Softwium
App · 8 actions
Free dummy data for testing and prototyping from Softwium's Fake API: programming books, world currencies, 1,000 made-up people and Pokémon, each searchable and pageable. No account or API key required.
Actions
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Get book | Get one of Softwium's dummy programming books by its id: its title, ISBN, page count and authors. |
| Get currency | Look up one world currency by its three-letter code, such as USD, or by its Softwium id, and get its name. |
| Get person | Get one made-up person by their id: first name, last name and age. |
| Get Pokémon | Look up one Pokémon by its name or National Pokédex number, and get its types, height, weight and evolution family. |
| List books | List Softwium's 80 dummy programming books, with title, ISBN, page count and authors, optionally searched by title, author or ISBN. |
| List currencies | List 170 world currencies with their three-letter codes and names, optionally searched by code or name, such as every kind of dollar. |
| List people | List made-up people with first name, last name and age, optionally narrowed by name and an age range. |
| List Pokémon | List Pokémon from the first three generations with their types, height, weight and evolution family, optionally narrowed by name or type. |
Get book
Get one of Softwium's dummy programming books by its id: its title, ISBN, page count and authors. No API key required.
Inputs
- Book id
book_idnumberRequired - The book's Softwium id, 1 to 80.At least 1.
Outputs
bookobject- A dummy programming book.
Example output
{
"book": {
"authors": [
"Christian Bauer",
"Gavin King"
],
"authors_text": "Christian Bauer, Gavin King",
"id": 23,
"isbn": "1932394885",
"page_count": 880,
"title": "Java Persistence with Hibernate"
}
}Get currency
Look up one world currency by its three-letter code, such as USD, or by its Softwium id, and get its name. No API key required.
Inputs
- Currency
currencytextRequired - The currency's three-letter code, such as USD or EUR, or its Softwium id.
Outputs
currencyobject- A world currency.
Example output
{
"currency": {
"code": "USD",
"id": 151,
"name": "United States Dollar"
}
}Get person
Get one made-up person by their id: first name, last name and age. No API key required.
Inputs
- Person id
person_idnumberRequired - The person's Softwium id, 1 to 1,000.At least 1.
Outputs
personobject- A made-up person.
Example output
{
"person": {
"age": 37,
"first_name": "Bill",
"full_name": "Bill Afton",
"id": 11,
"last_name": "Afton"
}
}Get Pokémon
Look up one Pokémon by its name or National Pokédex number, and get its types, height, weight and evolution family. No API key required.
Inputs
- Pokémon
pokemontextRequired - The Pokémon's name, such as Pikachu, or its National Pokédex number, 1 to 386.
Outputs
pokemonobject- A Pokémon.
Example output
{
"pokemon": {
"family": "Pikachu",
"height_m": 0.4,
"name": "Pikachu",
"number": 25,
"types": [
"Electric"
],
"weight_kg": 6.0
}
}List books
List Softwium's 80 dummy programming books, with title, ISBN, page count and authors, optionally searched by title, author or ISBN. Handy as test data for a catalogue or a spreadsheet. No API key required.
Inputs
- Search
searchtext - Only include records whose title, author or ISBN contains this text. Leave empty for all of them.
- Number of results
limitnumber - How many records to return, 1 to 1000. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 1000.
- Skip
offsetnumber - How many matching records to skip before this page starts. Use the `next_offset` from a previous run to get the next page.At least 0.
Outputs
bookslist- The books in this page.
countnumber- How many records are in this page.
has_moretrue/false- True when more matching records follow this page.
next_offsetnumber- The Skip value for the next page, or null on the last one.
offsetnumber- How many matching records were skipped before this page.
searchtext- The search text used, or null when none was given.
total_matchednumber- How many records matched in all, across every page.
Example output
{
"books": [
{
"authors": [
"Anthony Briggs"
],
"authors_text": "Anthony Briggs",
"id": 35,
"isbn": "1935182080",
"page_count": 350,
"title": "Hello! Python"
}
],
"count": 1,
"has_more": false,
"next_offset": null,
"offset": 0,
"search": "python",
"total_matched": 1
}List currencies
List 170 world currencies with their three-letter codes and names, optionally searched by code or name, such as every kind of dollar. No API key required.
