retrohub-org / retrohub

Retrogaming library frontend, built to be a highly customizable platform.
https://retrohub-org.github.io/
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Add support for IGDB scraping #264

Open rsubtil opened 11 months ago

rsubtil commented 11 months ago

IGDB is a recent game metadata and media platform with a free and open API. While it's focused on recent games/frontends, it also has a strong library of old games, and is suitable for RetroHub.

The only caveat is relying on a Twitch API token, which has a time limit of around 2 months. The proposed solution of mananing this secret through an AWS instance is likely to incur on costs.