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Breaking Bad

Community-built REST API exposing characters, quotes, episodes, and on-screen deaths from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul television universe. The original hosted service at breakingbadapi.com is no longer reachable as of 2026-05-29 (DNS does not resolve). The canonical source code remains at github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API under BSD-3-Clause and is the basis for the historical OpenAPI and capability artifacts in this repo.

Breaking Bad publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Characters API, Deaths API, Episodes API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Video, Television, Public APIs, Open Source, and Breaking Bad.

The Breaking Bad catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

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30.5/100 thin ▼ -7.6 Agent 28/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
4 APIs
VideoTelevisionPublic APIsOpen SourceBreaking BadBetter Call SaulPop CultureDeprecated

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Composite quality — 30.5/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.8 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 28/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Breaking Bad Characters API

Characters from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul universe.

Breaking Bad Deaths API

On-screen deaths catalogued across the series.

Breaking Bad Episodes API

Episodes from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul series.

Breaking Bad Quotes API

Memorable quotes attributed to characters.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Breaking Bad API

OPEN COLLECTION

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Breaking Bad Context

4 classes · 27 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Breaking Bad API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Breaking Bad API Rules

32 rules · 10 errors 13 warnings 9 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Character

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Death

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Episode

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Quote

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 4

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Breaking Bad Character Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Breaking Bad Death Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Breaking Bad Episode Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Breaking Bad Quote Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 1

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Breaking Bad Getrandomdeath Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Breaking Bad Agentic Access

11 operations

11 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 SpectralRules
SpectralRules

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

SourceCode
SourceCode

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

10,000 Requests Per Day
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License
License
 Free / Anonymous
Plans

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

PublicAPIsListing
PublicAPIsListing

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: breaking-bad
name: Breaking Bad
description: Community-built REST API exposing characters, quotes, episodes, and on-screen deaths from the Breaking Bad and
  Better Call Saul television universe. The original hosted service at breakingbadapi.com is no longer reachable as of 2026-05-29
  (DNS does not resolve). The canonical source code remains at github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API under BSD-3-Clause and
  is the basis for the historical OpenAPI and capability artifacts in this repo.
url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API/raw/master/public/favicon.ico
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-29'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Video
x-type: opensource
x-status: deprecated
x-deprecation-note: Hosted service breakingbadapi.com is unreachable as of 2026-05-29 (DNS does not resolve). Source code
  lives at github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API (BSD-3-Clause, last commit 2022-12-10). Artifacts in this repo are preserved
  as a historical record of the API contract.
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis
tags:
- Video
- Television
- Public APIs
- Open Source
- Breaking Bad
- Better Call Saul
- Pop Culture
- Deprecated
apis:
- aid: breaking-bad:breaking-bad-characters-api
  name: Breaking Bad Characters API
  description: Characters from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul universe.
  humanURL: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  baseURL: https://www.breakingbadapi.com/api
  tags:
  - Characters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breaking-bad-characters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API#readme
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-character-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-quote-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-episode-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-death-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-character-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-quote-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-episode-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-death-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listcharacters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomquote-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listepisodes-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomdeath-example.json
- aid: breaking-bad:breaking-bad-deaths-api
  name: Breaking Bad Deaths API
  description: On-screen deaths catalogued across the series.
  humanURL: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  baseURL: https://www.breakingbadapi.com/api
  tags:
  - Deaths
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breaking-bad-deaths-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API#readme
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-character-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-quote-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-episode-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-death-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-character-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-quote-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-episode-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-death-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listcharacters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomquote-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listepisodes-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomdeath-example.json
- aid: breaking-bad:breaking-bad-episodes-api
  name: Breaking Bad Episodes API
  description: Episodes from the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul series.
  humanURL: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  baseURL: https://www.breakingbadapi.com/api
  tags:
  - Episodes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breaking-bad-episodes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API#readme
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-character-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-quote-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-episode-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-death-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-character-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-quote-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-episode-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-death-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listcharacters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomquote-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listepisodes-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomdeath-example.json
- aid: breaking-bad:breaking-bad-quotes-api
  name: Breaking Bad Quotes API
  description: Memorable quotes attributed to characters.
  humanURL: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  baseURL: https://www.breakingbadapi.com/api
  tags:
  - Quotes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/breaking-bad-quotes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API#readme
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-character-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-quote-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-episode-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/breaking-bad-death-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-character-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-quote-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-episode-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/breaking-bad-death-structure.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listcharacters-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomquote-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-listepisodes-example.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/breaking-bad-getrandomdeath-example.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/breaking-bad-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API/blob/master/LICENSE.rst
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: Plans
  title: Free / Anonymous
  url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API#readme
- type: RateLimits
  title: 10,000 Requests Per Day
  url: https://github.com/timbiles/Breaking-Bad--API#readme
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/breaking-bad-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/breaking-bad-vocabulary.yml
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/breaking-bad-rules.yml
features:
- name: Anonymous Access
  description: No API key, no authentication, no signup. Hit the endpoints directly.
- name: Random Sampling
  description: Dedicated /random endpoints for characters, quotes, and deaths.
- name: Series Filtering
  description: Episodes and characters can be filtered by Breaking Bad vs Better Call Saul via the series/category query parameter.
- name: On-Screen Death Catalog
  description: Unusual for a TV-show API — every on-screen death is catalogued with cause, responsible character, and last
    words.
useCases:
- name: Trivia and Quiz Apps
  description: Power Breaking Bad trivia games and quote-attribution quizzes.
- name: Front-End Tutorials
  description: Widely used as a tutorial dataset for React, Vue, Angular, and Flutter API consumption courses.
- name: ChatBot Personality Layer
  description: Inject random Breaking Bad quotes into chatbots and Discord/Slack bots for flavor.
- name: Sandbox for API Tooling
  description: Small enough to use as a fixture for testing OpenAPI tooling, mock servers, and code generators.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com