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SWAPI Species

A species in the Star Wars universe.

Star WarsOpen-SourceTeaching APIPublic APIRESTGraphQLEntertainmentDatasets

Properties

Name Type Description
name string
classification string
designation string
average_height string
skin_colors string
hair_colors string
eye_colors string
average_lifespan string
homeworld stringnull
language string
people array
films array
created string
edited string
url string
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JSON Schema

swapi-species-schema.json Raw ↑ 
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/swapi/main/json-schema/swapi-species-schema.json",
  "title": "SWAPI Species",
  "description": "A species in the Star Wars universe.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["name", "url"],
  "properties": {
    "name": {"type": "string", "example": "Human"},
    "classification": {"type": "string", "example": "mammal"},
    "designation": {"type": "string", "example": "sentient"},
    "average_height": {"type": "string", "example": "180"},
    "skin_colors": {"type": "string"},
    "hair_colors": {"type": "string"},
    "eye_colors": {"type": "string"},
    "average_lifespan": {"type": "string", "example": "120"},
    "homeworld": {"type": ["string", "null"], "format": "uri"},
    "language": {"type": "string", "example": "Galactic Basic"},
    "people": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}},
    "films": {"type": "array", "items": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}},
    "created": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
    "edited": {"type": "string", "format": "date-time"},
    "url": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}
  }
}

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