Useful information for anyone developing stuff with the GB API

Hi, I'm Harris, the developer who started the GB android app. As I've worked on the app, I've run into things that simply weren't documented in the API and I had to use. While the API is great for getting game info and stuff, it's rather lacking for getting general GiantBomb content. I had to do packet capture on the site as well as the iPhone app to unearth some interesting, useful, and undocumented functions. These would be great to implement in the API, btw, in case any GB staff is reading this.  Below is a short list of them, which may grow in the future: 
 
Everything below will probably not be interesting unless you're a developer using GB stuff. Also, as usual, if the GB staff doesn't like this, feel free to make it disappear. Let me know if there are any errors.
 

Video Search

http://www.giantbomb.com/autosearch/?ct_ids=17?q=QUERY

iPod Formatted Videos

1. Make a /video/ request and get the 'url' parameter of the video you want. Should look something like this: "tr_matthazardbbb_gag.flv"
2. Some video filenames are formatted a little differently, so: IF the name contains ".flv", remove it. Some videos have it, some videos don't. So now we have: "tr_matthazardbbb_gag"
   
3. Add "http://media.giantbomb.com/video/" to the beginning of the name. So: "http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_matthazardbbb_gag"
4. Add "_ip.m4v?api_key=API_KEY" where API_KEY is your api key to the end of the name. So: "http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_matthazardbbb_gag_ip.m4v?api_key=API_KEY"
5. Done! You now have the URL to the iPod formatted video.

Hi, I'm Harris, the developer who started the GB android app. As I've worked on the app, I've run into things that simply weren't documented in the API and I had to use. While the API is great for getting game info and stuff, it's rather lacking for getting general GiantBomb content. I had to do packet capture on the site as well as the iPhone app to unearth some interesting, useful, and undocumented functions. These would be great to implement in the API, btw, in case any GB staff is reading this.  Below is a short list of them, which may grow in the future: 
 
Everything below will probably not be interesting unless you're a developer using GB stuff. Also, as usual, if the GB staff doesn't like this, feel free to make it disappear. Let me know if there are any errors.
 

Video Search

http://www.giantbomb.com/autosearch/?ct_ids=17?q=QUERY

iPod Formatted Videos

1. Make a /video/ request and get the 'url' parameter of the video you want. Should look something like this: "tr_matthazardbbb_gag.flv"
2. Some video filenames are formatted a little differently, so: IF the name contains ".flv", remove it. Some videos have it, some videos don't. So now we have: "tr_matthazardbbb_gag"
   
3. Add "http://media.giantbomb.com/video/" to the beginning of the name. So: "http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_matthazardbbb_gag"
4. Add "_ip.m4v?api_key=API_KEY" where API_KEY is your api key to the end of the name. So: "http://media.giantbomb.com/video/tr_matthazardbbb_gag_ip.m4v?api_key=API_KEY"
5. Done! You now have the URL to the iPod formatted video.

I don't know a damn thing about API mumbo jumbo, but if the information above is correct, it should be moved to the API forum and stickied there. 

" @DanielJW: I was going to put it there, but that place is pretty dead :| Although if it's stickied there, that would probably be better. "

You don't have to include your API key when grabbing the M4V videos. I don't think the server is doing anything with it.

Thank you very much, very helpful for me to add full video support to my little mobile version of the site :D