# SWAPI - Star Wars API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/swapi/  
**Website:** https://swapi.dev/  
**APIs profiled:** 7

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.

## Kin Score — 25.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.5 from 25.2).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 21.0 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 23.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 16.7 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 26.3 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | na |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | na |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | documented |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | na |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (7)

- **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).

## Agentic access (1)

- **Swapi Agentic Access** — 12 operations

## Security (1)

- **Swapi Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Swapi Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Star Wars, Open-Source, Teaching API, Public API, REST, GraphQL, Entertainment, Datasets

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/swapi/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.