IGDB Rust Client

Non-Official Internet Game Database Rust Api Client

With igdb-rs you can easily retrieve video game related information such as:

• Games
• Game Engines,
• Game Age Ratings,
• Franchises,
• Release Dates,
• Multiplayer information
• Platforms,
• Player perspectives
• Videos
• Artworks
• Covers,
• Screenshots
• Websites

and much more!.

Use out of the box clients methods or build your own queries with RequestBuilder to retrieve the exact data that you are looking for.

You have a Code Samples section below to check some samples

IGDB site

https://www.igdb.com/

IGDB Api endpoints information site

https://api-docs.igdb.com/#endpoints

Documentation

Check the documentation here : docs

Examples

You can find some sample code snippets here: examples

Quickstart

Add the following lines to you Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
igdb-rs = "*"

Or use cargo add if you have it installed:

$ cargo add igdb-rs

Endpoints

igdb-rs supports the following endpoints at this moment:

Endpoint	Description
Age Ratings	Age Rating according to various rating organisations
Artworks	Official artworks (resolution and aspect ratio may vary)
Characters	Video game characters
Character Mug Shots	Images depicting game characters
Companies	Video game companies. Both publishers & developers
Covers	The cover art of games
Games	Video Games!
Game Engines	Video game engines such as unreal engine.
Game Modes	Single player, Multiplayer etc
Game Videos	Videos associated with games
Franchises	A list of video game franchises such as Star Wars.
Multiplayer Modes	Data about the supported multiplayer types
Platforms	The hardware used to run the game or game delivery network
Platform Logo	Logo for a platform
Player Perspectives	Player perspectives describe the view/perspective of the player in a video game
Release Dates	A handy endpoint that extends game release dates. Used to dig deeper into release dates, platforms and versions.
Screenshots	Screenshots of games
Themes	Video game themes
Websites	A website url, usually associated with a game

Note: Clients are automatically generated with macros, so adding new endpoints is straightforward, if you need some other endpoint to be added feel free to request it or collaborate with the library submitting a pull request.

Code samples

With igdb-rs you can easily query the Internet Game Database.

You just need to create an IGDBClient object with your api key, you can sign and get one here: https://api.igdb.com/

Running samples

You can find some sample code snippets here: examples

In order to run the samples, just replace the user-key parameter inside the code sample
with your access key and execute it by using the sample name specified inside Cargo.toml file.

Example:

cargo run --example search-games-by-name
cargo run --example game-video-urls

Creating the IGDBClient with your user key

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");

Game by name

    let games_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key").games();
    let game = games_client.get_first_by_name("Witcher 3").await.unwrap();

    println!("Name: {}", game.name);
    println!("Summary: {} ...", &game.summary[..150]);
    println!("Story line: {}", game.storyline);
    println!("Url: {}", game.url);

    //  Name: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone
    //  Summary: Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec -- a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immorta ...
    //  Story line: Professional monster slayer is hired to deal with a ruthless bandit captain who possesses the power of immortality.
    //  Url: https://www.igdb.com/games/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-hearts-of-stone

Games by name

    let games_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key").games();
        // Get ten first results containing Borderlands in it's name
    let games_results = games_client.get_by_name("Borderlands", 10).await.unwrap();

    for game in games_results {
        println!("Name: {}", game.name);
        println!("Story line: {}", game.storyline);
        println!("Url: {}", game.url);
    }

    //  Name: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel - Lady Hammerlock The Baroness
    //  Story line:
    //  Url: https://www.igdb.com/games/borderlands-the-pre-sequel-lady-hammerlock-the-baroness
    //  Name: Borderlands Legends
    //  Story line:
    //  Url: https://www.igdb.com/games/borderlands-legends
    //  Name: Tales from the Borderlands: Episode 3 - Catch a Ride
    //  Story line:
    //  Url: https://www.igdb.com/games/tales-from-the-borderlands-episode-3-catch-a-ride
    //  Name: Borderlands 2: Game of the Year Edition
    //  Story line:
    //  Url: https://www.igdb.com/games/borderlands-2-game-of-the-year-edition

    //Omitted for brevity...

