PokéAPI

PokéAPI Items API

Items, item attributes, categories, fling effects, and bag pockets.

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GET /item List Items conformant #
GET /item/{id} Get Item #
GET /item-attribute List Item Attributes conformant #
GET /item-attribute/{id} Get Item Attribute #
GET /item-category List Item Categories conformant #
GET /item-category/{id} Get Item Category #
GET /item-fling-effect List Item Fling Effects conformant #
GET /item-fling-effect/{id} Get Item Fling Effect #
GET /item-pocket List Item Pockets conformant #
GET /item-pocket/{id} Get Item Pocket #

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-items-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-items-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Poké Items 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: Items
  description: Items, item attributes, categories, fling effects, and bag pockets.
paths:
  /item:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: List Items
      description: List all items.
      operationId: listItems
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of item resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /item/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: Get Item
      description: Retrieve a single item by id or name.
      operationId: getItem
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Item'
  /item-attribute:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: List Item Attributes
      description: List all item attributes.
      operationId: listItemAttributes
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of item attribute resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /item-attribute/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: Get Item Attribute
      description: Retrieve a single item attribute by id or name.
      operationId: getItemAttribute
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item attribute resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemAttribute'
  /item-category:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: List Item Categories
      description: List all item categories.
      operationId: listItemCategories
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of item category resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /item-category/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: Get Item Category
      description: Retrieve a single item category by id or name.
      operationId: getItemCategory
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item category resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemCategory'
  /item-fling-effect:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: List Item Fling Effects
      description: List all item fling effects.
      operationId: listItemFlingEffects
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of item fling effect resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /item-fling-effect/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: Get Item Fling Effect
      description: Retrieve a single item fling effect by id or name.
      operationId: getItemFlingEffect
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item fling effect resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemFlingEffect'
  /item-pocket:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: List Item Pockets
      description: List all item pockets.
      operationId: listItemPockets
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A paginated list of item pocket resources.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResourceList'
  /item-pocket/{id}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Items
      summary: Get Item Pocket
      description: Retrieve a single item pocket by id or name.
      operationId: getItemPocket
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdOrName'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single item pocket resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ItemPocket'
components:
  schemas:
    ItemAttribute:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        descriptions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Description'
    ItemPocket:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        categories:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
    Description:
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          type: string
        language:
          $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.
    Name:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        language:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    Effect:
      type: object
      properties:
        effect:
          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'
    ItemFlingEffect:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        effect_entries:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Effect'
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
    Item:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        cost:
          type: integer
        fling_power:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
        fling_effect:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
          nullable: true
        attributes:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        category:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        effect_entries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              effect:
                type: string
              short_effect:
                type: string
              language:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        flavor_text_entries:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              text:
                type: string
              version_group:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
              language:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        game_indices:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        held_by_pokemon:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        sprites:
          type: object
          properties:
            default:
              type: string
              nullable: true
    ItemCategory:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
        names:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        pocket:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NamedAPIResource'
  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