Endpoint Playground

Try the OpenDota hero item popularity API

Returns the items players buy on a hero in four phases (`start_game`, `early_game`, `mid_game`, `late_game`), each sorted by purchase count, with item ids resolved to internal names such as `power_treads` through the item-id table. An unknown hero id returns not found.

What a live request returned

29 Oct 2026: 4 phases; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /opendota/hero-items?hero_id=1
Fields with a value in every checked item: phase, items

Sample value profiles: phase: “start_game” and 3 other values; items: median 15 entries.

Request: GET /opendota/hero-items
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

OpenDota hero item popularity API documentation OpenDota platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/opendota/hero-items?hero_id=1' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
hero_id	integer	Yes	1	Positive hero ID from opendota-heroes

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://api.opendota.com/api/hero-items",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z",
    "hero_id": 1,
    "phases": [
      {
        "phase": "early_game",
        "items": [
          {
            "item_id": 29,
            "name": "boots",
            "count": 99
          },
          {
            "item_id": 56,
            "name": "ring_of_health",
            "count": 99
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More OpenDota endpoints

OpenDota Dota 2 ability reference OpenDota Dota 2 hero benchmarks by percentile OpenDota Dota 2 id lookup tables OpenDota Dota 2 matches by hero lineup OpenDota Dota 2 hero abilities, talents and facets OpenDota Dota 2 Aghanim's Scepter and Shard descriptions OpenDota Dota 2 hero win rate by game duration OpenDota Dota 2 recent matches of a hero OpenDota Dota 2 hero matchup records OpenDota Dota 2 hero pick and win statistics OpenDota hero directory OpenDota Dota 2 item reference All 30 OpenDota endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

1 shown

Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey3 credits/requestOpenDota

GET /opendota/hero-items

OpenDota Dota 2 hero item popularity

Response behavior

- `phases[].phase` has these values: `start_game`, `early_game`, `mid_game`, `late_game`. - `name` is the internal item name from the `item_ids` table of [opendota-constants](opendota-constants.md) and is omitted for an id missing from it. - An unknown hero id returns `404`. The response is cached for up to six hours.

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

hero_id

requiredinteger

Positive hero ID from opendota-heroes

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://api.opendota.com/api/hero-items",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z",
    "hero_id": 1,
    "phases": [
      {
        "phase": "early_game",
        "items": [
          {
            "item_id": 29,
            "name": "boots",
            "count": 99
          },
          {
            "item_id": 56,
            "name": "ring_of_health",
            "count": 99
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Endpoint Playground

Try the OpenDota hero item popularity API

What a live request returned

29 Oct 2026: 4 phases; 2 fields had a value in every checked item.

Observed request: GET /opendota/hero-items?hero_id=1
Fields with a value in every checked item: phase, items

Sample value profiles: phase: “start_game” and 3 other values; items: median 15 entries.

Request: GET /opendota/hero-items
Cost: 3 credits/request
Auth: apiKey

OpenDota hero item popularity API documentation OpenDota platform page Pricing

Prefilled cURL

curl 'https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/opendota/hero-items?hero_id=1' \
  -H "x-api-key: $CRAWLORA_API_KEY"

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Prefilled value	Description
hero_id	integer	Yes	1	Positive hero ID from opendota-heroes

Example JSON response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://api.opendota.com/api/hero-items",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z",
    "hero_id": 1,
    "phases": [
      {
        "phase": "early_game",
        "items": [
          {
            "item_id": 29,
            "name": "boots",
            "count": 99
          },
          {
            "item_id": 56,
            "name": "ring_of_health",
            "count": 99
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

More OpenDota endpoints

The sample response, schema and code snippets below work without an account. Sending a live request needs an API key.

Set up API key Endpoint docs

Endpoint

Choose one catalog endpoint for this request.

1 shown

Group

Method

Auth

Endpoint

GETapiKey3 credits/requestOpenDota

GET /opendota/hero-items

OpenDota Dota 2 hero item popularity

Response behavior

API key required. Paste a full key or rotate one from the API Keys page.

Set up API key

View docs

API key

API key required for live requests. Your key is only used to send requests from this Playground.

not configured

Active Playground key: not configured

Manage API keys in Console

Required query parameters

hero_id

requiredinteger

Positive hero ID from opendota-heroes

Add an API key to send a live request.

If an active API key is configured, Copy cURL includes it. Share links never include API keys.

View docs

Sample responseGET

Shown before your first request. Add an API key and send a request to see the live response, status, latency, and headers.

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "source_url": "https://api.opendota.com/api/hero-items",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-28T10:00:00Z",
    "hero_id": 1,
    "phases": [
      {
        "phase": "early_game",
        "items": [
          {
            "item_id": 29,
            "name": "boots",
            "count": 99
          },
          {
            "item_id": 56,
            "name": "ring_of_health",
            "count": 99
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}