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Get one character

To get a specific character from Rick and Morty API, construct your query like this:

Terminal window
curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "query": "query GetOneCharacterDeets($id: ID!) { character(id: $id) { name status species type gender origin { name } location { name } image created } }",
    "variables": { "id": "YOUR_CHARACTER_ID_HERE" }
  }' \
  https://rickandmortyapi.com/graphql

The results will be a JSON object containing a results array. You can see an example of this below:

results shape
{
  "data": {
    "character": {
      "name": "Rick Sanchez",
      "status": "Alive",
      "species": "Human",
      "type": "",
      "gender": "Male",
      "origin": {
        "name": "Earth (C-137)"
      },
      "location": {
        "name": "Citadel of Ricks"
      },
      "image": "https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/character/avatar/1.jpeg",
      "created": "2017-11-04T18:48:46.250Z"
    }
  }
}