TheGamesDBApiWrapper 1.0.5

TheGamesDBApiWrapper

Wrapper Lib for handling requests to the TheGamesDB API. For API-Docs look here: https://api.thegamesdb.net/#/

NOTE Not a official release - so no warranty for usage.

External Libraries This Library uses the following lib(s) fro archive its functionality:

• RestSharp
• NewtonSoft.Json/JSON.NET

Requirements

• .NET Core 3.1 or higher
• The GamesDB API Access (Request your keys here)

Install

Nuget:

Install-Package TheGamesDBApiWrapper 

Dotnet Cli

dotnet add package TheGamesDBApiWrapper

Usage

Add

Add to Services:

//Startup.cs

public IServiceProvider ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) {
    
    // Variant 1: Load Settings from IConfiguration for API Wrapper (See Readme.md -> Configure for more details):
    services.AddTheGamesDBApiWrapper();
    // Variant 2: Provide a type of TheGamesDBApiConfigModel to configure the api lib.
    services.AddTheGamesDBApiWrapper(new TheGamesDBApiConfigModel() {
        BaseUrl = "....", // Change Base Url for API Requests e.g. for proxies (Defaults to: https://api.thegamesdb.net/)
        Version = 1, //Indicate the Version to use of the API (Defaults to 1)
        ApiKey = "abc",  // The API Key to use (either the one lifetime private key or the public key received by the API Team of "TheGamesDB" see "Requirements",
        ForceVersion = false // Indicates if version is forces to use - see Configure Readme Section for more
    });
    
    // Variant 3: Provide value by value
     services.AddTheGamesDBApiWrapper("apikey",1, "https://api.thegamesdb.net/");
  
}

Configure

You can configure the API Lib by using the App Configuration. For Example in your appsettings.json:

{
  ...
  "TheGamesDB": {
     "BaseUrl": "https://api.thegamesdb.net/",
     "Version": 1,
     "ApiKey": "abcdefg",
     "ForceVersion": false
  }
  
  ...
}

Use

To use it in code simple inject the API Class to your service or controller:

public class MyServiceClass { 
  private ITheGamesDBAPI api;
  
  public MyServiceClass(ITheGamesDBAPI api) {
    this.api = api;
  }

The Api Wrapper Lib is built in fluent pattern and based on the documentation of TheGamesDB api. So for loading all Platforms which is the api endpoint /Platforms you simple call:

var platforms = await this.api.Platform.All();

All parameters of all methods in the specific api class is documented in the "TheGamesDB" Api Docs

Helpers

Paginating

All paginated responses have two helper methods called NextPage and PreviousPage. So you can swap between pages by calling this async methods. For Example:

var gamesresponse = await this.api.Games.ByGameName("Counter");

// Info about current, next, prev page is stored in the sub oject "Pages"

// Check if we have a next page and switch to it

if (gamesresponse.Pages?.Next != null) {
    var nextResponse = await gamesresponse.NextPage();
    // Do something...
}

// Same for prev. page:
if (gamesresponse.Pages?.Previous != null) {
    var prevResponse = await gamesresponse.PreviousPage();
    // Do something...
}

Contribute / Donations

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