Star Wars API

Star Wars API Films API

Star Wars films

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GET /films List all films #

GET /films/{id} Get a film by ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Star Wars REST API (SWAPI) Films API
  description: The Star Wars REST API (swapi.info) is the world's first quantified and programmatically-accessible data source for all the data from the Star Wars canon universe. It provides structured JSON access to films, characters (people), starships, vehicles, planets, and species. No authentication is required.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: SWAPI
    url: https://swapi.info
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/SivaramPg/swapi.info/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://swapi.info/api
  description: Production server
tags:
- name: Films
  description: Star Wars films
paths:
  /films:
    get:
      operationId: listFilms
      summary: List all films
      description: Retrieve a list of all Star Wars films.
      tags:
      - Films
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of films
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Film'
  /films/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getFilm
      summary: Get a film by ID
      description: Retrieve a single Star Wars film by its numeric ID.
      tags:
      - Films
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The numeric ID of the film
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single film
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Film'
        '404':
          description: Film not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    NotFound:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          example: Not found
    Film:
      type: object
      description: A Star Wars film
      required:
      - title
      - episode_id
      - opening_crawl
      - director
      - producer
      - release_date
      - characters
      - planets
      - starships
      - vehicles
      - species
      - created
      - edited
      - url
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
          description: The title of this film
          example: A New Hope
        episode_id:
          type: integer
          description: The episode number of this film
          example: 4
        opening_crawl:
          type: string
          description: The opening paragraphs at the beginning of this film
        director:
          type: string
          description: The name of the director of this film
          example: George Lucas
        producer:
          type: string
          description: The name(s) of the producer(s) of this film
          example: Gary Kurtz, Rick McCallum
        release_date:
          type: string
          format: date
          description: The ISO 8601 date format of film release
          example: '1977-05-25'
        characters:
          type: array
          description: URLs of character resources featured in this film
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        planets:
          type: array
          description: URLs of planet resources featured in this film
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        starships:
          type: array
          description: URLs of starship resources featured in this film
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        vehicles:
          type: array
          description: URLs of vehicle resources featured in this film
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        species:
          type: array
          description: URLs of species resources featured in this film
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        created:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 date-time when this resource was created
        edited:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: ISO 8601 date-time when this resource was last edited
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: The hypermedia URL of this resource