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RAWG games API

The games API from RAWG — 14 operation(s) for games.

RAWG games API is one of 9 APIs that RAWG publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include games. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 14 operations across 14 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version v1.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.rawg.io/api.

14 operations 14 paths 11 schemas 14 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
v1.0
Base URL
https://api.rawg.io/api
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 14

Across 14 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 14 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

games 14
GET
/games
Get a list of games.
games_list 23 params → 200
GET
/games/{game_pk}/additions
Get a list of DLC's for the game, GOTY and other editions, companion apps, etc.
games_additions_list 3 params → 200
GET
/games/{game_pk}/development-team
Get a list of individual creators that were part of the development team.
games_development-team_list 4 params → 200
GET
/games/{game_pk}/game-series
Get a list of games that are part of the same series.
games_game-series_list 3 params → 200
GET
/games/{game_pk}/parent-games
Get a list of parent games for DLC's and editions.
games_parent-games_list 3 params → 200
GET
/games/{game_pk}/screenshots
Get screenshots for the game.
games_screenshots_list 4 params → 200
GET
/games/{game_pk}/stores
Get links to the stores that sell the game.
games_stores_list 4 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}
Get details of the game.
games_read 2 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}/achievements
Get a list of game achievements.
games_achievements_read 2 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}/movies
Get a list of game trailers.
games_movies_read 2 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}/reddit
Get a list of most recent posts from the game's subreddit.
games_reddit_read 2 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}/suggested
Get a list of visually similar games, available only for business and enterprise API users.
games_suggested_read 2 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}/twitch
Get streams on Twitch associated with the game, available only for business and enterprise API users.
games_twitch_read 2 params → 200
GET
/games/{id}/youtube
Get videos from YouTube associated with the game, available only for business and enterprise API users.
games_youtube_read 2 params → 200

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GameSingle (42 properties), Game (19 properties), Youtube (13 properties), Twitch (9 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GamePlatformMetacritic
object
2 properties
Reddit
object
8 properties
ScreenShot
object
5 properties
GameSingle
object
42 properties 1 required
Movie
object
4 properties
ParentAchievement
object
5 properties
Youtube
object
13 properties
Game
object
19 properties 1 required
GamePersonList
object
6 properties 1 required
Twitch
object
9 properties
GameStoreFull
object
4 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

rawg-games-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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