Pokéfacts
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Get random Pokémon facts from Pokéfacts, a free, community-run collection of over 3,600 of them: one at a time or up to 50 at once, from any generation of Pokémon, 1 to 9. No account or API key required. Disclaimer: this is an independent integration with the community-run Pokéfacts API (pokefacts.vercel.app). It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., or The Pokémon Company; Pokémon and all related names and trademarks belong to their respective owners.
Get a random Pokémon fact
Get one random Pokémon fact as plain text, ready to post in a chat or use later in the workflow. Choose a generation for a fact about its Pokémon, or leave it empty for a fact about generations 1 to 3. No API key required.
Inputs
- Generation
generationtext - Optional. Only facts about the Pokémon a generation introduced, from 1 (Kanto) to 9 (Paldea). Pokéfacts finds them by the Pokémon names in each fact, so the match is approximate: a fact can also mention Pokémon from other generations. Leave it empty and the facts come from generations 1 to 3 only, one of the three picked at random each run.One of:
1(Generation 1 (Kanto)),2(Generation 2 (Johto)),3(Generation 3 (Hoenn)),4(Generation 4 (Sinnoh)),5(Generation 5 (Unova)),6(Generation 6 (Kalos)),7(Generation 7 (Alola)),8(Generation 8 (Galar and Hisui)),9(Generation 9 (Paldea)).
Outputs
facttext- The fact, as plain text.
generationnumber- The generation the facts were asked about, 1 to 9. Null when none was chosen, in which case Pokéfacts picked one of generations 1 to 3.
Example output
{
"fact": "Mewtwo comes before Mew in the Pokedex despite being created from its modified DNA.",
"generation": null
}Get several random Pokémon facts
Get up to 50 random Pokémon facts in one step, all different, for a daily digest, a quiz or a batch of posts. Choose a generation for facts about its Pokémon, or leave it empty for facts about generations 1 to 3. No API key required.
Inputs
- Number of facts
countnumber - Optional. How many facts to get, 1 to 50. 5 by default. The facts in one answer are always different from each other.From 1 to 50. Default:
5. - Generation
generationtext - Optional. Only facts about the Pokémon a generation introduced, from 1 (Kanto) to 9 (Paldea). Pokéfacts finds them by the Pokémon names in each fact, so the match is approximate: a fact can also mention Pokémon from other generations. Leave it empty and the facts come from generations 1 to 3 only, one of the three picked at random each run.One of:
1(Generation 1 (Kanto)),2(Generation 2 (Johto)),3(Generation 3 (Hoenn)),4(Generation 4 (Sinnoh)),5(Generation 5 (Unova)),6(Generation 6 (Kalos)),7(Generation 7 (Alola)),8(Generation 8 (Galar and Hisui)),9(Generation 9 (Paldea)).
Outputs
countnumber- How many facts came back: the number asked for.
factslist- The facts, each as plain text, in random order and never the same fact twice.
generationnumber- The generation the facts were asked about, 1 to 9. Null when none was chosen, in which case Pokéfacts picked one of generations 1 to 3.
Example output
{
"count": 3,
"facts": [
"Eevee has the most branched Evolutions, with a total of eight.",
"Pikachu has the most event-exclusive moves available to it.",
"Magikarp was the first Pok\u00e9mon featured in Professor Oak's Pok\u00e9mon Lecture in EP061."
],
"generation": 1
}