Game characters

    let characters_client = igdb_client.characters();

    //Get Witcher 3 characters
    for ch in characters_client.get_by_game_id(1942, 10).await.unwrap() {
    println!("name: {}, slug: {}, url: {}", ch.name, ch.slug, ch.url);
    }

    //  name: Dandelion, slug: dandelion, url: https://www.igdb.com/characters/dandelion
    //  name: Jaskier, slug: jaskier, url: https://www.igdb.com/characters/jaskier
    //  name: Emhyr Var Empreis, slug: emhyr-var-empreis, url: https://www.igdb.com/characters/emhyr-var-empreis
    //  name: Ciri, slug: ciri, url: https://www.igdb.com/characters/ciri
    //  name: Avallac'h, slug: avallach, url: https://www.igdb.com/characters/avallach

    //Omitted for brevity...

Game engine info

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");

    let games_client = igdb_client.games();
    let game = games_client
        .get_first_by_name("Riders of Asgard")
        .await
        .unwrap();

    let engine_id = game.game_engines.first().unwrap();

    let engines_client = igdb_client.game_engines();
    let engine = engines_client
        .get_first_by_id(*engine_id as usize)
        .await
        .unwrap();

    println!(
        "name: {}, url: {}, companies: {:?}",
        engine.name, engine.url, engine.companies
    );

    // name: Unreal Engine 4, url: https://www.igdb.com/game_engines/unreal-engine-4--1,
    // companies: [168, 11060]

Game release data

  let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");

  let release_client = igdb_client.release_dates();

  //Get releases for Borderlands3 with id 19164
  let releases = release_client.get_by_game_id(19164, 10).await.unwrap();

  let platform_client = igdb_client.platforms();

  for release in releases {
    let platform = platform_client
        .get_first_by_id(release.platform as usize)
        .await
        .unwrap();

    println!(
            "platform: {} release date: {}",
            platform.name, release.human
            );
    }

    //  platform: Xbox One release date: 2019-Sep-13
    //  platform: PC (Microsoft Windows) release date: 2019-Sep-13
    //  platform: PlayStation 4 release date: 2019-Sep-13
    //  platform: Google Stadia release date: 2019-Sep-13

Game Videos Urls

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");
    let videos_client = igdb_client.game_videos();

    //Query first 8 youtube videos for Witcher 3
    let response = videos_client.get_by_game_id(1942, 8).await.unwrap();

    for video in response {
    println!("{:?}", video);
    }

    // Youtube links for Witcher 3 Game

    //  GameVideo { id: 5993, game: 1942, video_id: "xQGam9OHSUo" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5989, game: 1942, video_id: "_IBAovRNCuA" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5995, game: 1942, video_id: "8ZLfJjlZKvc" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5987, game: 1942, video_id: "5nLipy-Z4yo" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5991, game: 1942, video_id: "6f8TbvsZ5Mk" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5994, game: 1942, video_id: "p14dHAwLOmo" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5990, game: 1942, video_id: "QrwGXAcE6ZA" }
    //  GameVideo { id: 5996, game: 1942, video_id: "sb81f-ejNSI" }

Screenshots and Covers download

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");
    let games_client = igdb_client.games();
    let witcher = games_client.get_first_by_name("Witcher 3").await.unwrap();

    //Get the first 3 covers for the Witcher 3 game
    let covers_client = igdb_client.covers();
    let covers_response = covers_client.get_by_game_id(witcher.id, 3).await.unwrap();

