PokéAPI

PokéAPI Games API

Generations, Pokédexes, individual versions, and version groups.

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Operations 8

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GET /generation List Generations conformant #
GET /generation/{id} Get Generation #
GET /pokedex List Pokédexes conformant #
GET /pokedex/{id} Get Pokédex #
GET /version List Versions conformant #
GET /version/{id} Get Version #
GET /version-group List Version Groups conformant #
GET /version-group/{id} Get Version Group #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://pokeapi.co/docs/v2
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APIReference
https://pokeapi.co/docs/v2

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/pokeapi/openapi/pokeapi-games-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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TermsOfService
https://pokeapi.co/docs/v2#fairuse
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SDKs
https://www.npmjs.com/package/pokeapi-js-wrapper
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SDKs
https://www.npmjs.com/package/pokedex-promise-v2
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SDKs
https://pypi.org/project/pokebase/
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SDKs
https://pypi.org/project/pokepy/
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SDKs
https://github.com/PokeAPI/pokekotlin

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OpenAPI Specification

pokeapi-games-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Poké Games API
  description: PokéAPI v2 is a free, open-source RESTful API serving comprehensive Pokémon data — species, abilities, moves, items, types, locations, evolution chains, encounters, berries, contests, games, and machines. All endpoints are GET-only and require no authentication. Please cache resources locally; rate limits were removed in 2018 but persistent abusers may be IP-banned.
  version: '2'
  contact:
    name: PokéAPI Maintainers
    url: https://pokeapi.co
  license:
    name: BSD-3-Clause
    url: https://github.com/PokeAPI/pokeapi/blob/master/LICENSE.md
servers:
- url: https://pokeapi.co/api/v2
  description: PokéAPI v2 production base URL
tags:
- name: Games
  description: Generations, Pokédexes, individual versions, and version groups.
paths:
  /generation:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: List Generations
      description: List all generations.
      operationId: listGenerations
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of generation resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /generation/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: Get Generation
      description: Retrieve a single generation by id or name.
      operationId: getGeneration
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single generation resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Generation'
  /pokedex:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: List Pokédexes
      description: List all Pokédexes.
      operationId: listPokedexes
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of Pokédex resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /pokedex/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: Get Pokédex
      description: Retrieve a single Pokédex by id or name.
      operationId: getPokedex
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single Pokédex resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pokedex'
  /version:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: List Versions
      description: List all game versions.
      operationId: listVersions
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of version resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /version/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: Get Version
      description: Retrieve a single game version by id or name.
      operationId: getVersion
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single version resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Version'
  /version-group:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: List Version Groups
      description: List all version groups.
      operationId: listVersionGroups
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of version group resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /version-group/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: Get Version Group
      description: Retrieve a single version group by id or name.
      operationId: getVersionGroup
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single version group resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VersionGroup'
components:
  schemas:
    Description:
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          type: string
        language:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    VersionGroup:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        order:
          type: integer
        generation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        move_learn_methods:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        pokedexes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        regions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        versions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    Name:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        language:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    NamedAPIResourceList:
      type: object
      properties:
        count:
          type: integer
        next:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          format: uri
        previous:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          format: uri
        results:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    Generation:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        abilities:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        main_region:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        moves:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        pokemon_species:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        types:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        version_groups:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    Pokedex:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        is_main_series:
          type: boolean
        descriptions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Description'
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        pokemon_entries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              entry_number:
                type: integer
              pokemon_species:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        region:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        version_groups:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    Version:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        version_group:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    NamedAPIResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Slug name of the referenced resource.
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Canonical URL of the referenced resource.
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of items to return per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100000
        default: 20
    IdOrName:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Resource id (integer) or name (slug).
      schema:
        type: string
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        default: 0