{id}: Get a single episode

API: rickandmortyapi.com:rick-and-morty
Endpoint: /episode/{id}
Response format: application/json
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 181ms

Description

Returns a single episode object with the episode name, air date, episode code (e.g., S01E01), and a list of character URLs who appear in that episode. Use this to get metadata about a specific episode and see which characters appear in it.

From spec: Returns a specific episode by its ID.

Usage Tips

- Episode IDs start at 1 - Episode codes follow the format SXEY (Season X, Episode Y) - The characters array contains URLs to all characters appearing in the episode - Air date is provided in 'Month DD, YYYY' format

Parameters (1)

id (integer, path, required)

The ID of the episode

Examples (1)

Get the Pilot episode by ID probe-gate

Demonstrates fetching the first episode (Pilot) using ID 1 to show the episode data structure.

curl 'https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode/1'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode/1")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("rickandmortyapi")
result = api.fetch("episode/{id}")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://rickandmortyapi.com/api/episode/1");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 17:00:16.267775 200 181ms
2026-04-16 03:41:33.766748 200 156ms
2026-04-15 03:49:19.336844 200 162ms
2026-04-14 02:01:36.878644 200 166ms
2026-04-12 16:11:24.623851 200 114ms
2026-04-10 03:25:32.366366 200 368ms
2026-04-09 00:33:26.003482 200 161ms