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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BigDan256
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API Key Request

Post by BigDan256 »

Hi there guys!

I'm working on ideas for managing a retropie library. I've read the emulationstation scraper source and although some of it seems deprecated, some of it seems to have undocumented features that would be handy for my project if they exist. So was hoping to get some keys to see what content is actually in the db and potentially build a game managing tool.

Thanks for your work!

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edirol
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Re: API Key Request

Post by edirol »

Hello.

You can check DB content using JSON / SQL dumps (viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1947).
Let us know if you really want to make your own app after that.

BigDan256
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Re: API Key Request

Post by BigDan256 »

Awesome thanks,

I had a look through the data and I don't see what the scraper was referring to, maybe I was reading something wrong.
I'll probably have to write a rom sorting app but I don't think I'll need to use the api for it, I'll just filter+sort and leave the rest to the scraper.

So cancel that API Key request ;) and thank you for the help

EDIT:
Oh wait, I just found it, games_hashes. Is that table populated with anything in your database?
Last edited by BigDan256 on Thu Mar 04, 2021 11:06 am, edited 1 time in total.

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edirol
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Re: API Key Request

Post by edirol »

I don't think so, but I'm unfamiliar with emulationstation scrapers honestly.

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