A RESTful API for Pokémon - pokeapi.co
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Official Wrappers
- Node server-side PokeAPI/pokedex-promise-v2 | Auto caching
- Browser client-side PokeAPI/pokeapi-js-wrapper | Auto caching
- Java/Kotlin PokeAPI/pokekotlin
- Python 3 GregHilmes/pokebase | Auto caching
- Python 2/3 PokeAPI/pokepy | Auto caching
- PHP lmerotta/phpokeapi | Auto caching, lazy loading
- Ruby rdavid1099/poke-api-v2
- .Net Standard mtrdp642/PokeApiNet | Auto caching
- Go mtslzr/pokeapi-go | Auto caching
- Dart prathanbomb/pokedart
- Rust lunik1/pokerust | Auto caching
- Spring Boot dlfigueira/spring-pokeapi | Auto caching
- Swift kinkofer/PokemonAPI
Setup
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Download this source code into a working directory, be sure to use the flag
--recurse-submodules
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Install the requirements using pip:
make install # This will install all the required packages and libraries for using PokeAPI
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Set up the local development environment using the following command:
make setup
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Run the server using the following command:
make serve
Database setup
Start the Django shell by
python manage.py shell --settings=config.local
Run the build script with
from data.v2.build import build_all
build_all()
Visit localhost:8000/api/v2/ to see the running API!
Each time the build script is run, it will iterate over each table in the database, wipe it, and rewrite each row using the data found in data/v2/csv.
The option to build individual portions of the database was removed in order to increase performance of the build script.
If you ever need to wipe the database use this command:
make wipe_db
Docker and Compose
There is also a multi-container setup, managed by Docker Compose. This setup allow you to deploy a production-like environment, with separate containers for each services.
Start everything by simply
make docker-setup
If you don't have make
on your machine you can use the following commands
docker-compose up -d
docker-compose exec -T app python manage.py migrate --settings=config.docker-compose
docker-compose exec -T app sh -c 'echo "from data.v2.build import build_all; build_all()" | python manage.py shell --settings=config.docker-compose'
Browse localhost/api/v2/ or localhost/api/v2/pokemon/bulbasaur/ on port 80
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Donations
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Thank you to all our backers! Become a backer
Contributing
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute
All contributions are welcome: bug fixes, data contributions, recommendations.
Please see the issues on GitHub before you submit a pull request or raise an issue, someone else might have beat you to it.
To contribute to this repository:
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Download the forked project using git clone:
git clone --recurse-submodules git@github.com:<YOUR_USERNAME>/pokeapi.git
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Create a new branch with a descriptive name:
git checkout -b my_new_branch
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Write some code, fix something, and add a test to prove that it works. No pull request will be accepted without tests passing, or without new tests if new features are added.
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Commit your code and push it to GitHub
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Open a new pull request and describe the changes you have made.
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We'll accept your changes after review.
Simple!
Deprecation
As of October 2018, the v1 API has been removed from PokéAPI. For more information, see pokeapi.co/docs/v1.html.