Superhero API (akabab) Work API

Per-character occupation and base slices.

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GET /work/{id}.json Get Character Work conformant #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Superhero API (akabab) Work API
  description: 'Open-source static REST API exposing 731 superheroes and villains from

    multiple comic universes (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and more) as

    pre-built JSON files served from GitHub Pages and the jsDelivr CDN.

    All endpoints are unauthenticated GETs.'
  version: 0.3.0
  contact:
    name: akabab/superhero-api
    url: https://github.com/akabab/superhero-api
  license:
    name: MIT
    url: https://github.com/akabab/superhero-api/blob/master/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://akabab.github.io/superhero-api/api
  description: Primary origin (GitHub Pages)
- url: https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/akabab/superhero-api@0.3.0/api
  description: jsDelivr CDN mirror
tags:
- name: Work
  description: Per-character occupation and base slices.
paths:
  /work/{id}.json:
    get:
      operationId: getCharacterWork
      summary: Get Character Work
      description: Returns just the work slice for a single character (occupation and base).
      tags:
      - Work
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/CharacterId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The character's work sub-document.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Work'
        '404':
          description: No character with the supplied id exists.
components:
  parameters:
    CharacterId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Numeric character id, 1..731.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 731
  schemas:
    Work:
      type: object
      description: Occupational record.
      properties:
        occupation:
          type: string
          description: Occupation(s), or "-" if unknown.
        base:
          type: string
          description: Base of operations, or "-" if unknown.