Endpoint Top Games from V5 API returns giantbomb_id always 0

[jastix]

Since 23 October I have noticed that V5 Get Top Games endpoint always returns 0 in field “giantbomb_id”.

Is it a bug? Or did I miss some announcement?

[Dist]

Twitch no longer use GiantBomb as a games database, they recently moved to IGDB and so don’t maintain references to GiantBomb game IDs.

The API returning 0 rather than removing the field from that deprecated endpoint is the safest option and least likely to be a breaking change.

[jastix]

Thank for the information!

Now I have one more reason to write some code this weekend

[BarryCarlyon]

This uservoice

Add the IGDB game ID to the Helix Games Endpoint

Contains a request to update helix with the IGDB ID

And a note on how to use the IGDB API to get the IGDB ID by TwitchID

[jbulava]

Apologies for the confusion. It was an oversight during the IGDB migration and we only only posted about this side effect today.

Legacy endpoints returning 0 for “giantbomb_id” following IGDB migration

Following Twitch’s migration to IGDB for game information, we unfortunately missed one update that would affect third-party developers. Legacy endpoints that included a giantbomb_id field now return a value of 0 as a result and we regret not catching this before the migration to properly inform developers. Who will be impacted by these changes? Any developer who has been using one of the following endpoints should expect a value of 0 for the giantbomb_id field. GET /kraken/search/games GET /k…