Giant Bomb · Example Payload

Get Games

Returns a paginated list of games for a specific platform using the filter parameter

EntertainmentVideo GamesGame DatabaseGamingMedia

Get Games is an example object payload from Giant Bomb, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

summarydescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "summary": "Example: List games filtered by platform",
  "description": "Returns a paginated list of games for a specific platform using the filter parameter",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/api/games/",
    "parameters": {
      "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
      "format": "json",
      "filter": "platforms:94",
      "field_list": "id,guid,name,deck,original_release_date,platforms,image",
      "limit": 10,
      "offset": 0,
      "sort": "original_release_date:desc"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "error": "OK",
    "limit": 10,
    "offset": 0,
    "number_of_page_results": 10,
    "number_of_total_results": 1523,
    "status_code": 1,
    "results": [
      {
        "id": 60799,
        "guid": "3030-60799",
        "name": "Elden Ring",
        "deck": "An action RPG developed by FromSoftware and published by Bandai Namco in collaboration with author George R.R. Martin.",
        "original_release_date": "2022-02-25",
        "image": {
          "icon_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/square_avatar/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg",
          "medium_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_medium/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg",
          "screen_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/screen_medium/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg",
          "small_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg",
          "super_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_large/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg",
          "thumb_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/square_tiny/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg",
          "tiny_url": "https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/square_mini/8/87790/3345671-eldenring.jpg"
        },
        "platforms": [
          {"id": 94, "name": "PlayStation 5", "abbreviation": "PS5"},
          {"id": 145, "name": "Xbox Series X", "abbreviation": "Series X"},
          {"id": 146, "name": "PC", "abbreviation": "PC"}
        ]
      }
    ],
    "version": "1.0"
  }
}

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