SWAPI - Star Wars API

SWAPI (Star Wars API) is a free, open Star Wars REST API exposing canonical Star Wars data — films, people, planets, species, starships, and vehicles. Originally built by Paul Hallett (@phalt) at swapi.co, it is now maintained as community mirrors at swapi.dev (Python/Django, @juriy) and www.swapi.tech (Node/MongoDB, @semperry). SWAPI is one of the most widely cited "teaching APIs" in the developer ecosystem.

SWAPI - Star Wars API publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Films API, People API, Planets API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Star Wars, Open Source, Teaching API, Public API, and REST.

The SWAPI - Star Wars API catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SWAPI - Star Wars API’s developer surface includes tooling, code examples, and 18 more developer resources.

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38.5/100 thin ▼ -7.4 Agent 23/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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7 APIs

Star WarsOpen SourceTeaching APIPublic APIRESTGraphQLEntertainmentDatasets

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Composite quality — 38.5/100 · thin

Contract Quality 12.7 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 8.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 23/100 · 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 7

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

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

JSON Schema 6

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

Examples 8

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

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AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Community OpenAPI (kamilkodzi)

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext

JSONLDContext

SpectralRuleset

SpectralRuleset

Build 10

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

MCP Server (johnpapa)

Tools

MCP Server (olaekdahl)

Tools

MCP Server (glaucia86)

Tools

MCP Server (Qwizi)

Tools

Android SDK (Oleur)

SDKs

Swift SDK (bratwursted)

SDKs

R Client (LionyxML)

SDKs

Java + Spring Sample

CodeExamples

Flutter + GraphQL Sample

CodeExamples

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

APICommonsRateLimits

APICommonsRateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

APICommonsPlans

APICommonsPlans

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)

aid: swapi
name: SWAPI - Star Wars API
description: SWAPI (Star Wars API) is a free, open Star Wars REST API exposing canonical Star Wars data — films, people, planets,
  species, starships, and vehicles. Originally built by Paul Hallett (@phalt) at swapi.co, it is now maintained as community
  mirrors at swapi.dev (Python/Django, @juriy) and www.swapi.tech (Node/MongoDB, @semperry). SWAPI is one of the most widely
  cited "teaching APIs" in the developer ecosystem.
url: https://swapi.dev/
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2014472?s=200
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-29'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Video
x-tier: 2
x-tier-reason: enriched-during-pipeline-run
x-type: opensource
tags:
- Star Wars
- Open Source
- Teaching API
- Public API
- REST
- GraphQL
- Entertainment
- Datasets
apis:
- name: SWAPI REST API (swapi.tech)
  description: The Node/MongoDB community rebuild of SWAPI, maintained by @semperry at swapi.tech. Wraps the canonical SWAPI
    payloads inside `result.properties` envelopes and adds Discord/Reddit community surfaces. Exposes the same six top-level
    resources (films, people, planets, species, starships, vehicles).
  humanURL: https://www.swapi.tech/
  baseURL: https://www.swapi.tech/api
  tags:
  - REST
  - Star Wars
  - Open Source
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.swapi.tech/
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/semperry/swapi
- aid: swapi:swapi-films-api
  name: SWAPI - Star Wars API Films API
  description: The Star Wars films (theatrical episodes I-VII supported by the canonical dataset).
  humanURL: https://swapi.dev/
  baseURL: https://swapi.dev/api
  tags:
  - Films
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swapi-films-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swapi.dev/documentation
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/swapi-graphql.md
- aid: swapi:swapi-people-api
  name: SWAPI - Star Wars API People API
  description: Characters from the Star Wars universe (Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, etc.).
  humanURL: https://swapi.dev/
  baseURL: https://swapi.dev/api
  tags:
  - People
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swapi-people-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swapi.dev/documentation
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/swapi-graphql.md
- aid: swapi:swapi-planets-api
  name: SWAPI - Star Wars API Planets API
  description: Planets featured across the Star Wars films.
  humanURL: https://swapi.dev/
  baseURL: https://swapi.dev/api
  tags:
  - Planets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swapi-planets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swapi.dev/documentation
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/swapi-graphql.md
- aid: swapi:swapi-species-api
  name: SWAPI - Star Wars API Species API
  description: Sentient and non-sentient species of the Star Wars universe.
  humanURL: https://swapi.dev/
  baseURL: https://swapi.dev/api
  tags:
  - Species
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swapi-species-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swapi.dev/documentation
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/swapi-graphql.md
- aid: swapi:swapi-starships-api
  name: SWAPI - Star Wars API Starships API
  description: Hyperdrive-capable starships (X-wings, Star Destroyers, Death Stars).
  humanURL: https://swapi.dev/
  baseURL: https://swapi.dev/api
  tags:
  - Starships
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swapi-starships-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swapi.dev/documentation
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/swapi-graphql.md
- aid: swapi:swapi-vehicles-api
  name: SWAPI - Star Wars API Vehicles API
  description: Non-hyperdrive vehicles (AT-ATs, snowspeeders, sand crawlers).
  humanURL: https://swapi.dev/
  baseURL: https://swapi.dev/api
  tags:
  - Vehicles
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/swapi-vehicles-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://swapi.dev/documentation
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
  - type: GraphQL
    url: graphql/swapi-graphql.md
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/swapi-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/swapi-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://swapi.dev/
- type: PublicAPIsListing
  url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/Juriy/swapi/blob/master/LICENSE
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (johnpapa)
  url: https://github.com/johnpapa/mcp-starwars
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (olaekdahl)
  url: https://github.com/olaekdahl/swapi-mcp-server
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (glaucia86)
  url: https://github.com/glaucia86/swapi-mcp-server-app
- type: Tools
  title: MCP Server (Qwizi)
  url: https://github.com/Qwizi/swapi-mcp
- type: SDKs
  title: Android SDK (Oleur)
  url: https://github.com/Oleur/SWAPI-Android-SDK
- type: SDKs
  title: Swift SDK (bratwursted)
  url: https://github.com/bratwursted/swapi-swift
- type: SDKs
  title: R Client (LionyxML)
  url: https://github.com/LionyxML/r-swapi-client
- type: CodeExamples
  title: Java + Spring Sample
  url: https://github.com/vininjr/starwars
- type: CodeExamples
  title: Flutter + GraphQL Sample
  url: https://github.com/kranfix/flutter_graphql_swapi
- type: OpenAPI
  title: Community OpenAPI (kamilkodzi)
  url: https://github.com/kamilkodzi/oas-swapi
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/swapi-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRuleset
  url: rules/swapi-spectral-rules.yml
- type: APICommonsPlans
  url: plans/swapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: APICommonsRateLimits
  url: rate-limits/swapi-rate-limits.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

SWAPI - Star Wars API

APIs 7

Open Collections 1

GraphQL 1

Pricing Plans 1

Rate Limits 1

Semantic Vocabularies 1

Spectral Rules 2

JSON Schema 6

JSON Structure 6

Examples 8

Security Posture 1

Agentic Access 1

Documentation 1

Agent Surfaces 1

Design & Contract 2

Build 10

Access & Security 1

Operate 1

Commercial 2

Company 1

Other 1

Source (apis.yml)