Working with GhibliAPI - Public API Docs

GhibliAPI is a public API that provides data about Studio Ghibli films. It is a great resource for developers and fans alike. In this blog post, we will go through the steps for working with GhibliAPI using JavaScript.

Getting Started

Before we can start using the GhibliAPI, we need to get an API key. Fortunately, GhibliAPI does not require an API key to access the data. All we need to do is make HTTP requests to the provided endpoints.

Endpoints

GhibliAPI provides several endpoints to retrieve data about Ghibli films. These endpoints are as follows:

• /films
• /people
• /locations
• /species
• /vehicles

Each endpoint contains a JSON array with objects representing each entity. For example, the /films endpoint contains an array of films with details such as the film's title, description, and director.

Making HTTP Requests

To make HTTP requests, we can use the built-in fetch function in JavaScript. Here are some examples:

// retrieve all films from /films endpoint
fetch('https://ghibliapi.herokuapp.com/films')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))

// retrieve individual film from /films endpoint
fetch('https://ghibliapi.herokuapp.com/films/2baf70d1-42bb-4437-b551-e5fed5a87abe')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))

// retrieve all people from /people endpoint
fetch('https://ghibliapi.herokuapp.com/people')
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))

Conclusion

In this blog post, we learned how to use the GhibliAPI to retrieve data about Ghibli films using JavaScript. We covered the endpoints available, and how to make HTTP requests to retrieve the data. With these skills, you can explore and use the GhibliAPI to your heart's content!