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API Searches don't return games that exist on the IGDB site I'm having an issue where preforming API searches doesn't return games that exists on the IGDB site.
For example, these two Pokemon games exist on IGDB:
https://www.igdb.com/games/pokemon-x
https://www.igdb.com/games/pokemon-yBut when I search via the API I get no results back.
I'm searching this endpoint:
https://api-v3.igdb.com/gamesAnd here's my search body:
search "Pokémon x"; fields id,name,cover.imageid,firstrelease_date; where cover != null; limit 5;I get an empty JSON result.
14 votesHey there.
Search in the API is indeed in need of a big overhaul, this is planned and in our backlog, unfortunately it isn’t on our immediate roadmap and therefore not currently being worked on.
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Follow attribute not returned The 'follow' attribute for a game is never returned from the API.
For example, I would expect the following query to return "follows": 466 (as per the website).fields name, follows, hypes;
where name ~ "last of us: part";
limit 10;Instead, I get:
"id": 26192,
"hypes": 325,
"name": "The Last of Us: Part II"4 votes
AdminIGDB
(Admin, Twitch)
responded
Hey there, we don’t actively support Follows (and Hype) as a data point. We need to update our documentation to reflect this, apologies.
Follow is part of the private endpoint we are sunsetting.
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Reference ID types don't work with the array AND syntax When using a reference ID field, such as requesting https://api.igdb.com/v4/games/ where release_dates.platform [48,49,6]; as shown in an example in the API docs, the API returns a syntax error "You are trying to compare and exact array with an non array field: platform". This seems to be true of any field which is a reference ID when using this syntax. the array OR syntax (48,49,6) works fine.
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Game Bundle out of sync with web page The game bundle
SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics(https://www.igdb.com/games/sega-mega-drive-and-genesis-classics) contains a large amount of games on the webpage, but in the API only one game is returned, sonic:'fieldsname, url, bundles; where bundles = (80185); limit 50;' https://api-v3.igdb.com/games
[
{
id: 3192,
bundles: [
4157,
7189,
20502,
20621,
22297,
46204,
80185,
86067,
96393,
99953
],
name: Sonic the Hedgehog,
url: <a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.igdb.com/games/sonic-the-hedgehog">https://www.igdb.com/games/sonic-the-hedgehog</a>
}
]If you pick one of the games listed on the web page as in that bundle that is missing from the API, for example Gain Ground, the web page for Gain…
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Incorrect game data for Snack World It appears the API result for Snack World (https://www.igdb.com/games/snack-world-the-dungeon-crawl-gold) is incomplete, as it is missing images, release date, etc.
3 votes -
Incorrect game data for Rainy Season https://www.igdb.com/games/rainy-season
Can't receive updated data for this game through the API.
2 votesHeya! We’re currently doing large changes around the consistency of data between our site and API. These out of sync issues should be resolved very soon, and we will be going back to look at individual cases such as these games afterwards if there are still edge cases.
If you spot any more feel free to add them in the comments as it could be helpful.Thanks a lot and apologies for any inconvenience in the meantime!
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Search query fails with 400 (Bad reqest) My Search query to IGDB API is failing with status code 400 if the search text contains a back slash \ in it:
I am using below syntax:const { q } = req.query
let fields = `name, collection`
apicalypse(requestOptions)
.fields(fields)
.limit(50)
.search(q)
.request('/games')
.then(response => returnResponse(response, req, res))
.catch(err => returnError(err, req, res))requestOptions are like this:
const apiPath = 'https://api-v3.igdb.com'
const defaultHeaders = {
'Accept': "application/json",
"user-key": apiKey
}
// Apicalypse Request Options
const requestOptions = {
queryMethod: 'body',
method: 'post', // The default isget
baseURL: apiPath,
headers: defaultHeaders,
responseType: 'json',
timeout: 10000
}
q…1 vote -
Popularity attribute not functional The current popularity value for a game doesn't make any sense.
Please see below examples showing the popularity value with the hypes, and number of user ratings."id": 115278,
"hypes": 1,
"name": "Rune Factory 4 Special",
"popularity": 2090.622837928576"id": 120268,
"name": "Zombie Driver: Immortal Edition",
"popularity": 1431.973719413489As you can see, the top 2 games by popularity both have 0 user ratings. How can these be the most popular games on IGDB?
The docs say 'The popularity number is calculated using usage statistics of game pages at https://www.igdb.com' which can't possibly be true if these games are at the…
1 voteAdminIGDB
(Admin, Twitch)
responded
We’re not currently supporting popularity unfortunately, the existing hypes in the API are out of date and therefore out of sync, which is very likely why you’re getting those games as results.
We will be updating our documentation to reflect this, but meanwhile we recommend not using Popularity since it isn’t providing an accurate count.
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Undocumented externalGame enum for giantbomb Query: fields id,name,externalgames.*; search "magic the gathering";where externalgames.uid = "2748";limit 1;'
There are two categories 3 in the returned object, which does not correspond to an enum in the documentation; a category 3 corresponding to giantbomb can be added which would fix this.
https://api-docs.igdb.com/#external-game
https://github.com/igdb/igdb-typescript-types/blob/master/index.d.ts#L12641 vote
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