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Twitch Games API

Retrieve game/category information

Twitch Games API is one of 43 APIs that Twitch publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Games. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.

This API exposes 5 operations across 4 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.twitch.tv/helix, https://api.igdb.com/v4.

5 operations 4 paths 5 schemas 2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.twitch.tv/helix
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Twitch Games API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 41 scopes. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (appAccessToken).

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 Authorization Code Flow
  • appAccessToken — App Access Token obtained via Client Credentials grant

Paths & Operations 5

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Games 5

Retrieve game/category information

GET
/games
Twitch Get Games
getGames 4 params → 200400
POST
/games
Twitch Query Games
queryGames 1 param body → 200400401
GET
/games/top
Twitch Get Top Games
getTopGames 4 params → 200
POST
/games/count
Twitch Count Games
countGames 1 param body → 200
POST
/release_dates
Twitch Query Release Dates
queryReleaseDates 1 param body → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Game_2 (28 properties), ReleaseDate (9 properties), Game (4 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error
object
3 properties
Game
object
4 properties
Pagination
object
1 property
Game_2
object
28 properties
ReleaseDate
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

twitch-games-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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