatoes/critics/authors`
- Auth: API key in header `x-api-key`

Returns current or inactive critics from Rotten Tomatoes' public author directory. Browse one letter or search by name; use `next_cursor` as `after` or `previous_cursor` as `before`, as indicated by the corresponding page flag. The letter values come from the live directory controls.

## Query parameters

- `letter` '#' | 'a' | 'b' | 'c' | 'd' | 'e' | 'f' | 'g' | 'h' | 'i' | 'j' | 'k' | 'l' | 'm' | 'n' | 'o' | 'p' | 'q' | 'r' | 's' | 't' | 'u' | 'v' | 'w' | 'x' | 'y' | 'z'
- `search` string
- `inactive` boolean
- `after` string
- `before` string
- `limit` integer

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- RottentomatoesCriticsAuthorsResponseDoc
  - `code` integer
  - `data` RottentomatoesCriticsAuthorsResponse
    - `after` string
    - `authors` RottentomatoesCriticAuthor[]
      - `badges` string[]
      - `name` string
      - `path` string
      - `publication_label` string
      - `publications` RottentomatoesCriticAuthorPublication[]
        - `editorial_url` string
        - `id` string
        - `name` string
        - `path` string
    - `before` string
    - `fetched_at` string
    - `has_next_page` boolean
    - `has_previous_page` boolean
    - `inactive` boolean
    - `letter` string
    - `limit` integer
    - `next_cursor` string
    - `previous_cursor` string
    - `public_page_derived` boolean
    - `search` string
    - `source_url` string
  - `msg` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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