    //Get the first 3 screenshots for the Witcher 3 game
    let screenshots_client = igdb_client.screenshots();
    let screenshots_response = screenshots_client
        .get_by_game_id(witcher.id, 3)
        .await
        .unwrap();

    for (i, cover) in covers_response.iter().enumerate() {
        covers_client
            .download_by_id(
                cover.id,
                format!("cover{}.jpg", i),
                MediaQuality::ScreenshotHuge,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
    }

    for (i, screenshot) in screenshots_response.iter().enumerate() {
        screenshots_client
        .download_by_id(
                screenshot.id,
                format!("screenshot{}.jpg", i),
                MediaQuality::ScreenshotHuge,
            )
            .await
            .unwrap();
    }

Custom Queries I

Find games meeting the request builder criteria

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");

    let mut game_request = IGDBClient::create_request();
    game_request
        .add_field("name")
        .add_fields(vec!["storyline", "summary"])
        .contains("name", "Ast")
        .add_where("category", Equality::NotEqual, "0")
        .sort_by("name", OrderBy::Descending)
        .limit(3);

    // Generated query
    // fields name,storyline,summary; where name  ~ *"Ast"* & category != 0; sort name desc; limit 3;

    let game_client = igdb_client.games();
    let games = game_client.get(game_request).await.unwrap();

    for g in games {
        println!("Name: {}", g.name);
    }

    //Name: Yo-Kai Watch Blasters: Moon Rabbit Crew
    //Name: XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift
    //Name: Warlock: Master of the Arcane - Armageddon

Custom Queries II

Get Borderlands 2 multiplayer information building a custom query

    let idbg_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");

    let games_client = idbg_client.games();

    let mut games_req = IGDBClient::create_request();
    games_req
        .add_field("id")
        .add_field("name")
        .search("Borderlands 2")
        .limit(3);

    let result = games_client.get(games_req).await.unwrap();

    let ids: Vec<String> = result.iter().map(|g| g.id.to_string()).collect();
    let names: Vec<String> = result.iter().map(|g| g.name.clone()).collect();

    let multiplayer_client = idbg_client.multiplayer_modes();

    let mut mul_request = IGDBClient::create_request();

    mul_request.all_fields().add_where_in("id".to_owned(), ids);

    let results = multiplayer_client.get(mul_request).await.unwrap();

    for (i, m) in results.iter().enumerate() {
        println!("{} has online coop: {}", names[i], m.onlinecoop);
        println!("{} has local coop: {}", names[i], m.lancoop);
    }

    //  Prints:
    //  Borderlands 2 has online coop: true
    //  Borderlands 2 has local coop: false

Game rating and votes

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");
    let games_client = igdb_client.games();

    let game = games_client.get_first_by_name("Modern Warfare 3").await.unwrap();

    println!("Game: {}, rating: {}, total votes: {}", game.name, game.total_rating as usize, game.total_rating_count);

    //Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, rating: 80, total votes: 442

Franchise games

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");
    let franchises_client = igdb_client.franchises();
    let games_client = igdb_client.games();

    //Get games inside franchises containing name "Lego"
    for franchise in franchises_client
        .get_by_name("Lego", 5)
        .await
        .unwrap()
    {
        for game in &franchise.games {
            let game_info = games_client.get_first_by_id(*game as usize).await.unwrap();

            println!("Name: {}", game_info.name);
        }
    }

    // Name: Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues
    // Name: Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures
    // Name: LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
    // Name: Lego Racers 2
    // Name: LEGO Racers
    // Omitted for brevity...

Game Age Rating

    let igdb_client = IGDBClient::new("user-key");
    let games_client = igdb_client.games();
    let age_rating_client = igdb_client.age_ratings();

    let game = games_client
        .get_first_by_name("Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3")
        .await
        .unwrap();

    for age_rating in game.age_ratings {

        //Get a maximum of 3 age ratings for Modern Warfare 3

        let ratings = age_rating_client
            .get_by_id(age_rating as usize, 3)
            .await
            .unwrap();

        for rating in ratings {
            println!(
                "Game: {}, Category: {:?}, Rating: {:?}",
                game.name, rating.category, rating.rating
            );
        }

    // Game: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Category: PEGI, Rating: Eighteen
    }