IGDB Search

This program was created with the intent of searching and displaying information for a game from the IGDB.

This project was created in Go using the IGDB Package.

Purpose

This tool is designed with the needs of game reviewers in mind. It will help someone compile information for a game that they get that would be necessary, like a brief summary of the plot, what platforms the game was released on as well as the dates, and more.

Compiling From Source

If Go isn't already install, you can find installation instructions here.

NOTE: This Project has dependencies that require Go Version 1.9 or later

After installation, you can grab the dependencies using:

go get github.com/Henry-Sarabia/igdb

From here, you can compile by running:

go build

or

go build search.go

This will create a binary which you can then run from the command line for testing.

Usage

Once compiled, you should have an executable file located in the project directory, named according to how you decided to build the project (more on that found here).

The executable has 2 flags required in order to run:

    -g: Name of the game to search (in quotations if it has multiple words)
    
    -k: IGDB API-Key that is used to communicate with the database

To run, assuming you used the second command to build:

./search -g <NAME_OF_GAME> -k <YOUR_API_KEY>