README.md

ExShla - The Rick and Morty API Wrapper

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Elixir client for the Rick and Morty API

The Rick and Morty API (or ShlaAPI) is a RESTful API based on the television show Rick and Morty. You will access to data about hundreds of characters, images, locations and episodes.

To get started check the documentation on rickandmortyapi.com

Installation

Add ex_shla to your list of dependencies in mix.exs:

def deps do
  [
    {:ex_shla, "~> 0.1.5"}
  ]
end

Usage

Get API Info

iex> ExShla.info()
%{
  characters: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character",
  episodes: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode",
  locations: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/location"
}

Get a character by id

iex> ExShla.character(1)
{:ok, %ExShla.Resource.Character{
  created: "2017-11-04T18:48:46.250Z",
  episode: [
    "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode/1",
    ...
  ],
  gender: "Male",
  id: 1,
  image: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/avatar/1.jpeg",
  location: %{
    name: "Earth (Replacement Dimension)",
    url: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/location/20"
  },
  name: "Rick Sanchez",
  origin: %{
    name: "Earth (C-137)",
    url: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/location/1"
  },
  species: "Human",
  status: "Alive",
  type: "",
  url: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/1"
}}

Get all characters (paginated)

iex> ExShla.characters()
{:ok, %{
  data: [%ExShla.Resource.Character{}, ...],
  meta: %ExShla.Meta{
    count: 394,
    next: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/?page=2",
    pages: 20,
    prev: ""
  }
}}

Get an episode by id

iex> ExShla.episode(1)
{:ok, %ExShla.Resource.Episode{
  air_date: "December 2, 2013",
  characters: [
    "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/1",
    ...
  ]
  created: "2017-11-10T12:56:33.798Z",
  episode: "S01E01",
  id: 1,
  name: "Pilot",
  url: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode/1"
}}

Get all episodes (paginated)

iex> ExShla.episodes()
{:ok, %{
  data: [%ExShla.Resource.Episode{}, ...],
  meta: %ExShla.Meta{
    count: 31,
    next: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode/?page=2",
    pages: 2,
    prev: ""
  }
}}

Get a location by id

iex> ExShla.location(1)
{:ok, %ExShla.Resource.Location{
  created: "2017-11-10T12:42:04.162Z",
  dimension: "Dimension C-137",
  id: 1,
  name: "Earth (C-137)",
  residents: [
    "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/38",
    ...
  ],
  type: "Planet",
  url: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/location/1"
}}

Get all locations (paginated)

iex> ExShla.locations()
{:ok, %{
  data: [%ExShla.Resource.Location{}, ...],
  meta: %ExShla.Meta{
    count: 67,
    next: "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/location/?page=2",
    pages: 4,
    prev: ""
  }
}}