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+import supertest from 'supertest';
+import app from '../../app';
+import { prisma } from '../../utils/prisma.utils';
+
+const FIXTURE_SIZE = 20;
+
+describe('GET /api/v1/creators — limit query parameter', () => {
+   beforeAll(async () => {
+      // Clear out existing creators and users so that we only have the seeded ones for this test
+      // to ensure "assert exactly 20 returned" works perfectly.
+      await prisma.creatorProfile.deleteMany({});
+      await prisma.user.deleteMany({});
+
+      // Seed test users
+      const usersToCreate = Array.from({ length: FIXTURE_SIZE }).map(
+         (_, i) => ({
+            id: `limit-respect-user-${i}`,
+            email: `limit-respect-user-${i}@example.com`,
+            passwordHash: 'dummy-hash',
+            firstName: 'Limit',
+            lastName: `Respect User ${i}`,
+         })
+      );
+
+      await prisma.user.createMany({
+         data: usersToCreate,
+         skipDuplicates: true,
+      });
+
+      // Seed test creators
+      const creatorsToCreate = Array.from({ length: FIXTURE_SIZE }).map(
+         (_, i) => ({
+            userId: `limit-respect-user-${i}`,
+            handle: `limit-respect-creator-${i}`,
+            displayName: `Limit Respect Creator ${i}`,
+         })
+      );
+
+      await prisma.creatorProfile.createMany({
+         data: creatorsToCreate,
+         skipDuplicates: true,
+      });
+   });
+
+   afterAll(async () => {
+      // Cleanup
+      await prisma.creatorProfile.deleteMany({
+         where: { handle: { startsWith: 'limit-respect-creator-' } },
+      });
+
+      await prisma.user.deleteMany({
+         where: { id: { startsWith: 'limit-respect-user-' } },
+      });
+
+      await prisma.$disconnect();
+   });
+
+   it('returns exactly 5 creators when limit=5 and has_more is true', async () => {
+      const res = await supertest(app).get('/api/v1/creators?limit=5');
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.body.success).toBe(true);
+      expect(res.body.data.items).toHaveLength(5);
+      expect(res.body.data.meta.has_more).toBe(true);
+      expect(res.body.data.meta.limit).toBe(5);
+   });
+
+   it('returns exactly 10 creators when limit=10 and has_more is true', async () => {
+      const res = await supertest(app).get('/api/v1/creators?limit=10');
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.body.success).toBe(true);
+      expect(res.body.data.items).toHaveLength(10);
+      expect(res.body.data.meta.has_more).toBe(true);
+      expect(res.body.data.meta.limit).toBe(10);
+   });
+
+   it('returns all 20 creators when limit=100 (above seed count) and has_more is false', async () => {
+      const res = await supertest(app).get('/api/v1/creators?limit=100');
+      expect(res.status).toBe(200);
+      expect(res.body.success).toBe(true);
+      
+      expect(res.body.data.items).toHaveLength(20);
+      expect(res.body.data.meta.has_more).toBe(false);
+      expect(res.body.data.meta.limit).toBe(100);
+   });
+});