pokeapi

Haskell interface to the v2 REST API of PokeAPI: https://pokeapi.co.

Example usage

import Pokeapi
import qualified Data.Text.IO as T

main = do
  toge <- get "togekiss"
  let entry = filter (\ft -> (name $ ftLanguage ft) == "en"
                             && (name <$> ftVersion ft) == Just "soulsilver")
                     (psFlavorTextEntries toge)
  case entry of
       [e] -> T.putStrLn (ftFlavorText e)
       _   -> pure ()

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Switching the base URL

Set the POKEAPI_BASE_URL environment variable to wherever you are hosting the data on. For example, when developing locally (using the Makefile in the original repository), you can set this to http://localhost:8000. (Note that the http:// prefix is mandatory.)

Caching

PokeAPI generally asks that you locally cache results where possible.

By default, the results of HTTP requests are cached inside ~/.pokeapi_cache.

You can specify the cache directory using the POKEAPI_CACHE_LOCATION environment variable.

If you do not want to use caching at all, set the POKEAPI_NO_CACHE environment variable to any non-empty value.