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 is listed with 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Films API, People API, Planets API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include Star Wars, Open Source, Teaching API, Public APIs, 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 22 more developer resources.

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Composite quality — 22.3/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 4.4 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.8 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.9 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.6 / 15

Open Source Surface 2.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 9 / 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 4 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Machine-Readable Auth +10 pts — a served openid-configuration/oauth-authorization-server carrying `issuer` (served), else the securitySchemes class in the provider OpenAPIs — bound (mutualTLS, DPoP, Signature) > negotiable (oauth2 authorizationCode/clientCredentials, openIdConnect) > bearer (http bearer, apiKey)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

6 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Contract Quality scores 23.5 — up to +19.1 composite points
Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 26.2 — up to +14.8 composite points

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Standards implemented 3

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

GraphQL

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

REST

tagged — the provider's own APIs.json carries the standard as a tag; implementation not verified

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 7

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

SWAPI REST API (swapi.tech)

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/Redd...

SWAPI - Star Wars API Films API

The Star Wars films (theatrical episodes I-VII supported by the canonical dataset).

SWAPI - Star Wars API People API

Characters from the Star Wars universe (Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, etc.).

SWAPI - Star Wars API Planets API

Planets featured across the Star Wars films.

SWAPI - Star Wars API Species API

Sentient and non-sentient species of the Star Wars universe.

SWAPI - Star Wars API Starships API

Hyperdrive-capable starships (X-wings, Star Destroyers, Death Stars).

SWAPI - Star Wars API Vehicles API

Non-hyperdrive vehicles (AT-ATs, snowspeeders, sand crawlers).

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SWAPI - Star Wars API pricing

Not yet checked against SWAPI - Star Wars API's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-29; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
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Rate limits

Polite-Use Convention (Undocumented): requests per minute

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Swapi Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Swapi Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

SWAPI - Star Wars API

SLA

Semantic Vocabularies 1

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

Swapi Context

6 classes · 61 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

SWAPI - Star Wars API — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

SWAPI - Star Wars API API Rules

39 rules · 10 errors 24 warnings 5 info

SPECTRAL

16 properties

JSON SCHEMA

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 8

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Swapi Getfilm Example

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

Swapi Agentic Access

12 operations

12 operations · 0 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

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 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

APICommonsRateLimits

APICommonsRateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

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/
deliveryModel:
  model: self-hosted
  license: BSD-3-Clause
  license_evidence:
    repo: semperry/swapi
    spdx: BSD-3-Clause
    stars: 14
  open_source: true
  commercial: false
  callable_host: true
  label: Self-hosted open source · you run it yourself
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - repository-license
  generated: '2026-09-25'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2014472?s=200
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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 APIs
- REST
- GraphQL
- Entertainment
- Datasets
tags_raw:
- Star Wars
- Open Source
- Teaching API
- Public API
- REST
- GraphQL
- Entertainment
- Datasets
- Open-Source
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
  tags_raw:
  - REST
  - Star Wars
  - Open Source
  - 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:
  - Film
  tags_raw:
  - 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
common:
- type: Plans
  url: plans/swapi-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/swapi-rate-limits.yml
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/semperry/swapi/issues
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/semperry/swapi/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- 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 — frequently asked questions

Does SWAPI - Star Wars API have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 7 APIs from SWAPI - Star Wars API, including SWAPI REST API (swapi.tech), SWAPI - Star Wars API Films API and SWAPI - Star Wars API People API, and 4 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the SWAPI - Star Wars API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for SWAPI - Star Wars API, each linked for download from this page.

How much does the SWAPI - Star Wars API cost?

APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for SWAPI - Star Wars API, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the SWAPI - Star Wars API ready for AI agents?

SWAPI - Star Wars API has a Kin Score of 22.3 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 21.2 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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