Get Pokémon names
The name list is just a JSON file and can be used wherever.
npm install pokemon
const pokemon = require('pokemon');
pokemon.all();
//=> ['Bulbasaur', …]
pokemon.random();
//=> 'Snorlax'
pokemon.getName(147);
//=> 'Dratini'
pokemon.getId('Dratini');
//=> 147
Get all Pokémon names as a string[]
.
Type: string
Default: 'en'
Language code to retrieve the list of Pokémon for.
pokemon.all();
//=> ['Bulbasaur', …]
pokemon.all('de');
//=> ['Bisasam', …]
Get random Pokémon name.
Type: string
Default: 'en'
Language code to retrieve the Pokémon for.
pokemon.random();
//=> 'Vigoroth'
pokemon.random('de');
//=> 'Muntier'
Get Pokémon name from ID.
Type: number
The ID of a Pokémon, retrieved via getId()
.
Type: string
Default: 'en'
Language code to retrieve the Pokémon for.
pokemon.getName(100);
//=> 'Voltorb'
pokemon.getName(100, 'de');
//=> 'Voltobal'
Get Pokémon ID from name.
Type: string
The Pokémon name in the language
locale.
Type: string
Default: 'en'
Language code of the localized name.
pokemon.getId('Snorlax');
//=> 143
pokemon.getId('Relaxo', 'de');
//=> 143
pokemon.languages.has('ja');
//=> true
Pokémon names are available for the following languages:
-
de
(German) -
en
(English) -
fr
(French) -
es
(Spanish) -
ja
(Japanese) -
ko
(Korean) -
ru
(Russian) -
th
(Thai) -
zh-Hans
(Simplified Chinese) -
zh-Hant
(Traditional Chinese)
The language codes follow the IETF BCP 47 standard.
- pokemon-cli - CLI for this module
- cat-names - Get popular cat names
- dog-names - Get popular dog names
- superb - Get superb like words
- superheroes - Get superhero names
- supervillains - Get supervillain names
- yes-no-words - Get yes/no like words
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ru
(Russian)- Does not include Pokemon 1009-1025 (Future Paradox Pokemon, and Pokemon released in Gen 9 Expansions - The Teal Mask, and The Indigo Disk). Cannot find credible source for translation.