GunSpec

Firearms

Browse, search, compare, and retrieve detailed specifications for over 9,000+ firearms including variants.

Auth RequiredBuilder+

Returns firearms whose named component is made of a given material.

GET/v1/firearms/by-material

  • stringheaderrequired

    Your API key. Authorization: Bearer <key> is accepted in its place.

  • stringrequired

    Material name

    Example
  • stringrequired

    Which component the material applies to

    Accepts
    Example
  • integerdefault1

    Page number, from 1 to 10,000

    Range
    1 – 10000
    Example
  • integerdefault20

    Items per page (max 100)

    Range
    1 – 100
    Example

  • object[]

    One page of results

  • string

    Slug of the firearm.

  • string

    Display name, as the maker writes it.

  • string | null

    Slug of the manufacturer that makes it. Resolve against /v1/manufacturers/{id}.

  • string | null

    Slug of the category it belongs to. Resolve against /v1/categories.

  • string | null

    The material recorded for the component that was filtered on. Matched case-insensitively, returned as stored.

  • number

    Current page number

  • number

    Items per page

  • number

    Total matching records (Builder and above)

  • 400VALIDATION_ERRORValidation error
  • 401UNAUTHORIZEDAPI key required
  • 403FORBIDDENValid key, not permitted
  • 429RATE_LIMITEDRate limit exceeded
  • 500INTERNAL_ERRORUnexpected server error

Requires Builder tier or higher.

Valid components: frame, barrel, stock, slide.

Material names are case-insensitive. Common values: polymer, steel, stainless_steel, aluminum_alloy, titanium, wood, carbon_fiber.

Minimum tier
Builder+
Monthly quota
25,000/mo
Rate limit
60/min
Daily cap
2,000

Figures shown are for this endpoint's minimum tier. Higher tiers raise every limit.

This read answers conditional requests. Keep the ETag from a response and send it back as If-None-Match: an unchanged record returns 304 Not Modified with no body, which counts toward your per-minute rate limit but not your daily allowance.