SuperHeroes API

Beginner's Pick Games & Comics / API Key Intermediate HTTPS
Varies by plan (check documentation)

Overview

The SuperHero API aggregates data on thousands of superheroes and villains from Marvel, DC, and other universes in a single REST API. You can look up power stats, biography, appearance, and images for any character using their numeric ID. An API key is required but free to obtain at superheroapi.com.

Beginner Tip

Get your free API key at superheroapi.com/api.html, then fetch any hero by ID using /api/YOUR_API_KEY/{id}. Character IDs range from 1 to 731 — start with a few to explore the data structure.

Available Data

SuperHeroes data via REST API

Example Response

JSON Response
{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "SuperHeroes",
  "data": "All SuperHeroes and Villains data from all universes under a single API",
  "source": "SuperHeroes"
}

Field Reference

id Unique numeric string identifier for the character
name Hero or villain name as commonly known
powerstats Object with intelligence, strength, speed, durability, power, and combat ratings on a 0-100 scale
biography.full-name Real full name of the character
biography.publisher Comic publisher such as Marvel Comics or DC Comics
image.url URL to the character portrait image

Implementation Example

Request
const url = "https://superheroapi.com/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

"error": "invalid id" Requested character ID is outside the valid range of 1 to 731
Stay within IDs 1-731 or use the search endpoint by name to find valid character IDs
"error": "invalid access token" API key is missing or incorrect in the URL path
Double-check your API key from the superheroapi.com dashboard and place it correctly in the URL path
null values in powerstats Some characters have incomplete data in the dataset
Always treat powerstats fields as potentially null and provide fallback display values in your UI

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

Technical Specifications

Auth API Key
HTTPS REQUIRED
CORS UNKNOWN
Category Games & Comics
Difficulty Intermediate
Verified: 2026-04-04

Related Tags

Similar APIs

View All →