SWAPI - Star Wars API

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All Star Wars data — people, films, starships, vehicles, species, and planets. Classic beginner API. Free, no API key required.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Get all films

Get all Star Wars films.

https://swapi.dev/api/films

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://swapi.dev/api/films/"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://swapi.dev/api/films/",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://swapi.dev/api/films/';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://swapi.dev/api/films/"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://swapi.dev/api/films/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://swapi.dev/api/films/";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Get a person

Get Luke Skywalker's data.

https://swapi.dev/api/people/1

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X GET "https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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No API key needed
People: GET /people/?search=darth
Films: GET /films/
Starships: GET /starships/
Planets: GET /planets/
Vehicles: GET /vehicles/

What can you build with SWAPI - Star Wars API?

SWAPI - Star Wars API is a Developer Tools API. Developers commonly use developer tools APIs for:

automating code review and quality checks
integrating CI/CD pipelines and build systems
managing feature flags and A/B tests
monitoring errors and application performance
generating and validating test data

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. SWAPI - Star Wars API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

New to APIs? Read our beginner's guide

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