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@untidy/mobygames

Getting Started

Installation

Use your preferred package manager

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npm install @untidy/mobygames

Making your first API request

To get started, simply create an instance of the class with your API key:

import { MobyGames } from '@untidy/mobygames';


const client = new MobyGames('access api key');

Then, call any of the available methods to retrieve data from MobyGames API. In this case, we retrieve covers for an specific game and platform:

const data = await client.gamePlatformCovers('120555', '141');
Successful response output 
{
  cover_groups: [
    {
      comments: 'Lenticular Edition',
      countries: ['Belgium', 'The Netherlands'],
      covers: [
        {
          comments: 'Lenticular Card on transparant sleeve',
          description: null,
          height: 800,
          image: 'https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/7427601-resident-evil-2-playstation-4-front-cover.jpg',
          scan_of: 'Front Cover',
          thumbnail_image: 'https://cdn.mobygames.com/3de9abaa-abf6-11ed-8949-02420a00012e.webp',
          width: 636,
        },
        {
          comments: null,
          description: null,
          height: 800,
          image: 'https://cdn.mobygames.com/covers/7427568-resident-evil-2-playstation-4-media.jpg',
          scan_of: 'Media',
          thumbnail_image: 'https://cdn.mobygames.com/37132770-abf6-11ed-8949-02420a00012e.webp',
          width: 800,
        },
        // ...
      ],
    },
    // ...
  ],
};

That’s it! You have now made your first request. For more documentation, please check the API section.