IGDB.com

About IGDB.com

IGDB.com provides a REST API for querying video game data, covering entities such as games, companies, characters, platforms, genres, cover art, screenshots, release dates, and related metadata. The API uses a query language (APICalypse) for specifying fields, filters, sorting, search, and pagination, and requests are made to a base URL with endpoint paths for each data type.

Authentication is handled through Twitch OAuth2: developers register an application in the Twitch Developer Portal to obtain a Client ID and Client Secret, then exchange these for an access token used in API request headers. An account requires a Twitch account with two-factor authentication enabled. The API enforces a rate limit of 4 requests per second, with up to 8 open requests allowed at a time; exceeding the limit returns a 429 status code.

The API is free for non-commercial use under Twitch's Developer Service Agreement, with a commercial partnership option available for projects with commercial needs. Client libraries (wrappers) are available for languages including Node.js, Kotlin/Java, Swift, Python, PHP/Laravel, Go, Ruby, C#/.NET, and Deno. Additional resources include OpenAPI documentation, a Postman collection, webhooks, a CORS proxy for browser-based requests, and an MCP server.

Key features

• Extensive video game database queried via IGDB API endpoints (games, companies, genres, platforms, etc.)
• APICalypse query syntax for filtering, sorting, searching, and field selection
• OAuth2 authentication via Twitch Developer credentials
• Webhooks and popularity/trend tracking via PopScore
• MCP Server support

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