giantbomb 0.7

Download Manager Library

UNDER MIT LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Leandro Voltolino [e-mail]

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Python wrapper for Giantbomb API!

Get your API Key at http://api.giantbomb.com

Basic usage:

import giantbomb
gb = giantbomb.Api('YOUR_KEY')

Current Methods:

• search(str, offset)

• getGame(game_id)

• getGames(platform_id, offset)

• getVideo(video_id)

• getPlatform(platform_id)

• getPlatforms(offset)

• getFranchise(franchise_id)

• getFranchises(offset)

Everything returns an object:

Examples:

import giantbomb
gb = giantbomb.Api('YOUR_KEY')

games = gb.getGames(94, 12300) // 94 = PC
print games

>>> [<29220: Zero Gear>, <29234: Pro Cycling Manager: Season 2010>,
     <29238: Allods Online>, <29240: Hammerfight>, <29247: Sacraboar>,
     <29249: POWDER>, <29257: Grand Fantasia>, ...]

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results = gb.search('call of duty')
print results

>>> [<26423: Call of Duty: Black Ops>, <2133: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare>,
     <20777: Call of Duty: World at War>, ...]

game = gb.getGame(26423) // or gb.getGame(results[0])
for p in game.platforms:
    print p.name

>>> PlayStation 3
    Wii
    Nintendo DS
    PlayStation Network (PS3)
    Xbox 360
    PC

Yep, that’s it!

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