IGDB Proxy Server API

Is a workaround if you have issues with CORS when accesing the IGDB API for a Web Project by making a Proxy Server

How to use

Backend Setup

• Make sure you have Node JS installed on your machine
• open a terminal in this directory
• run npm install to install the dependencies
• run node index.js to start the server

Access from frontend

• Make a fetch request to localhost:8000/fetchIGDBData (default)
• Make sure to include UserId, Token, ApiNode, Query in the body
  • UserId: The Id for your twitch developer account
    https://api-docs.igdb.com/#account-creation
  • Token: The token for your twitch developer account
    https://api-docs.igdb.com/#authentication
  • ApiNode the Endpoint you want to get (games, age_rating...)
    https://api-docs.igdb.com/#endpoints
  • Query: The Query you want to run.
    fields name, rating, rating_count; sort rating_count desc;

Example in Javascript

const UserId = YOUR USERid;
const Token = YOUR TOKEN;
const ApiNode = 'games';
const Query = 'fields *; sort rating_count desc;';
try {
    const response = await fetch(
        'http://localhost:8000/fetchIGDBData', {
            method: 'POST',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/json'
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(
                { UserId, Token, ApiNode, Query })
    });
    const data = await response.json();
    return data;
} catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    return undefined;
}