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@tuxedocruise: Re: An Android release - we're kind of seeing if that's really desired right now - stay tuned.

I, for one.... think it's fantastic :D

I'm rolling this in today,

@wcarle - Is it too late to change this?

GET Response for an id which you have no saved time returns "savedTime" as an int.

{

"success": 1,

"savedTime": -1,

"message": "No saved time for this video id"

}

--- GET Response for an id which you have saved some time against - returns a string with a Float or Double? Is it possible to unify and get them to both return the same type? Not a big thing but it'd be slightly nicer for those of us using statically typed languages.

{

"success": 1,

"savedTime": "20.186404"

}

Update: S'fine really, I support both now - leaving up in case you find the suggestion useful for some future enhancement. Working perfectly btw :D

Awesome! Perfect timing to roll support for this into our new app. Great work!

Thanks @frobie - 'page' works like a charm!

Any idea if 'page' will cease to function / be deprecated after offset is fixed? Would want to get ahead of any potential "Hotfix because the functionality is broken in the app situations" :)

Hello,

Not sure if I should send this directly to @wcarle or make a blanket post so I'll try this way first :)

Repro. steps:
https://www.giantbomb.com/api/search?format=JSON&api_key=<redacted>&query=Mario&offset=0&resource_type=game&field_list=id

-and-

https://www.giantbomb.com/api/search?format=JSON&api_key=<redacted>&query=Mario&offset=64&resource_type=game&field_list=id

Return the exact same list of id's - Despite the response saying there are 431 results to be had.

Raw Response here: http://pastebin.com/6mdfjAjy

You need to set a custom user agent header so that the API Backend knows you're not a bad guy.

If you send a custom header they can easily track your hits and see if you're DDOS'ing them or just doing some crawling for a project.

I went with (Forum_UserName)-(Use Summary)

ex:

User-Agent: Thing2-Review_Comparison_Project

If you're already doing that then ... you are probably hitting it too quickly - maybe put some artificial delays in there and be a bit "nicer" the backend :)

Howdy,

I wanted to do something fun with the 'filed_under' data that's posted under a number of GiantBomb Podcasts but I don't see that this data is available from the API. I've tried peeking at the promo / video resources (the most likely culprit) but have come up empty.

Has anyone found this data using the API?

Example below:

103. Abe Lincoln had the most kickass gun ever made in his time.

104. Cracking a safe with a bobby pin is not only possible but only takes a couple of tries and less than 1 minute.

105. Hacking a computer is as simple as choosing correctly out of a pool of maybe 15 possibles.

This part of the game is going to make me cheat or give up....I can't believe ANYONE thought this was a gamers idea of "fun."  Ridiculous isn't the half of it....