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Straight, useful writing on building with the OnlyFans and Fansly API. No fluff, no fairy tales.

The 4Based API: native access explained

4based has no official API. How native access works through CreatorAPI, the shorthand aliases so you never touch the raw paths, how to connect without a proxy, and what it costs.

The Fanvue API: the one official creator API

Fanvue is the one creator platform with an official API. How to reach its 187 operations through CreatorAPI, connect with OAuth, what to build and what it costs.

Automate OnlyFans with n8n and the OnlyFans API

A practical guide to driving CreatorAPI from n8n: HTTP Request node calls with the X-API-Key header, signed webhook events into the Webhook node, and two example flows.

How to export OnlyFans financial data

Earnings and transactions over native routes, live reads versus bulk exports to CSV or JSONL, feeding accounting and dashboards, and keeping numbers fresh with webhooks on sales.

How to download OnlyFans chats

A practical guide to exporting OnlyFans chat history to CSV or JSONL through CreatorAPI, reading messages live via native routes, and what teams use chat exports for.

Connect OnlyFans to Claude with MCP: a walkthrough

How to connect an OnlyFans account to Claude through the CreatorAPI MCP server, hosted or local, with read only defaults and opt in writes.

OnlyFans webhooks: a practical guide

Why webhooks beat polling on credits and freshness, how to register one with CreatorAPI, how signed delivery and retries work, and the handler patterns that hold up in production.

Building on the Fansly API: a practical guide

Fansly has no official public API. This guide covers how native apiv3 access works through CreatorAPI, how passwordless connect and managed residential IPs reduce account risk, what to build, and what it costs.

The OnlyFans agency software stack: buy or build

The four layers an OnlyFans agency runs on, the buy path with finished platforms, the build path on an API with native data, webhooks, exports and Fan AI, and a hybrid setup that often makes sense.

OnlyFans account safety when you connect tools

The three things that actually create account risk when you connect tools, what safer architecture looks like, and four questions to ask any vendor before handing over access.

Is there an official OnlyFans API?

Neither OnlyFans nor Fansly ships a public API. Here is what that means for developers and what to use instead.

How to build an OnlyFans CRM

A practical outline of the data and events a creator CRM needs, and how to wire them up.

OnlyFans API pricing and how credits work

What an OnlyFans API costs, why metered credits make sense, and how to keep spend predictable.

Passwordless connect: OnlyFans access without a password

Why handing a password to a tool is a red flag, and how passwordless connect works instead.

OnlyFans API versus scraping: why native access wins

Scrapers are cheap to start and expensive to keep alive. Here is the case for native access.

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