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Get move meta category

GET
/api/v2/move-category/{id}/
const url = 'https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/move-category/1/';
const options = {method: 'GET'};
try {
const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}

Very general categories that loosely group move effects.

id
required
string

This parameter can be a string or an integer.

Example
Terminal window
1
Media typeapplication/json
object
id
required
integer
name
required
string
<= 200 characters
descriptions
required
Array<object>
object
description
string
<= 2000 characters
language
required
object
name
required
string
<= 200 characters
url
required
string format: uri
moves
required
Array<object>
object
name
required
string
<= 200 characters
url
required
string format: uri
Example
Terminal window
{
"id": 1,
"name": "ailment",
"descriptions": [
{
"description": "No damage; inflicts status ailment",
"language": {
"name": "en",
"url": "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/language/9/"
}
}
],
"moves": [
{
"name": "sing",
"url": "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/move/47/"
},
{
"name": "supersonic",
"url": "https://pokeapi.co/api/v2/move/48/"
}
]
}