---
title: "Get gender"
method: GET
path: "/api/v2/gender/{id}/"
tags: ["pokemon"]
---

# Get gender

`GET /api/v2/gender/{id}/`

Genders were introduced in Generation II for the purposes of breeding Pokémon but can also result in visual differences or even different evolutionary lines. Check out [Bulbapedia](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gender) for greater detail.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Response `200`

- GenderDetail
  - `id` integer, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `pokemon_species_details` object[], required
    - `rate` integer, required
    - `pokemon_species` object, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `url` string, uri, required
  - `required_for_evolution` object[], required
    - `name` string, required
    - `url` string, uri, required

## Changes

- **2026-04-29** `650bc9dd2efe` — 1 info
  - api operation id `api_v2_gender_retrieve` removed and replaced with `gender_retrieve`
- **2025-05-30** `663217b1c9e4` — 1 info
  - api operation id `gender_retrieve` removed and replaced with `api_v2_gender_retrieve`
- **2025-02-04** `ad06aa7bf909` — 1 breaking
  - the `name` response property's maxLength was increased from `100` to `200` for the response status `200`
- **2024-05-10** `88897cce8edf` — 1 info
  - for the `path` request parameter `id`, the type/format was generalized from `integer`/`` to `string`/``
- **2024-03-02** `9f9bcb858ae9` — 2 breaking
  - the `pokemon_species_details` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to `array`/`` for status `200`
  - the `required_for_evolution` response's property type/format changed from `object`/`` to `array`/`` for status `200`

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/pokeapi/apis/poke-api/changes/api/v2/gender/:id/get.md)

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