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moiph / ub3r-b0t

A Discord/IRC Bot
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suggestion: games search with IGDB #15

Closed ghost closed 4 years ago

ghost commented 4 years ago

their API is unlimited for both open source and commercial use, URL embeds look like this with the new site: image URL embeds for existing site: image

the search is pretty good for fuzzy matches.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Add a games search option to ub3r-b0t and use IGDB since their API is free with no restrictions on data licensing compared to mobygames and the like. There are multiple ways to consume the api and there is already a reference bot that does so.

Describe the solution you'd like

s!igdb <search term> brings up a card with info on the search term. Describe alternatives you've considered

Some bots offer a Steam search option, but it doesn't include console games or games only available by physical copy or through GOG/EGS/Itch/etc.

Currently the bot hosted in their server is only available there. I don't trust myself to self host the reference bot in a secure way.

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moiph commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion -- this is live now :)