Get game by platform ID
curl --request GET \
--url https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id} \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"payload": {
"id": "189165",
"name": "Kill The Monster Z",
"slug": "kill-the-monster-z",
"first_release_date": "2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"twitch_id": "2011938005",
"youtube_id": "UCf_7CrLpgmot2vPKYwx5zQg"
},
"meta": {
"source": "igdb",
"received_at": "2025-01-27T12:00:00.000Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 400,
"message": "Invalid platform or missing required parameter"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 401,
"message": "API key is required"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 403,
"message": "Invalid API key"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 404,
"message": "Profile not found"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 429,
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}Games
Get game by platform ID
Fetch a game by platform-specific game ID or IGDB ID.
- For Twitch: provide Twitch game ID
- For YouTube: provide YouTube game channel ID
- For IGDB: provide IGDB game ID directly
GET
/
platforms
/
{platform}
/
games
/
{game_id}
Get game by platform ID
curl --request GET \
--url https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id} \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}"
headers = {"x-api-key": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://external-api.streamforge.com/platforms/{platform}/games/{game_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"payload": {
"id": "189165",
"name": "Kill The Monster Z",
"slug": "kill-the-monster-z",
"first_release_date": "2017-03-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"twitch_id": "2011938005",
"youtube_id": "UCf_7CrLpgmot2vPKYwx5zQg"
},
"meta": {
"source": "igdb",
"received_at": "2025-01-27T12:00:00.000Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 400,
"message": "Invalid platform or missing required parameter"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 401,
"message": "API key is required"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 403,
"message": "Invalid API key"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 404,
"message": "Profile not found"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}{
"error": {
"status": 429,
"message": "Rate limit exceeded"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "5e7c0137-1ed3-4b4b-8e5f-3d9cf00f7ac4"
}
}Authorizations
Your API key. Include it in the x-api-key header for all requests.
Path Parameters
Platform identifier (twitch, youtube, or igdb)
Available options:
twitch, youtube, igdb Example:
"twitch"
Platform-specific game ID or IGDB ID (if platform is 'igdb')
Example:
"2011938005"
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