Overview
The Internet Games Database (IGDB) is one of the most popular databases for detailed video game information run by twitch.tv. By integrating IGDB with GameVault, users get accurate and up-to-date game data. We're pleased to partner with IGDB to provide the best game information to our users.
Setup
- Log in to your Twitch Account on dev.twitch.tv
- Create a new account if you don't have one already.
- Open the Twitch Developer dashboard.
- Click on Register your application
- Fill out the form as shown in the image. Make sure to solve the CAPTCHA.
- Once your application is created, click on Manage.
- Click on New Secret. Make sure to solve the CAPTCHA.
- Copy your Client ID and Client Secret and configure them in GameVaults
METADATA_IGDB_CLIENT_ID and METADATA_IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables.
- Done! 🥳 Now just restart your server and it should do it's magic. If you have lots of games, it may take a while to fetch all metadata. You can check the progress in the server logs.
Configurations
| Property | Description | Default | Possible Values |
|---|
METADATA_IGDB_ENABLED | Enables / Disables the Provider | true | true, false |
METADATA_IGDB_PRIORITY | Priority of the Provider | 50 | Any Integer |
METADATA_IGDB_CLIENT_ID | Your developer.twitch.tv Client ID | - | Your Client-ID |
METADATA_IGDB_CLIENT_SECRET | Your developer.twitch.tv Client Secret | - | Your Client-Secret |
Mappings
Fields
| GameVault Field | IGDB API Field(s) | Notes |
|---|
provider_slug | igdb | hardcoded. |
age_rating | age_ratings | See here for details. |
provider_data_id | id | |
provider_data_url | url | |
title | name | |
release_date | first_release_date | |
description | game.summary and/or game.storyline | If both are available, both get used, else any available will be mapped |
rating | total_rating | |
early_access | status | True if the Game is either in status alpha, beta or early_access |
developers | involved_companies | Filtered by involved_company.developer === true |
publishers | involved_companies | Filtered by involved_company.publisher === true |
genres | genres | |
tags | keywords and themes | |
cover | cover | Using the highest possible cover resolution via t_cover_big_2x |
background | artworks[0] or screenshots[0] | Only first artwork/screenshot is mapped. Using the highest possible 16:9 resolution via t_1080p_2x |
url_websites | websites.url | |
url_screenshots | screenshots and artworks | Using the highest possible 16:9 resolution via t_1080p_2x |
url_trailers | videos | Only when video title includes the words "trailer", "teaser" or "intro" |
url_gameplays | videos | Only when video title includes the words "gameplay" |
Age Rating
The table below shows how age ratings from GameVault and IGDB are matched. Ratings like "Not Yet Rated" are ignored. A game can have ratings from multiple systems. The IGDB integration calculates the average of all ratings, rounds it, and then saves it to GameVault.
| Age Rating System | Rating Name | GameVault Minimum Age (Years) | IGDB Rating Enum Value |
|---|
| PEGI | Three | 3 | 1 |
| Seven | 7 | 2 |
| Twelve | 12 | 3 |
| Sixteen | 16 | 4 |
| Eighteen | 18 | 5 |
| ESRB | EC | 3 | 7 |
| E | 6 | 8 |
| E10 | 10 | 9 |
| T | 13 | 10 |
| M | 17 | 11 |
| AO | 18 | 12 |
| CERO | CERO_A | 0 | 13 |
| CERO_B | 12 | 14 |
| CERO_C | 15 | 15 |
| CERO_D | 17 | 16 |
| CERO_Z | 18 | 17 |
| USK | USK_0 | 0 | 18 |
| USK_6 | 6 | 19 |
| USK_12 | 12 | 20 |
| USK_16 | 16 | 21 |
| USK_18 | 18 | 22 |
| GRAC | GRAC_ALL | 0 | 23 |
| GRAC_Twelve | 12 | 24 |
| GRAC_Fifteen | 15 | 25 |
| GRAC_Eighteen | 18 | 26 |
| CLASS_IND | CLASS_IND_L | 0 | 28 |
| CLASS_IND_Ten | 10 | 29 |
| CLASS_IND_Twelve | 12 | 30 |
| CLASS_IND_Fourteen | 14 | 31 |
| CLASS_IND_Sixteen | 16 | 32 |
| CLASS_IND_Eighteen | 18 | 33 |
| ACB | ACB_G | 0 | 34 |
| ACB_PG | 8 | 35 |
| ACB_M | 15 | 36 |
| ACB_MA15 | 15 | 37 |
| ACB_R18 | 18 | 38 |