Inputs
- Search
searchtext - Only include records whose code or name contains this text. Leave empty for all of them.
- Number of results
limitnumber - How many records to return, 1 to 1000. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 1000.
- Skip
offsetnumber - How many matching records to skip before this page starts. Use the `next_offset` from a previous run to get the next page.At least 0.
Outputs
countnumber- How many records are in this page.
currencieslist- The currencies in this page.
has_moretrue/false- True when more matching records follow this page.
next_offsetnumber- The Skip value for the next page, or null on the last one.
offsetnumber- How many matching records were skipped before this page.
searchtext- The search text used, or null when none was given.
total_matchednumber- How many records matched in all, across every page.
Example output
{
"count": 1,
"currencies": [
{
"code": "USD",
"id": 151,
"name": "United States Dollar"
}
],
"has_more": false,
"next_offset": null,
"offset": 0,
"search": "united",
"total_matched": 1
}List people
List made-up people with first name, last name and age, optionally narrowed by name and an age range. 1,000 people in all: handy test data for a contacts list or a sign-up form. No API key required.
Inputs
- Name contains
nametext - Only include people whose full name contains this text. Leave empty for everyone.
- Minimum age
min_agenumber - Only include people this age or older.At least 0.
- Maximum age
max_agenumber - Only include people this age or younger.At least 0.
- Number of results
limitnumber - How many records to return, 1 to 1000. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 1000.
- Skip
offsetnumber - How many matching records to skip before this page starts. Use the `next_offset` from a previous run to get the next page.At least 0.
Outputs
countnumber- How many records are in this page.
has_moretrue/false- True when more matching records follow this page.
max_agenumber- The maximum age used, or null.
min_agenumber- The minimum age used, or null.
nametext- The name text used, or null when none was given.
next_offsetnumber- The Skip value for the next page, or null on the last one.
offsetnumber- How many matching records were skipped before this page.
peoplelist- The people in this page.
total_matchednumber- How many records matched in all, across every page.
Example output
{
"count": 1,
"has_more": false,
"max_age": 40,
"min_age": 30,
"name": "Bill",
"next_offset": null,
"offset": 0,
"people": [
{
"age": 37,
"first_name": "Bill",
"full_name": "Bill Afton",
"id": 11,
"last_name": "Afton"
}
],
"total_matched": 1
}List Pokémon
List Pokémon from the first three generations with their types, height, weight and evolution family, optionally narrowed by name or type. No API key required.
Inputs
- Name contains
nametext - Only include Pokémon whose name contains this text. Leave empty for all of them.
- Type
pokemon_typetext - Only include Pokémon of this type. Leave empty for every type.One of:
Bug,Dark,Dragon,Electric,Fairy,Fighting,Fire,Flying,Ghost,Grass, and 8 more. - Number of results
limitnumber - How many records to return, 1 to 1000. Defaults to 25.From 1 to 1000.
- Skip
offsetnumber - How many matching records to skip before this page starts. Use the `next_offset` from a previous run to get the next page.At least 0.
Outputs
countnumber- How many records are in this page.
has_moretrue/false- True when more matching records follow this page.
nametext- The name text used, or null when none was given.
next_offsetnumber- The Skip value for the next page, or null on the last one.
offsetnumber- How many matching records were skipped before this page.
pokemonlist- The Pokémon in this page, in Pokédex order.
pokemon_typetext- The type used, or null when none was given.
total_matchednumber- How many records matched in all, across every page.
Example output
{
"count": 1,
"has_more": false,
"name": "pika",
"next_offset": null,
"offset": 0,
"pokemon": [
{
"family": "Pikachu",
"height_m": 0.4,
"name": "Pikachu",
"number": 25,
"types": [
"Electric"
],
"weight_kg": 6.0
}
],
"pokemon_type": "Electric",
"total_matched": 1
}