IGDB Games API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: IGDB Companies Games API
  description: 'The IGDB (Internet Game Database) API provides programmatic access to a comprehensive video game database, including games, platforms, companies, genres, release dates, covers, screenshots, and user reviews.

    Authentication uses Twitch OAuth Client Credentials. All requests require a Client-ID header and an Authorization Bearer token. Most endpoints accept POST requests with an Apicalypse query body for filtering, sorting, and field selection.'
  version: '4.0'
  contact:
    name: IGDB Support
    url: https://www.igdb.com/contact
  license:
    name: Terms of Service
    url: https://api-docs.igdb.com/#terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.igdb.com/v4
  description: IGDB API v4 production
security:
- ClientID: []
  BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Games
  description: Video game records and related metadata.
paths:
  /games:
    post:
      tags:
      - Games
      summary: Query games
      description: Returns a list of games matching the provided Apicalypse query.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          text/plain:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApicalypseQuery'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of games.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Game'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        title:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        cause:
          type: string
    Game:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        summary:
          type: string
        storyline:
          type: string
        rating:
          type: number
          format: float
        rating_count:
          type: integer
        first_release_date:
          type: integer
          description: Unix timestamp of first release.
        cover:
          type: integer
          description: Reference to a cover record id.
        genres:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        platforms:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
    ApicalypseQuery:
      type: string
      description: 'Apicalypse query string used to filter, sort, paginate, and select fields on IGDB resources. Example: `fields name,cover.url; where rating > 80; limit 10;`'
      example: 'fields name,summary,cover.url,first_release_date;

        where rating > 80;

        sort rating desc;

        limit 10;'
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid Client-ID or bearer token.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    ClientID:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Client-ID
      description: Twitch developer Client-ID issued for the IGDB API.
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: OAuth2 access token
      description: Bearer access token obtained via the Twitch OAuth Client Credentials flow.