Buy Me a Coffee API
★ Only Publicly Available OpenAPI DocumentPaymentsBilling Subscriptionsbearer6 EndpointsREST
For Agents
Read Buy Me a Coffee supporters, members, and extras for a creator account. Authenticate with a Bearer personal access token.
Use for: I need to list supporters who tipped me this month, Retrieve the details of a specific supporter by ID, Get all active members of my Buy Me a Coffee page, Find the subscription tier for a particular member
Not supported: Does not create or update supporters, accept payments directly, or manage page content — use for read-only access to supporters, subscriptions, and extras only.
Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for Buy Me a Coffee API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. Buy Me a Coffee is a creator support platform where supporters tip, subscribe to memberships, and purchase extras. This read-only API surface exposes supporters, subscriptions (members), and extras data so creators can sync activity into dashboards, CRMs, or personal websites. Authentication uses a Bearer personal access token from the developer settings.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Buy Me a Coffee API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Buy Me a Coffee API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Buy Me a Coffee API.
List one-time supporters and the amounts they tipped
Look up an individual supporter by ID
List active members and their subscription tiers
Retrieve a single subscription record by ID
List extras purchases such as digital products
Retrieve an individual extras purchase by ID
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Buy Me a Coffee API for, with concrete tasks.
★ Creator Dashboard Sync
Pull supporter, member, and extras data into a personal dashboard or website widget. Independent creators use this to display recent supporters, total tips, or member counts in real time. A simple polling job every few minutes is sufficient since the data is read-only and modest in volume.
Fetch /supporters, sum the amounts, and write a 'this month tipped' figure to a static JSON file rendered on the creator's homepage
Supporter CRM Sync
Push supporters into a CRM or email tool so creators can send thank-you messages, member-only updates, or product launches. Useful for creators with paid memberships who want to segment supporters by tier or contribution amount.
List subscriptions, identify members on the highest tier, and add them as contacts in the CRM with a 'top-tier-supporter' tag
Extras Sales Reporting
Track sales of extras (digital products, commissioned work, or one-off offerings) by listing /extras and aggregating by date or item. Creators selling digital downloads or services use this to understand what is converting and to reconcile fulfillment.
Fetch /extras for the last 30 days, group purchases by item, and post a sales summary to a Slack channel
AI Agent Creator Operations
Through Jentic, an AI agent can read Buy Me a Coffee data on a creator's behalf — pulling supporters, drafting thank-you messages, and reporting on member churn. Useful for solo creators who want to delegate routine reporting to an assistant.
Search Jentic for 'list buymeacoffee supporters', load the schema for GET /supporters, and execute, then summarise the top three supporters by amount
Key Endpoints
6 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for buy me a coffee api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
GET
/supporters
List supporters
GET
/supporters/{id}
Retrieve a single supporter
GET
/subscriptions
List members (subscriptions)
GET
/subscriptions/{id}
Retrieve a single subscription
GET
/extras
List extras purchases
GET
/extras/{id}
Retrieve a single extras purchase
GET
/supporters
List supporters
GET
/supporters/{id}
Retrieve a single supporter
GET
/subscriptions
List members (subscriptions)
GET
/subscriptions/{id}
Retrieve a single subscription
GET
/extras
List extras purchases
GET
/extras/{id}
Retrieve a single extras purchase
Why Jentic?
Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.
Credential isolation
Buy Me a Coffee personal access tokens are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault. Agents receive a scoped token at execution time — raw tokens never enter the agent's context window.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search by intent (e.g., 'list buymeacoffee supporters') and Jentic returns the matching read operation with its input schema.
Time to first call
Direct Buy Me a Coffee integration: a few hours for auth and pagination handling. Through Jentic: under 30 minutes for the first working call.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using Buy Me a Coffee API through Jentic.
Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for Buy Me a Coffee API?
Buy Me a Coffee does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call Buy Me a Coffee API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.
What authentication does the Buy Me a Coffee API use?
Buy Me a Coffee uses a Bearer personal access token, generated from the developer settings on the creator's account. Through Jentic, the token is stored in the encrypted vault and never enters the agent's context.
Can I list members of my Buy Me a Coffee page?
Yes. GET /subscriptions returns active members with their tier and metadata; GET /subscriptions/{id} retrieves a single member record.
What are the rate limits for the Buy Me a Coffee API?
Buy Me a Coffee does not publish hard rate limits in the spec. The API is read-only and returns modest volumes per creator, so polling every few minutes is reasonable; back off on 429 responses if they appear.
How do I retrieve supporters through Jentic?
Run pip install jentic, then search Jentic with the query 'list buymeacoffee supporters', load the schema for GET /supporters, and execute. The response includes supporter name, amount, and message.
Can I create or update records with this API?
No. The available endpoints are read-only — they expose supporters, subscriptions, and extras but do not provide write operations. Use the Buy Me a Coffee dashboard for content and product management.
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