Share Pokémon teams for free
Share Pokémon teams for free
REST API for team storage, random generation, and authenticated Showdown helpers
https://crob.at/api#get-team-by-slug
Retrieve a team by its slug.
Example:
curl https://crob.at/api/team/abc123const response = await fetch('https://crob.at/api/team/abc123');
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);import requests
response = requests.get('https://crob.at/api/team/abc123')
data = response.json()
print(data)Response:
{
"slug": "abc123",
"name": "My Team",
"author": "username",
"is_multi": false,
"teams": [{"paste": "..."}]
}https://crob.at/api#create-team
Create a new team.
Request:
{
"name": "My Team Name",
"author": "username",
"teams": [{
"paste": "Garchomp @ Choice Scarf\nAbility: Rough Skin\n..."
}]
}Example:
curl -X POST https://crob.at/api/team \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name": "My Team", "teams": [{"paste": "Garchomp @ Choice Scarf\n..."}]}'const response = await fetch('https://crob.at/api/team', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'My Team',
teams: [{paste: 'Garchomp @ Choice Scarf\n...'}]
})
});
const {slug, url} = await response.json();
console.log(`Created: ${url}`);import requests
response = requests.post('https://crob.at/api/team', json={
'name': 'My Team',
'teams': [{'paste': 'Garchomp @ Choice Scarf\n...'}]
})
data = response.json()
print(f"Created: {data['url']}")Response:
{
"slug": "abc123",
"url": "https://crob.at/abc123"
}https://crob.at/api#get-random-team
Generate a random competitive team for a Smogon format. Returns the Showdown export, rendered card HTML used by the site UI, and saved page/image URLs for the generated team.
Example:
curl https://crob.at/api/random-team/gen9ouconst response = await fetch('https://crob.at/api/random-team/gen9ou');
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.teamText);import requests
response = requests.get('https://crob.at/api/random-team/gen9ou')
data = response.json()
print(data['teamText'])Response:
{
"slug": "abc123",
"url": "https://crob.at/abc123",
"image": "https://crob.at/og/abc123.png",
"teamText": "Gholdengo @ Leftovers\n...",
"statsDate": "2026-03",
"cardsHtml": "<div class=\"pokemon-grid\">...</div>"
}https://crob.at/api#get-samples
Return Smogon sample teams for a given tier (format). Results are cached for one hour.
Example:
curl https://crob.at/api/samples/gen9ouconst response = await fetch('https://crob.at/api/samples/gen9ou');
const teams = await response.json();
console.log(teams[0].name);import requests
response = requests.get('https://crob.at/api/samples/gen9ou')
teams = response.json()
print(teams[0]['name'])Response:
[
{
"slug": "abc123",
"name": "Sun Offense",
"author": "Smogon",
"tier": "gen9ou",
"views": 142,
"created_at": "2026-01-15 10:00:00",
"url": "https://crob.at/abc123",
"image": "https://crob.at/og/abc123.png",
"source_url": "https://www.smogon.com/forums/..."
}
]Returns 400 if :tier contains non-alphanumeric characters. Returns an empty array if no sample teams exist for that tier.
https://crob.at/api#get-current-user
Return the currently authenticated crob.at user, if any. This endpoint is intended for same-origin session-aware UI.
Example:
curl https://crob.at/api/me \
-H "Cookie: session=your-session-cookie"const response = await fetch('https://crob.at/api/me', {
credentials: 'include'
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.user);import requests
session = requests.Session()
session.cookies.set('session', 'your-session-cookie')
response = session.get('https://crob.at/api/me')
data = response.json()
print(data['user'])Response:
{
"user": {
"username": "exampleuser"
}
}https://crob.at/api#create-showdown-assertion
Exchange the logged-in user's stored Showdown OAuth token for a challstr-specific assertion. Requires an authenticated crob.at session.
Request:
{
"challstr": "12345|abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
}Example:
curl -X POST https://crob.at/api/showdown/assertion \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Cookie: session=your-session-cookie" \
-d '{"challstr":"12345|abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"}'const response = await fetch('https://crob.at/api/showdown/assertion', {
method: 'POST',
credentials: 'include',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
challstr: '12345|abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
})
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.assertion);import requests
session = requests.Session()
session.cookies.set('session', 'your-session-cookie')
response = session.post(
'https://crob.at/api/showdown/assertion',
json={'challstr': '12345|abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'},
)
data = response.json()
print(data['assertion'])Response:
{
"username": "exampleuser",
"assertion": "..."
}