lizardbyte_db_helper¶

Code.lizardbyte_db_helper.get_igdb_id_from_collection(search_query, collection_type=None)[source]¶

Search for a collection by name.

Match a collection by name against the LizardByte db (clone of IGDB), to get the collection ID.

Parameters:	search_query : str Collection name to search for. collection_type : Optional[str] Collection type to search for. Valid values are ‘game_collections’ and ‘game_franchises’. If not provided, will first search for ‘game_collections’, then ‘game_franchises’, returning the first match.
Returns:	Optional[Tuple[int, str]] Tuple of `id` and `collection_type` if found, otherwise None.

Examples

>>> get_igdb_id_from_collection(search_query='James Bond', collection_type='game_collections')
326
>>> get_igdb_id_from_collection(search_query='James Bond', collection_type='game_franchises')
37