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Python 3 wrapper for Pokéapi v2

Is PokeAPI/pokebase beginner-friendly?

We have not seen enough recent pull requests from first-time contributors to PokeAPI/pokebase to say how often they are merged. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
361
Forks
58
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
16
Dominant language
Python
License
BSD-3-Clause
Last GitHub push
Apr 19, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 21, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
No code of conduct
Beginner labels
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PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

How to contribute to PokeAPI/pokebase

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Your contributions will be published under the project's BSD-3-Clause license.
  3. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • Status update
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#64 · 5 comments ·

  • Functions like get_data are inherently not thread safe
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#63 · 1 comment ·

  • testArg_subresource_Text fails on 3.13.1; additional errors on 3.13.1, 3.11.9 [macOS]
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#62 · 2 comments ·

  • Do I have to manually cache data?
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#61 ·

  • Inhance the CI publishing section
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#57 · 3 comments · 1 reaction ·

  • Strange syntaxing error
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#45 · 1 comment ·

  • sprites.versions all have dashes in their names
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#44 · 1 comment ·

  • Basculin-White-Striped Variant is Bugged
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#40 · 1 comment ·

  • Other sprites and official artwork error!!!!!!!
    Open

    Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#38 ·

  • Pokemon Information Error
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#37 · 2 comments ·

  • Question: Will the API recognize Pokémon names in a language other than English?
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 10/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#34 ·

  • List of moves doesn't show correctly
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#25 · 1 comment ·

  • async wrapper
    Open

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#23 · 12 comments ·

  • Recent refactor results in significant performance hit
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#14 · 1 comment ·

  • FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'resource.json'
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#13 · 12 comments ·

  • Add (caching) support for LocationAreaEncounters
    Open

    Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

    PokeAPI/pokebase#10 · 4 comments ·

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