IGDB Database Collector

A service that collects and stores video game data from IGDB (Internet Game Database) into MongoDB. It provides both bulk data collection and webhook-based real-time updates.

Features

• Bulk collection of IGDB data
• Real-time updates via webhooks
• MongoDB storage
• Support for all IGDB endpoints

Prerequisites

• Go 1.24.1 or higher
• MongoDB
• IGDB API credentials (Client ID and Secret from Twitch)

Configuration

Create a config.json file in the root directory with the following structure:

{
  "address": "localhost:8080",
  "database": {
    "host": "localhost",
    "port": 27017,
    "user": "username",
    "password": "password",
    "database": "igdb"
  },
  "twitch": {
    "client_id": "your_client_id",
    "client_secret": "your_client_secret"
  },
  "webhook_secret": "your_webhook_secret",
  "external_url": "https://your-webhook-url.com"
}

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/igdb-database.git

# Install dependencies
go mod download

Usage

Running the Service

go run main.go

The service will:

1. Connect to MongoDB
2. Initialize IGDB client
3. Fetch initial data if collections are empty
4. Start webhook server for real-time updates

Dependencies

• go-igdb - IGDB API client
• mongo-driver - MongoDB driver for Go

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.