GET /author/{author}
Summary: Get poems by author
Operation ID: getPoemsByAuthor
Auth: unknown
Operation ID: getPoemsByAuthor
Auth: unknown
Description
Returns all poems by a specific author. Supports partial matching by default.
Parameters (1)
author
(string, path, required)
The name of the author (partial matching supported)
Examples (6)
| Title | Type | URL | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get poems by author | openapi-spec |
https://poetrydb.org/author/Shakespeare |
|
| Get poems by Ernest Dowson | doc_extracted |
https://poetrydb.org/author/Ernest%20Dowson |
|
| Get author field with partial match 'owson' | doc_extracted |
https://poetrydb.org/author/owson/author |
|
| Get author with exact match 'Ernest Dowson' | doc_extracted |
https://poetrydb.org/author/Ernest%20Dowson:abs/author |
|
| Get author, title, linecount fields for Ernest Dowson | doc_extracted |
https://poetrydb.org/author/Ernest%20Dowson/author,title,linecount |
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| Get author, title, linecount in text format | doc_extracted |
https://poetrydb.org/author/Ernest%20Dowson/author,title,linecount.text |
Probe History
Status Codes
| Time | Status | Latency | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:33:03.097451 | 200 | 536ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:29:18.996038 | 200 | 566ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:14:26.693633 | 200 | 626ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:11:20.043324 | 200 | 562ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:07:08.471867 | 200 | 2516ms | |
| 2026-03-23 09:06:06.779019 | 200 | 568ms |
Response Changes
| When | Old | New |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 09:07:08.471867 | d1d1915127df |
8841683c70b4 |
| 2026-03-23 09:11:20.043324 | 8841683c70b4 |
851a54221b33 |
| 2026-03-23 09:14:26.693633 | 851a54221b33 |
33a3af076e04 |
| 2026-03-23 09:29:18.996038 | 33a3af076e04 |
5bdced2842de |
| 2026-03-23 09:33:03.097451 | 5bdced2842de |
33a3af076e04 |