# Getting bulk typeIds for items only

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**Category:** Third Party Developers\
**Created:** [February 3, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/getting-bulk-typeids-for-items-only/216229 "2020-02-03T11:03:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jan\_Krueger](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/jan_krueger/32/183861_2.png) [@Jan\_Krueger](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Jan_Krueger)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/getting-bulk-typeids-for-items-only/216229/1 "2020-02-03T11:03:24Z")

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Hello,  
I have an array of item names (extracted from fits), that I need to get the type\_id for.  
I wanted to use the `/universe/ids` endpoint, but apperently `"Adaptive Invulnerability Field II` is not a unique name. Therefor I cannot use that enpoint reliably. Any idea wich endpoint I could use otherwise (I want to avoid polling for every item individually).

If I have to do that, caching would be an option, but its still not very elegant.  
What would you guys recommend doing here?  
The reason I need the type\_ids is to get the required skills for that item (skillchecker)

Sincerly, Jan

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**Author:** ![Blacksmoke16](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/blacksmoke16/32/376589_2.png) [@Blacksmoke16](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Blacksmoke16)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/getting-bulk-typeids-for-items-only/216229/2 "2020-02-03T13:01:13Z")

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The error means you have `Adaptive Invulnerability Field II` in the array of names _twice_. How you would do this depends on your language, but essentially just make sure there is only one instance of each item you want a `type_id` for in the request body.

EDIT: Depending on your app it might be easier to use the [SDE Export](https://docs.esi.evetech.net/#other-resources) and store this data locally (db or some cache file).

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/getting-bulk-typeids-for-items-only/216229/3 "2020-05-03T13:01:19Z")

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