Simple Pokémon JSON API

• 🤔 Project explanation
• 🚀 Environment setup
• 🤓 API Documentation

🤔 Project explanation

This simple Pokémon API has been created to be used in APIs introduction lessons in Skylab Coders Academy.

We need to have access to an API not connected to a online database, for this reason we scraped pokémondb.net website and saved the needed info of all Pokémons in a JSON file.

🚀 Environment setup

1. Install Docker
2. Clone this project: git clone https://github.com/robert-z/simple-pokemon-json-api.git
3. Move to the project folder: cd simple-json-pokeapi
4. Copy the default environment variables: cp .env.dist .env
5. Add api.pokemon.dev domain to your local hosts: echo "127.0.0.1 api.pokemon.dev"| sudo tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null
6. Run docker-compose build
7. Run docker-compose up -d

🤓 API Documentation

Usage

Send all data requests to:

http://api.pokemon.dev:8080/api

Endpoints

• GET /pokedex

• GET /pokedex/:name

• GET /pokedex/all

• GET /search

Parameters

GET /pokedex

Parameter	Required	Default Value
page	No	1
perPage	No	20

URL example

http://api.pokemon.dev:8080/api/pokedex?page=1&perPage=10

Return example

{
    "data": [
        {
            "num": 1,
            "name": "Bulbasaur",
            "image": "http://api.pokemon.dev/images/bulbasaur.jpg"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "totalPages": 81,
    "totalResults": 809
}

---

GET /pokedex/:name

Parameter	Required	Default Value
name	Yes	<empty>

URL example

http://api.pokemon.dev:8080/api/pokedex/pikachu

Return example

{
    "num": 25,
    "name": "Pikachu",
    "variations": [
        {
            "name": "Pikachu",
            "description": "Pikachu is an Electric type Pokémon introduced in Generation 1. It is known as the Mouse Pokémon.",
            "image": "http://api.pokemon.dev/images/pikachu.jpg",
            "types": [
                "Electric"
            ],
            "specie": "Mouse Pokémon",
            "height": 0.4,
            "weight": 6,
            "abilities": [
                "Static",
                "Lightning Rod"
            ],
            "stats": {
                "total": 320,
                "hp": 35,
                "attack": 55,
                "defense": 40,
                "speedAttack": 50,
                "speedDefense": 50,
                "speed": 90
            },
            "evolutions": [
                "pichu",
                "pikachu",
                "raichu"
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Partner Pikachu",
            "description": "Pikachu is an Electric type Pokémon introduced in Generation 1. It is known as the Mouse Pokémon.",
            "image": "http://api.pokemon.dev/images/pikachu-lets-go.jpg",
            "types": [
                "Electric"
            ],
            "specie": "Mouse Pokémon",
            "height": 0.4,
            "weight": 6,
            "abilities": [],
            "stats": {
                "total": 430,
                "hp": 45,
                "attack": 80,
                "defense": 50,
                "speedAttack": 75,
                "speedDefense": 60,
                "speed": 120
            },
            "evolutions": [
                "pichu",
                "pikachu",
                "raichu"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "link": "https://pokemondb.net/pokedex/pikachu"
}

---

GET /pokedex/all

URL example

http://api.pokemon.dev:8080/api/pokedex/all

Return example

{
    "data": [
        {
            "num": 1,
            "name": "Bulbasaur",
            "image": "http://api.pokemon.dev/images/bulbasaur.jpg"
        },
        ...
    ]
}

---

GET /search

Parameter	Required	Default Value
query	Yes	<empty>
page	No	1
perPage	No	20

URL example

http://api.pokemon.dev:8080/api/search?query=pik&page=1&perPage=10

Return example

{
    "data": [
        {
            "num": 25,
            "name": "Pikachu",
            "image": "http://api.pokemon.dev/images/pikachu.jpg"
        },
        ...
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "totalPages": 1,
    "totalResults": 6
}