I am interested in accessing the data of igdb.com for a hobby project. They have an api that is "free", ie it requires a twitch account with 2fa enabled which means i would need to hand over my phone number to twitch. That is a hard no from my side.

Anyone know of a way to get a dump of their database or a similar source where i could get api access without revealing personal information? For my project i am after only title, release year, some sort of rating and some sort of playtime.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago

Oh, maybe not then.

Unless you have some university affiliation you could spin as "I'm a researcher and..."

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