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The Python helper library for swapi.co

swapi-python

A Python helper library for swapi.co - the Star Wars API

NOTE: Tests will run against hosted API as opposed to data from github repo

• Free software: BSD license
• Documentation: https://swapi-python.readthedocs.org.

Installation

At the command line:

$ pip install swapi

Basic Usage

To use swapi-python in a project:

import swapi

All resources are accessible through the top-level get_resource() methods:

luke = swapi.get_person(1)
tatooine = swapi.get_planet(1)

Methods

These are the top-level methods you can use to get resources from swapi.co. To learn more about the models and objects that are returned, see the models page.

get_person(id)

Return a single Person resource.

Example:

swapi.get_person(1)
>>> <Person - Luke Skywalker>

get_planet(id)

Return a single Planet resource.

Example:

swapi.get_planet(1)
>>> <Planet - Tatooine>

get_starship(id)

Return a single Starship resource.

Example:

swapi.get_starship(6)
>>> <Starship - Death Star>

get_vehicle(id)

Return a single Vehicle resource.

Example:

swapi.get_vehicle(4)
>>> <Vehicle - Sand Crawler>

get_film(id)

Return a single Film resource.

Example:

swapi.get_film(1)
>>> <Film - A New Hope>

get_all("resource")

Return a QuerySet containing all the items in a single resource. See the `models` page for more information on the models used in swapi-python.

Example:

swapi.get_all("films")
>>> <FilmQuerySet - 6>