Breaking Bad Episodes API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Breaking Bad Characters Episodes 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 Schema and operations are preserved here for historical reference and to support nostalgic/educational re-implementations.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: Episodes
  description: Episodes from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul series.
paths:
  /episodes:
    get:
      operationId: listEpisodes
      summary: List Episodes
      description: Returns every episode across Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
      tags:
      - Episodes
      parameters:
      - name: series
        in: query
        description: Filter episodes by series — `Breaking+Bad` or `Better+Call+Saul`.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          example: Breaking+Bad
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of episode records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Episode'
              examples:
                ListEpisodes200Example:
                  summary: Default listEpisodes 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                  - episode_id: 1
                    title: Pilot
                    season: '1'
                    air_date: 01-20-2008
                    characters:
                    - Walter White
                    - Jesse Pinkman
                    - Skyler White
                    - Hank Schrader
                    - Marie Schrader
                    - Walter White Jr.
                    episode: '1'
                    series: Breaking Bad
                  - episode_id: 62
                    title: Felina
                    season: '5'
                    air_date: 09-29-2013
                    characters:
                    - Walter White
                    - Jesse Pinkman
                    - Skyler White
                    - Lydia Rodarte-Quayle
                    - Todd Alquist
                    episode: '16'
                    series: Breaking Bad
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
  /episodes/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getEpisodeById
      summary: Get Episode By Id
      description: Returns one episode by numeric id.
      tags:
      - Episodes
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Numeric episode id.
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Episode record, wrapped in an array.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Episode'
              examples:
                GetEpisodeById200Example:
                  summary: Default getEpisodeById 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                  - episode_id: 1
                    title: Pilot
                    season: '1'
                    air_date: 01-20-2008
                    characters:
                    - Walter White
                    - Jesse Pinkman
                    - Skyler White
                    - Hank Schrader
                    episode: '1'
                    series: Breaking Bad
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Episode:
      type: object
      description: An episode of Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul.
      x-schema-source: documentation
      x-source-url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
      properties:
        episode_id:
          type: integer
          description: Unique numeric id for the episode.
          example: 1
        title:
          type: string
          description: Episode title.
          example: Pilot
        season:
          type: string
          description: Season number as a string (zero-padded by upstream).
          example: '1'
        air_date:
          type: string
          description: Original air date in M-D-YYYY format.
          example: 01-20-2008
        characters:
          type: array
          description: Characters appearing in the episode.
          items:
            type: string
          example:
          - Walter White
          - Jesse Pinkman
        episode:
          type: string
          description: Episode number within the season (zero-padded by upstream).
          example: '1'
        series:
          type: string
          description: Series the episode belongs to — `Breaking Bad` or `Better Call Saul`.
          example: Breaking Bad
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Generic error envelope.
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
          example: Not Found
  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.
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          examples:
            NotFoundExample:
              summary: Default 404 response
              x-microcks-default: true
              value:
                message: Not Found