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GET /v1/move

A single move by name

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api.oanor.com/pokemonshowdown-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/pokemonshowdown-api/v1/move" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/pokemonshowdown-api/v1/move", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/pokemonshowdown-api/v1/move");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/pokemonshowdown-api/v1/move",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "move": {
            "id": "earthquake",
            "pp": 10,
            "num": 89,
            "is_z": false,
            "name": "Earthquake",
            "type": "Ground",
            "flags": [
                "protect",
                "mirror",
                "nonsky",
                "metronome"
            ],
            "is_max": false,
            "target": "allAdjacent",
            "accuracy": 100,
            "category": "Physical",
            "priority": 0,
            "base_power": 100,
            "description": "Hits adjacent Pokemon. Double damage on Dig."
        }
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-08T01:18:32.187Z",
        "request_id": "81e8b93e-334b-4f63-936a-9845c6f5c946"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Move retrieved successfully",
    "success": true
}