Breaking Bad Deaths API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Breaking Bad Characters Deaths API
  description: Community-built REST API exposing characters, quotes, episodes, and deaths from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul television universe. The original upstream provider (breakingbadapi.com) is no longer reachable as of 2026 — DNS resolution fails and the documentation site at https://breakingbadapi.com/documentation returns no response. This OpenAPI document is preserved as a historical record of the API's documented contract, drawn from the canonical source repository at github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API and from archived community documentation (drangovski.github.io, mridul.tech/breaking-bad-api).
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Tim Biles (original maintainer)
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API/blob/master/LICENSE.rst
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-last-validated: '2026-05-29'
  x-status: deprecated
  x-deprecation-note: The hosted service at breakingbadapi.com is unreachable as of 2026-05-29 (DNS does not resolve). Schema and operations are preserved here for historical reference and to support nostalgic/educational re-implementations.
servers:
- url: https://www.breakingbadapi.com/api
  description: Original community-hosted endpoint (unreachable as of 2026)
tags:
- name: Deaths
  description: On-screen deaths catalogued across the series.
paths:
  /deaths:
    get:
      operationId: listDeaths
      summary: List Deaths
      description: Returns every catalogued on-screen death across the series.
      tags:
      - Deaths
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of death records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Death'
              examples:
                ListDeaths200Example:
                  summary: Default listDeaths 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                  - death_id: 1
                    death: Emilio Koyama
                    cause: Poison Gas
                    responsible: Walter White
                    last_words: No, please!
                    season: 1
                    episode: 1
                    number_of_deaths: 1
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /death-count:
    get:
      operationId: getDeathCount
      summary: Get Death Count
      description: Returns the total number of catalogued deaths, optionally filtered by the character responsible.
      tags:
      - Deaths
      parameters:
      - name: name
        in: query
        description: Filter the count by the character responsible for the deaths.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Gustavo+Fring
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Integer death count.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: integer
                example: 270
              examples:
                GetDeathCount200Example:
                  summary: Default getDeathCount 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value: 270
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /random-death:
    get:
      operationId: getRandomDeath
      summary: Get Random Death
      description: Returns one randomly selected on-screen death.
      tags:
      - Deaths
      responses:
        '200':
          description: One death record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Death'
              examples:
                GetRandomDeath200Example:
                  summary: Default getRandomDeath 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    death_id: 14
                    death: Tortuga
                    cause: Decapitation
                    responsible: The Cousins
                    last_words: Unknown
                    season: 2
                    episode: 7
                    number_of_deaths: 1
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  responses:
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded. The original upstream enforced 10,000 requests per day per IP and returned 429 until the 24-hour window rolled over.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            RateLimitedExample:
              summary: Default 429 response
              x-microcks-default: true
              value:
                message: Rate limit exceeded. Try again in 24 hours.
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Generic error envelope.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
          example: Not Found
    Death:
      type: object
      description: A catalogued on-screen death from the series.
      x-schema-source: documentation
      x-source-url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
      properties:
        death_id:
          type: integer
          description: Unique numeric id for the death record.
          example: 1
        death:
          type: string
          description: The name of the character who died.
          example: Emilio Koyama
        cause:
          type: string
          description: How the character died.
          example: Poison Gas
        responsible:
          type: string
          description: Character responsible for the death.
          example: Walter White
        last_words:
          type: string
          description: The character's documented last words.
          example: No, please!
        season:
          type: integer
          description: Season the death occurred in.
          example: 1
        episode:
          type: integer
          description: Episode the death occurred in.
          example: 1
        number_of_deaths:
          type: integer
          description: Number of deaths attributed to this single record.
          example: 1