Star Wars API Scraper (SWAPI)

Scrape the Star Wars universe data from SWAPI. Get characters, planets, films, species, vehicles, and starships with full search and pagination support.

Features

• 6 resource types: People, planets, films, species, vehicles, starships
• Search: Filter by name/title to find specific entries
• Full pagination: Automatically follows all pages for complete datasets
• Rich data: All fields from the SWAPI API, properly transformed
• Configurable limit: Control how many results to return

Output Fields

People

Field	Description
name	Character name
height	Height in cm
mass	Mass in kg
hairColor	Hair color
skinColor	Skin color
eyeColor	Eye color
birthYear	Birth year (BBY/ABY)
gender	Gender
homeworld	Homeworld API URL
films	Film appearance URLs

Planets

Field	Description
name	Planet name
climate	Climate type
terrain	Terrain type
population	Population count
diameter	Diameter in km
gravity	Gravity rating

Films

Field	Description
title	Film title
episodeId	Episode number
director	Director name
producer	Producer(s)
releaseDate	Release date
openingCrawl	Opening text crawl

Input Options

• Mode: Resource type (people, planets, films, species, vehicles, starships)
• Search Query: Filter results by name (e.g. "Luke", "Tatooine")
• Limit: Max results to return (0 = all)

Use Cases

• Apps & Games: Build Star Wars reference apps or trivia games
• Data analysis: Analyze the Star Wars universe dataset
• Education: Learn about APIs and data scraping with a fun dataset
• Content creation: Generate Star Wars content with accurate data
• Chatbots: Power Star Wars trivia bots with structured data

Example Output

{
  "name": "Luke Skywalker",
  "type": "person",
  "height": "172",
  "mass": "77",
  "hairColor": "blond",
  "eyeColor": "blue",
  "birthYear": "19BBY",
  "gender": "male",
  "homeworld": "https://swapi.dev/api/planets/1/",
  "films": ["https://swapi.dev/api/films/1/", "..."],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-26T12:00:00.000Z"
}

Data Source

• SWAPI -- The Star Wars API, free and open

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