Need help finding the endpoints for my needs.

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#1  Edited By papuccino1

Hi guys,

I need to find an endpoint that returns a list of upcoming games by console.

For example, a JSON response containing information about upcoming releases for XBox 360, PS3, Wii and PC.

What is the URL I need to use to retrieve this information? I'm confused because there is both a Game endpoint and a Release endpoint, and I doubt those two fit what I need.

Thanks for the help!

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#2  Edited By LordAndrew

After looking up the word "endpoint" I'm still not clear what you're looking for. All I know is that the API alone cannot give you that information. Are you looking for an external tool?

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#3  Edited By papuccino1

An endpoint is basically a URL that you can access to retrieve a response from a web server.

For example, RottenTomatoes has an API with several endpoints. EDIT: I don't need it to return JSON, XML is fine too.
 http://developer.rottentomatoes.com/docs/read/JSON

So you're saying I cannot get a collection of games for a given platform that are "coming soon"?

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#4  Edited By LordAndrew

Filtering the API results is incredibly limited. You can't do much to change what results are given to you.

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#5  Edited By papuccino1

Ok thanks, but can you give me a direct answer (if you have it), does GiantBomb offer this endpoint for comming soon games, or do they just offer a list of games via platform?

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#6  Edited By LordAndrew
@papuccino1 said:
" does GiantBomb offer this endpoint for comming soon games? "
No.
@papuccino1 said:
" do they just offer a list of games via platform? "
They don't even offer that, as far as I can tell.
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#7  Edited By papuccino1
@LordAndrew: So what do they offer? Just a complete response of all the games in their database? I highly doubt that.
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#8  Edited By LordAndrew
@papuccino1: Don't believe me? Read the documentation. If you find a solution there, please inform me. I'd love for such a feature to exist.
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#9  Edited By papuccino1

Well that sucks then. So we're supposed to download 40,000+ listings each time someone wants to search something on our applications?

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#10  Edited By LordAndrew

Or download them and cache it for future use. And then you can schedule updates weekly or whenever you feel it appropriate to run through the entire listing again. It's a huge inconvenience, but it's the only way I know of.