specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: SWAPI
providerId: swapi
created: '2026-05-29'
modified: '2026-05-29'
tags:
  - Star Wars
  - Open Source
  - Public API
  - Teaching API
description: >-
  SWAPI is a free, open, community-maintained read-only API. There is no paid tier
  and no commercial offering attached to the swapi.dev or swapi.tech mirrors.
  Donations (PayPal) are accepted by the swapi.tech maintainer; partner discount
  affiliate links are surfaced in the API root payload. Documented here as a single
  "free" plan with no usage cost.
plans:
  - id: swapi-free
    name: Free
    type: free
    description: >-
      Free, anonymous, unauthenticated access to all SWAPI resources (films, people,
      planets, species, starships, vehicles). Read-only. No published quota.
    entries:
      - label: API Requests
        description: All SWAPI endpoints are free of charge.
        name: api_requests
        type: quota
        metric: requests
        limit: null
        timeFrame: month
        geo: global
        domains:
          - https://swapi.dev/api
          - https://www.swapi.tech/api
        unit: 1
        price: '0.00'
        userMultiplied: false
billing:
  currency: USD
  model: donation
  donationUrl: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=2HGAUVTWGR5T2
  notes: >-
    The swapi.tech maintainer accepts PayPal donations. swapi.dev has no published
    funding mechanism. Neither mirror charges for API usage.