API Key Request!!

This is where you can request API access. Please be sure to mention what your use case is and if possible a link to the project.
Please provide a basic overview of your proposed use of the API.
Any request lacking this information will be denied pending an appropriate response.
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Please provide a basic overview of your proposed use of the API.
Any request lacking this information will be denied pending an appropriate response.

Please do not request keys as end users of another project, as those projects should request and properly implement their own keys. Key requests of this nature will be removed in the interest of more efficiently handling project requests. Assistance may be available upon contact for projects experiencing issues utilizing the current API.
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brianleewow
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API Key Request!!

Post by brianleewow »

Working on an app for Chromecast that's basically the same functionality as the default Chromecast screen saver, except shows random game box art/info. I have my proof of concept up and running, just needs some real data! (Mostly for personal use, it would just be browser-based and free)

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brianleewow
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Re: API Key Request!!

Post by brianleewow »

After reading some more through the forums, it seems like there's not really a good setup for accessing a random game. Is it possible to get a db dump to make my own mirror? Or would implementing an api call for (filtered) random access be possible in the future?

Leo_Pride
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Re: API Key Request!!

Post by Leo_Pride »

My understanding is a private key can do one full scrape of the database, with some breathing room, then a public key can scrape up to 20,000 additional entries per month (10,000 with full images).

Hopefully, ZerO can expound on this.

An export dump is something we're considering once we have appropriate infrastructure and consideration for existing requests handling.
We're curious to see how new projects use TGDB API.
If you have a new public project, please provide a link to it so we can highlight cool new applications! 8-)

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Zer0xFF
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Re: API Key Request!!

Post by Zer0xFF »

Hi there,

You've been granted an API key which you can access through this page.
if you ever go public with your project, please post in this thread notifying us of that.

please check the Announcement forum on regular bases to ensure compliance with any changes or updates.


you can create your own mirror/dump/cache of the database to use for such a feature, as requesting random games in an expensive query to make to have over API (or you could display covers of recently update entries in the database, or releasing soon or recently released game, though I believe this is yet to be added as an API endpoint)

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Zer0xFF
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