Firearm Discovery

Filter by action type

Returns firearms using a given action type.

Available on every plan. Requires an API key; Explorer keys receive a reduced field set.

get/v1/firearms/by-action

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.gunspec.io
  • URL: https://api.gunspec.io/v1/firearms/by-action
  • Auth: one of:
    • API key in header X-API-Key
    • HTTP bearer

Query parameters

actionstring required

Action type as stored, underscored, e.g. short_recoil. The vocabulary is /v1/firearms/action-types

pageinteger

Page number, from 1 to 10,000

per_pageinteger

Items per page (max 100)

Headers

If-None-Matchstring

The ETag from a previous response. If the body would be byte-identical, the API answers 304 Not Modified with no body. A 304 counts toward the per-minute rate limit but not the daily request allowance.

Response

Filter by action type

successboolean required

Always true on a successful response. Every error carries false and an error object instead.

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "m16a1",
      "name": "M16A1",
      "manufacturerId": "colt",
      "categoryId": "rifle",
      "yearIntroduced": 1967,
      "status": "in_production",
      "actionType": "short_recoil"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 20,
    "limit": 20,
    "total": 42,
    "totalPages": 3
  }
}

Changes

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