IGDB Reference API
Reference data such as keywords, collections, and franchises.
IGDB Reference API is one of 8 APIs that IGDB publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Reference. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.
This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 4.0.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.igdb.com/v4.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
IGDB Reference API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as Client-ID (ClientID).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (OAuth2 access token) (BearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ClientID— Twitch developer Client-ID issued for the IGDB API.BearerAuth— Bearer access token obtained via the Twitch OAuth Client Credentials flow.
Paths & Operations 6
Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 6 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Reference data such as keywords, collections, and franchises.
Schemas 2
The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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