import requests
import time
import json

authors = []

i = True

def getauthors():
    start = 3965
    while i:
        tmpauthors = []
        print(start)
        r = requests.get(f'https://www.storytel.se/api/getSmartList.action?orderBy=LETTER&filterKeys=AUTHOR&filterValues=*&listTitle=*&start={start}&hits=50')
        j = json.loads(r.content)
        for a in j['books']:
            for b in a['book']['authors']:
                if b['name'] not in authors:
                    print(b['name'])
                    authors.append(b['name'])
                    tmpauthors.append(b['name'])
        r.close()
        start = start + len(tmpauthors)
        if len(tmpauthors) == 0:
            break
        if len(tmpauthors) <= 15:
            time.sleep(312)
        else:
            time.sleep(32)


for a in r['books']:
    for b in a['book']['authors']:
        print(b['name'])