GET/v1/historicalfigures

Search for historical figures

Searches notable people from history, ancient to modern, by name with partial matches supported, and returns their records. Requires `name`.

API Ninjas·$0.001 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "api-ninjas",
  path: "/v1/historicalfigures",
  query: {
    "name": "example"
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

namerequired

string

Name of the person to search. Includes partial results (e.g. 'julius' will match Julius Caesar).

offset

number

Number of results to offset pagination.