POST /species/identify

Identifies the species in the uploaded photo.

Note that the AI model for species recognition is still in training! For now, name the file after the the species you want to discover, for example “pikachu.jpg”. Lookup the list of species on Wikipedia.

Only generation I species are recognizable.

URL

https://api.pokedexercice.ch/species/identify

Parameters

Name	Validation	Description
file	required, file, mimes: jpg,png,jpeg,gif,svg	An image with the name of the species to discover.

Return

201 if the species was not yet discovered, 200 if the species was already known

{
    id: number;
    name: string;
    image: string;
    types: string[];
}

Example

Request

fetch('https://api.pokedexercice.ch/species/identify', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {'Authorization': `Bearer MY_PERSONAL_TOKEN`},
    body: formData // FormData object containing your file
});

Response

{
  "data": {
    "id": 25,
    "name": "Pikachu",
    "image": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PokeAPI/sprites/master/sprites/pokemon/other/official-artwork/25.png",
    "types": [
      "electric"
    ]
  }
}