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Superhero API Search API

Search for characters by name.

Superhero API Search API is one of 2 APIs that Superhero API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, rate-limit docs, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://superheroapi.com/api.php.

1 operations 1 paths 8 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://superheroapi.com/api.php
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 1

Search for characters by name.

GET
/{access-token}/search/{name}
Search characters by name
searchCharacterByName 2 params → 200400

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Character (9 properties), Biography (7 properties), Appearance (6 properties), Powerstats (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Connections
object
Team affiliations and family/personal relationships.
2 properties
Powerstats
object
Numeric ratings (0–100) for the six core power attributes of a character.
6 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
Appearance
object
Physical appearance attributes of the character.
6 properties
Biography
object
Biographical details about the character.
7 properties
Character
object
Complete character record including all sub-sections.
9 properties
Work
object
Occupation and home base of the character.
2 properties
Image
object
Portrait image URL for the character.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

superhero-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Superhero API publishes across the network.

Superhero API Characters API
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