evelinag/fsharp-swapi

F# wrapper for the Star Wars API

F# Swapi

F# wrapper for swapi.co.

Installation

To use fsharp-swapi, you'll need to get the F# Data library.

To use fsharp-swapi, simply reference the swapi.fs file from your solution. You can also add the file using the paket dependency manager by adding the following line into your paket.dependencies file:

github evelinag/fsharp-swapi swapi.fs

See paket documentation for more details on referencing Github dependencies. See paket documentation for more details on referencing Github dependencies.

Using F# Swapi

To use the library, reference FSharp.Data and fsharp-swapi from your F# code.

#r "packages/FSharp.Data/lib/net40/FSharp.Data.dll"
#load "swapi.fs"
open StarWars.API

File examples.fsx contains "practical" examples of usage. Head there if you're interested in the average height of a Star Wars character, or if you want to know which eye colour is the most common.

Accessing individual resources

In swapi.co, each resource is available through its ID number. To access each resource based on the ID, call the following functions:

• getPerson id returns information on a given person.
• getPlanet id returns information about a planet.
• getFilm id returns information about a film.
• getSpecies id gives information about a species.
• getVehicle id gives information about a vehicle.
• getStarship id returns information about a specific starship.

All the functions use the F# JSON type providers. You can access all the information they return using the dot:

Downloading all information

To download all items available for each resource in swapi.co, you can run the following functions:

• getAllPeople()
• getAllPlanets()
• getAllFilms()
• getAllSpecies()
• getAllVehicles()
• getAllStarships()

The library is heavily based on F# JSON type providers.