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RAWG Video Games Database Scraper

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RAWG Video Games Database Scraper

RAWG Video Games Database Scraper

Extract video game data from RAWG. Get details, ratings, screenshots, stores for 500K+ games across all platforms.

Pricing

Pay per usage

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Developer

cloud9

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Maintained by Community

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0

Monthly active users

2 days ago

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Search and extract video game data from RAWG. Get ratings, platforms, genres, screenshots, and release info for 800K+ games.

Features

  • Extract data from https://api.rawg.io/api
  • Multiple scraping modes: searchGames, topGames
  • Automatic rate limiting
  • Proxy support via Apify Proxy
  • API authentication support

Input Configuration

Modes

  1. searchGames: /games?search={query}&page={page}&page_size=20
  2. topGames: /games?ordering=-rating&page={page}&page_size=20

Example Input

{
"apiKey": "example",
"mode": "searchGames",
"query": "example search",
"maxResults": 20
}

Authentication

Free API key from rawg.io

Output

The actor stores results in the Apify dataset. Each item contains:

  • id
  • name
  • released
  • rating
  • ratings_count
  • metacritic
  • platforms
  • genres
  • tags
  • background_image

Usage Example

const input = {
"apiKey": "example",
"mode": "searchGames",
"query": "example search",
"maxResults": 20
};
const run = await ApifyClient.actor('rawg-games-scraper').call(input);
const { items } = await ApifyClient.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
console.log(items);

Limits

  • Maximum results per run: 500
  • Rate limiting: 1 request per second (default)

Support

For issues or questions, contact the developer or open an issue on GitHub.

License

Apache-2.0