A Node.js helper library for http://swapi.dev/ - the Star Wars API
- node.js - 0.12.0+ (Uses Native Promises)
- love of Star Wars
npm install swapi-node
const swapi = require('swapi-node');
swapi.people({ id: 1 }).then((result) => {
console.log(result);
});
There is a general get
method that takes a url
. So this is also possible:
swapi.get('https://swapi.dev/api/people/?page=2').then((result) => {
console.log(result);
});
When you call a "Base URL", like https://swapi.dev/api/people/, it will include a next
and previous
parameter. These will be the link to the next/previous page of data.
There are helper methods to get results from the next/previous page called nextPage
and previousPage
. Each of these returns a Promise
Here is an example
swapi.get('https://swapi.dev/api/people/').then((result) => {
console.log(result);
return result.nextPage();
}).then((result) => {
console.log(result);
return result.previousPage();
}).then((result) => {
console.log(result);
}).catch((err) => {
console.log(err);
});
There are some values that return a link. To make it easier to deal with these, there are corresponding getters for those properties.
For example, a call to people({id: 1})
might return this json:
{
"name": "Luke Skywalker",
"height": "172",
"mass": "77",
"hair_color": "blond",
"skin_color": "fair",
"eye_color": "blue",
"birth_year": "19BBY",
"gender": "male",
"homeworld": "https://swapi.dev/api/planets/1/",
"films": [
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/1/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/2/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/3/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/6/"
],
"species": [],
"vehicles": [
"https://swapi.dev/api/vehicles/14/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/vehicles/30/"
],
"starships": [
"https://swapi.dev/api/starships/12/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/starships/22/"
],
"created": "2014-12-09T13:50:51.644000Z",
"edited": "2014-12-20T21:17:56.891000Z",
"url": "https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/"
}
taking "homeworld" as an example, you can now call getHomeworld()
, which will return a Promise
getHomeworld().then((result) => {
console.log(result);
});
This might produce some json like this:
{
"name": "Tatooine",
"rotation_period": "23",
"orbital_period": "304",
"diameter": "10465",
"climate": "arid",
"gravity": "1 standard",
"terrain": "desert",
"surface_water": "1",
"population": "200000",
"residents": [
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/1/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/2/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/4/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/6/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/7/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/8/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/9/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/11/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/43/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/people/62/"
],
"films": [
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/1/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/3/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/4/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/5/",
"https://swapi.dev/api/films/6/"
],
"created": "2014-12-09T13:50:49.641000Z",
"edited": "2014-12-21T20:48:04.175778Z",
"url": "https://swapi.dev/api/planets/1/"
}
This API tries to follow the API for the Python helper lib here: https://github.com/phalt/swapi-python
For documentation on the Star Wars API, check out their docs: http://swapi.dev/documentation
- 0.3.0 - Usage of Native Promises, Node 0.12+ or greater needed