New API: how to search game on specific platform

[malte]

Hi,

just starting to look at the new API and wondering how to search for a game released on a certain platform.

With the old API I used to do searches like this:

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http://thegamesdb.net/api/GetGamesList.php&name=Super+Mario&platform=Super Nintendo (SNES)

With the new API I made several attempts like this:

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https://api.beta.thegamesdb.net/Games/ByGameName?name=Super+Mario&platform=6&apikey=mykey
https://api.beta.thegamesdb.net/Games/?name=Super+Mario&platform=6&apikey=mykey

But nothing gives the desired result. Either I get no results at all or results that contain games from all platforms.

Is this kind of search still possible? If so, could you show me a working example? Of course I could just filter the platform on the client but this would cause unnecessary traffic on both ends.

Regards
Malte

[Zer0xFF]

Hi malte,

while this option isn't exposed in the API it's already part of the code, so ill add an API endpoint for it within the next 2 weeks.

Regards
Zer0xFF

[malte]

Great! Thanks a lot.

[emuFe]

Is this endpoint still planned?

Thanks,
emufe

[Zer0xFF]

yes, that will be added, I'm current focused on fixing bugs and making sure the API is in usable condition before we get more users.

Regards
Zer0xFF

[Zer0xFF]

Hi emuFe,
I've now added a new argument to the search API end point
below is an example of a query with 2 platform filters, even if you have 1 platform you must use the array format as show

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https://api.thegamesdb.net/Games/ByGameName?name=God+Of+War&filter[platform][]=39&filter[platform][]=12

ideally would encode the square brakes first

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https://api.thegamesdb.net/Games/ByGameName?name=God+Of+War&filter%5Bplatform%5D%5B0%5D=39&filter%5Bplatform%5D%5B1%5D=12

currently the filter only supports platform, but other filters might be added as needed