Get a generation | PokéAPI unofficial

1 parameter

idstringrequired

The identifier of the generation to retrieve; this parameter can be a string or an integer.

1 status code

200Returns a generation object with its name, main region, abilities, moves, names, Pokémon species, types, and version groups.

idintegerrequired

namestringrequired

abilitiesarray<object>required

main_regionobjectrequired

movesarray<object>required

namesarray<object>required

pokemon_speciesarray<object>required

typesarray<object>required

version_groupsarray<object>required

Error handling

The id path parameter must identify an existing generation.

import { Client } from "pokéapi";

const client = new Client({
  baseUrl: "https://pokeapi.co",
});

const result = await client.generation.get({ id: "9b2f1c10-7a3e-4d54-8c2a-1f6b9e0d4a21" });

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Example Name",
  "abilities": [
    {
      "name": "Example Name",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ],
  "main_region": {
    "name": "Example Name",
    "url": "https://example.com"
  },
  "moves": [
    {
      "name": "Example Name",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ],
  "names": [
    {
      "name": "Example Name",
      "language": {
        "name": "Example Name",
        "url": "https://example.com"
      }
    }
  ],
  "pokemon_species": [
    {
      "name": "Example Name",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ],
  "types": [
    {
      "name": "Example Name",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ],
  "version_groups": [
    {
      "name": "Example Name",
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ]
}

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