Star Wars API

Star Wars API Species API

Species in the Star Wars universe

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Operations 2

GET /species List all species #

GET /species/{id} Get a species by ID #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Star Wars REST API (SWAPI) Species 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: Species
  description: Species in the Star Wars universe
paths:
  /species:
    get:
      operationId: listSpecies
      summary: List all species
      description: Retrieve a list of all species in the Star Wars universe.
      tags:
      - Species
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of species
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Species'
  /species/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getSpecies
      summary: Get a species by ID
      description: Retrieve a single Star Wars species by its numeric ID.
      tags:
      - Species
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: The numeric ID of the species
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single species
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Species'
        '404':
          description: Species not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Species:
      type: object
      description: A species in the Star Wars universe
      required:
      - name
      - classification
      - designation
      - average_height
      - skin_colors
      - hair_colors
      - eye_colors
      - average_lifespan
      - homeworld
      - language
      - people
      - films
      - created
      - edited
      - url
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of this species
          example: Human
        classification:
          type: string
          description: The classification of this species
          example: mammal
        designation:
          type: string
          description: The designation of this species
          example: sentient
        average_height:
          type: string
          description: The average height of this species in centimeters
          example: '180'
        skin_colors:
          type: string
          description: A comma-separated string of common skin colors for this species
          example: caucasian, black, asian, hispanic
        hair_colors:
          type: string
          description: A comma-separated string of common hair colors for this species
          example: blonde, brown, black, red
        eye_colors:
          type: string
          description: A comma-separated string of common eye colors for this species
          example: brown, blue, green, hazel, grey, amber
        average_lifespan:
          type: string
          description: The average lifespan of this species in years
          example: '120'
        homeworld:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: URL of a planet resource that this species originates from
        language:
          type: string
          description: The language commonly spoken by this species
          example: Galactic Basic
        people:
          type: array
          description: URLs of People resources that are a part of this species
          items:
            type: string
            format: uri
        films:
          type: array
          description: URLs of Film resources that this species has appeared in
          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
    NotFound:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
          example: Not found