Retrieve a character

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id} \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}', 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.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "char_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMR",
  "object": "character",
  "name": "Aurora the Adventurer",
  "status": "ready",
  "refs": [
    {
      "pose": "front",
      "url": "https://api.aurous-labs.com/storage/.../front.bin?token=…"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-05-08T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-08T10:00:00Z",
  "client_reference_id": "bot_8472",
  "attributes": {
    "gender": "female",
    "age": 28,
    "ethnicity": "east-asian",
    "hair_color": "black",
    "hair_style": "shoulder-length straight",
    "eye_color": "brown",
    "body_type": "athletic",
    "additional_details": "small scar above right eyebrow; warm smile"
  },
  "error_message": null,
  "aurous_version": "2026-07-16"
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

GET

characters

{id}

Retrieve a character

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id} \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>'

const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}', 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.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "char_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMR",
  "object": "character",
  "name": "Aurora the Adventurer",
  "status": "ready",
  "refs": [
    {
      "pose": "front",
      "url": "https://api.aurous-labs.com/storage/.../front.bin?token=…"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "2026-05-08T10:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-08T10:00:00Z",
  "client_reference_id": "bot_8472",
  "attributes": {
    "gender": "female",
    "age": 28,
    "ethnicity": "east-asian",
    "hair_color": "black",
    "hair_style": "shoulder-length straight",
    "eye_color": "brown",
    "body_type": "athletic",
    "additional_details": "small scar above right eyebrow; warm smile"
  },
  "error_message": null,
  "aurous_version": "2026-07-16"
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "invalid_request",
    "code": "balance_too_low",
    "message": "Team available balance is 1.5 credits, generation requires 2.0.",
    "doc_url": "https://docs.aurous-labs.com/errors#balance_too_low",
    "request_id": "req_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM",
    "param": "prompt"
  }
}

GET /v1/characters/{id} returns a single character. Use it to:

Poll a synthesize-flow character until status transitions from synthesizing to reviewing (or failed).
Read the refs[] array for proxy URLs you can render in your UI.
Inspect attributes for the typed identity fields the platform stored.

Status lifecycle

Status	Meaning	Customer action
`synthesizing`	Synthesize-flow generation running.	Poll. Typical completion 30–90 seconds.
`reviewing`	Synthesize completed; refs ready for human approval.	Inspect `refs`. Call `POST /v1/characters/{id}/save` to publish, or `POST /v1/characters/{id}/resynthesize` to retry.
`ready`	Usable as `character_id` on `POST /v1/images` or `POST /v1/videos`.	Reference on generation.
`failed`	Synthesize dispatch failed. `error_message` populated.	Call `POST /v1/characters/{id}/resynthesize` to retry — it reuses the stored `attributes`. Returns `422 uploads_expired` if the original uploaded photos are gone; delete via `DELETE /v1/characters/{id}` and recreate with fresh `upload_ids` in that case.

Soft-deleted characters return 404 resource_not_found on this endpoint — the V1 surface treats them as gone for IDOR safety. If you need to confirm a soft-delete landed, the 404 itself is the confirmation.

Examples

curl https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/char_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2VNABCDEFGHJKM \
  -H "X-Api-Key: $AUROUS_API_KEY"

async function pollUntilReady(id: string): Promise<Character> {
  for (let i = 0; i < 60; i++) {
    const c = await fetch(
      `https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/${id}`,
      { headers: { "X-Api-Key": process.env.AUROUS_API_KEY! } },
    ).then((r) => r.json());

    if (c.status === "reviewing" || c.status === "ready") return c;
    if (c.status === "failed") throw new Error(c.error_message);

    await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 2000));
  }
  throw new Error("timed out waiting for character");
}

import os, time, requests

def poll_until_ready(id: str):
    for _ in range(60):
        c = requests.get(
            f"https://api.aurous-labs.com/v1/characters/{id}",
            headers={"X-Api-Key": os.environ["AUROUS_API_KEY"]},
        ).json()

        if c["status"] in ("reviewing", "ready"):
            return c
        if c["status"] == "failed":
            raise RuntimeError(c["error_message"])

        time.sleep(2)
    raise TimeoutError("character did not finish in time")

Limits

Rate limit: bucket characters_get — 120 requests/min sustained, 240 burst per team.

Errors

Code	HTTP	When
`resource_not_found`	404	Unknown ID, soft-deleted character, or character belongs to a different team. The 404 is intentional — cross-team existence is never leaked.

Common pitfalls

refs[].url is a proxy URL — do not assume it points at any specific storage host. Treat it as opaque and re-fetch as needed; URLs are valid for ~24h.
Polling at 2-second intervals is plenty for synthesize. Tighter polling only burns rate-limit budget.
Soft-deleted characters return 404 on this endpoint — if you want to keep an audit trail of past characters, mirror them in your own database before calling DELETE.

Authorizations

X-Api-Key

string

header

required

Your team API key (starts with al_live_).

Headers

Aurous-Version

string

Optional API version pin (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to your team's pinned version, or the system default 2026-07-16 for unauthenticated requests.

Pattern: ^\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}$

Example:

"2026-07-16"

Path Parameters

string

required

Opaque character ID

Example:

"char_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMR"

Response

Character details

string

required

Opaque character ID.

Example:

"char_01HXMQ7Z3K8Y2NABCDEFGHJKMR"

object

enum<string>

required

Discriminator

Available options:

character

Example:

"character"

name

string

required

Display name.

Example:

"Aurora the Adventurer"

status

enum<string>

required

Lifecycle state. synthesizing: synthesize flow running. reviewing: synthesize completed, awaiting POST /:id/save. ready: usable on POST /v1/images. failed: synthesize failed; use POST /:id/resynthesize to retry. deleted: soft-deleted (filtered out of list endpoint).

Available options:

synthesizing,

reviewing,

ready,

failed,

deleted

Example:

"ready"

refs

object[]

required

Reference images (typically 4 poses).

Show child attributes

created_at

string

required

Creation timestamp (ISO 8601).

Example:

"2026-05-08T10:00:00Z"

updated_at

string

required

Last-update timestamp (ISO 8601).

Example:

"2026-05-08T10:00:00Z"

client_reference_id

object | null

Caller-supplied reference echoed back (the value sent on create). Null if unset.

Example:

"bot_8472"

attributes

object | null

Character attributes. Null when unset.

Show child attributes

error_message

object | null

Error message when status is failed. Null otherwise.

Example:

null

aurous_version

string

API contract version applied at the time this row was minted (D25 — frozen for replay across future version bumps).

Example:

"2026-07-16"

Get started

Guides

Concepts

API Reference

Resources

Retrieve a character

Status lifecycle

Examples

Limits

Errors

Common pitfalls

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Response

​Status lifecycle

​Examples

​Limits

​Errors

​Common pitfalls

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Response

Status lifecycle

Examples

Limits

Errors

Common pitfalls