Get Game

Response format, pagination and caching.

Response examples

Game with grouped assets

Status: 200 OK

Response headers:

content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1020,
    "kind": "game",
    "title": "Example Game",
    "summary": "An example game summary.",
    "storyline": null,
    "gameType": "original",
    "firstReleaseDate": "2020-06-19",
    "metadataImages": {
      "poster": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_cover_big/abc123.jpg",
      "backdrop": "https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_screenshot_huge/def456.jpg",
      "logo": null
    },
    "assets": {
      "covers": [],
      "heroes": [],
      "logos": [],
      "wideCovers": [],
      "backgrounds": [],
      "squareCovers": [],
      "icons": []
    },
    "developers": [
      {
        "name": "Example Studio",
        "role": "main"
      }
    ],
    "publishers": ["Example Publisher"],
    "engines": [],
    "genres": ["Adventure"],
    "platforms": [
      {
        "name": "Example Platform",
        "abbreviation": "EXP"
      }
    ],
    "relatedGames": [
      {
        "id": 1021,
        "kind": "game",
        "title": "Example Related Game",
        "firstReleaseDate": "2021-02-01"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Game not found

Status: 404 Not Found

Response headers:

content-type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The requested resource was not found."
  }
}