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Made by Antonio Ramirez

pokemon

3.3.0

@sindresorhus

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pokemon

Get Pokémon names

The name list is just a JSON file and can be used wherever.

Install

npm install pokemon

Usage

const pokemon = require('pokemon');

pokemon.all();
//=> ['Bulbasaur', …]

pokemon.random();
//=> 'Snorlax'

pokemon.getName(147);
//=> 'Dratini'

pokemon.getId('Dratini');
//=> 147

API

.all(language?)

Get all Pokémon names as a string[].

language

Type: string
Default: 'en'

Language code to retrieve the list of Pokémon for.

pokemon.all();
//=> ['Bulbasaur', …]
pokemon.all('de');
//=> ['Bisasam', …]

.random(language?)

Get random Pokémon name.

language

Type: string
Default: 'en'

Language code to retrieve the Pokémon for.

pokemon.random();
//=> 'Vigoroth'
pokemon.random('de');
//=> 'Muntier'

.getName(id, language?)

Get Pokémon name from ID.

id

Type: number

The ID of a Pokémon, retrieved via getId().

language

Type: string
Default: 'en'

Language code to retrieve the Pokémon for.

pokemon.getName(100);
//=> 'Voltorb'
pokemon.getName(100, 'de');
//=> 'Voltobal'

.getId(name, language?)

Get Pokémon ID from name.

name

Type: string

The Pokémon name in the language locale.

language

Type: string
Default: 'en'

Language code of the localized name.

pokemon.getId('Snorlax');
//=> 143
pokemon.getId('Relaxo', 'de');
//=> 143

.languages: Set

pokemon.languages.has('ja');
//=> true

Supported languages

Pokémon names are available for the following languages:

  • de (German)
  • en (English)
  • fr (French)
  • es (Spanish)
  • ja (Japanese)
  • ko (Korean)
  • ru (Russian)
  • th (Thai)
  • zh-Hans (Simplified Chinese)
  • zh-Hant (Traditional Chinese)

The language codes follow the IETF BCP 47 standard.

Related

  • pokemon-cli - CLI for this module
  • cat-names - Get popular cat names
  • dog-names - Get popular dog names
  • superb - Get superb like words
  • superheroes - Get superhero names
  • supervillains - Get supervillain names
  • yes-no-words - Get yes/no like words