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anurag-roy / poke-api

A dead simple Pokédex API, powered by Deno KV and Cron
https://pokeapi.deno.dev
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A dead simple Pokédex API powered by Deno KV.

API Reference

Get all Pokémon

GET /pokemon
Parameter Type Default Description
limit number 150 Number of objects to return.
offset number 1 Id from which to start the list
Examples

Endpoint: /pokemon?offset=150&limit=2

Response body ```json [ { "id": 150, "name": "Mewtwo", "genus": "Genetic Pokémon", "description": "It was created by a scientist after years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments.", "imageUrl": "https://pub-460ada4f152c4135a7ec0881a2cb1330.r2.dev/150.webp", "types": ["Psychic"], "abilities": [ { "name": "Pressure", "effect": "Moves targetting this Pokémon use one extra PP. This ability stacks if multiple targets have it. This ability still affects moves that fail or miss. This ability does not affect ally moves that target either the entire field or just its side, nor this Pokémon's self-targetted moves; it does, however, affect single-targetted ally moves aimed at this Pokémon, ally moves that target all other Pokémon, and opponents' moves that target the entire field. If this ability raises a move's PP cost above its remaining PP, it will use all remaining PP. When this Pokémon enters battle, all participating trainers are notified that it has this ability. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, higher-levelled Pokémon have their encounter rate increased.", "description": "Raises foe's PP usage." }, { "name": "Unnerve", "effect": "Opposing Pokémon cannot eat held Berries while this Pokémon is in battle. Affected Pokémon can still use bug bite or pluck to eat a target's Berry.", "description": "Makes the foe nervous and unable to eat Berries." } ], "stats": { "HP": 106, "Attack": 110, "Defense": 90, "Special Attack": 154, "Special Defense": 90, "Speed": 130 }, "locations": ["Cerulean Cave"], "color": "#f1eff3" }, { "id": 151, "name": "Mew", "genus": "New Species Pokémon", "description": "So rare that it is still said to be a mirage by many experts. Only a few people have seen it worldwide.", "imageUrl": "https://pub-460ada4f152c4135a7ec0881a2cb1330.r2.dev/151.webp", "types": ["Psychic"], "abilities": [ { "name": "Synchronize", "effect": "Whenever this Pokémon is burned, paralyzed, or poisoned, the Pokémon who gave this Pokémon that ailment is also given the ailment. This ability passes back bad poison when this Pokémon is badly poisoned. This ability cannot pass on a status ailment that the Pokémon did not directly receive from another Pokémon, such as the poison from toxic spikes or the burn from a flame orb. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, wild Pokémon have a 50% chance of having the lead Pokémon's nature, and a 50% chance of being given a random nature as usual, including the lead Pokémon's nature. This does not work on Pokémon received outside of battle or roaming legendaries.", "description": "Passes on status problems." } ], "stats": { "HP": 100, "Attack": 100, "Defense": 100, "Special Attack": 100, "Special Defense": 100, "Speed": 100 }, "locations": ["Faraway Island"], "color": "#f8e7eb" } ] ```

Get Pokémon by National Pokédex Index

GET /pokemon/:id
Parameter Type Description
id number Id of the Pokémon to fetch
Examples

Endpoint: /pokemon/150

Response body ```json { "id": 150, "name": "Mewtwo", "genus": "Genetic Pokémon", "description": "It was created by a scientist after years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments.", "imageUrl": "https://pub-460ada4f152c4135a7ec0881a2cb1330.r2.dev/150.webp", "types": ["Psychic"], "abilities": [ { "name": "Pressure", "effect": "Moves targetting this Pokémon use one extra PP. This ability stacks if multiple targets have it. This ability still affects moves that fail or miss. This ability does not affect ally moves that target either the entire field or just its side, nor this Pokémon's self-targetted moves; it does, however, affect single-targetted ally moves aimed at this Pokémon, ally moves that target all other Pokémon, and opponents' moves that target the entire field. If this ability raises a move's PP cost above its remaining PP, it will use all remaining PP. When this Pokémon enters battle, all participating trainers are notified that it has this ability. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, higher-levelled Pokémon have their encounter rate increased.", "description": "Raises foe's PP usage." }, { "name": "Unnerve", "effect": "Opposing Pokémon cannot eat held Berries while this Pokémon is in battle. Affected Pokémon can still use bug bite or pluck to eat a target's Berry.", "description": "Makes the foe nervous and unable to eat Berries." } ], "stats": { "HP": 106, "Attack": 110, "Defense": 90, "Special Attack": 154, "Special Defense": 90, "Speed": 130 }, "locations": ["Cerulean Cave"], "color": "#ded9e3" } ```

Get Pokémon by National Pokédex Index

GET /pokemon/:name
Parameter Type Description
name string Name of the Pokémon to fetch
Examples

Endpoint: /pokemon/gengar

Response body ```json { "id": 94, "name": "Gengar", "genus": "Shadow Pokémon", "description": "Under a full moon, this POKéMON likes to mimic the shadows of people and laugh at their fright.", "imageUrl": "https://pub-460ada4f152c4135a7ec0881a2cb1330.r2.dev/94.webp", "types": ["Ghost", "Poison"], "abilities": [ { "name": "Cursed Body", "effect": "Moves that hit this Pokémon have a 30% chance of being Disabled afterward.", "description": "May disable a move used on the Pokémon." } ], "stats": { "HP": 60, "Attack": 65, "Defense": 60, "Special Attack": 130, "Special Defense": 75, "Speed": 110 }, "locations": ["Old Chateau"], "color": "#cbc9da" } ```

Get Pokémon of the Day

GET /pokemon/potd
Examples

Endpoint: /pokemon/potd

Sample Response body ```json { "id": 150, "name": "Mewtwo", "genus": "Genetic Pokémon", "description": "It was created by a scientist after years of horrific gene splicing and DNA engineering experiments.", "imageUrl": "https://pub-460ada4f152c4135a7ec0881a2cb1330.r2.dev/150.webp", "types": ["Psychic"], "abilities": [ { "name": "Pressure", "effect": "Moves targetting this Pokémon use one extra PP. This ability stacks if multiple targets have it. This ability still affects moves that fail or miss. This ability does not affect ally moves that target either the entire field or just its side, nor this Pokémon's self-targetted moves; it does, however, affect single-targetted ally moves aimed at this Pokémon, ally moves that target all other Pokémon, and opponents' moves that target the entire field. If this ability raises a move's PP cost above its remaining PP, it will use all remaining PP. When this Pokémon enters battle, all participating trainers are notified that it has this ability. Overworld: If the lead Pokémon has this ability, higher-levelled Pokémon have their encounter rate increased.", "description": "Raises foe's PP usage." }, { "name": "Unnerve", "effect": "Opposing Pokémon cannot eat held Berries while this Pokémon is in battle. Affected Pokémon can still use bug bite or pluck to eat a target's Berry.", "description": "Makes the foe nervous and unable to eat Berries." } ], "stats": { "HP": 106, "Attack": 110, "Defense": 90, "Special Attack": 154, "Special Defense": 90, "Speed": 130 }, "locations": ["Cerulean Cave"], "color": "#ded9e3" } ```

Why

  1. This started out as an API to just test out Deno Deploy.
  2. Now, it's just my defacto API when trying out some new frontend tool/framework.

The data was prepared from PokéAPI's api-data using this simple script. Also all the images are in .webp to speed things up a bit.

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