characterphotos

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Character Photos Example

This example makes use of the igdb client's Character service to retrieve images of the 20 most recently added characters from the IGDB. The example demonstrates the use of the following key functions:

• Characters.List
• SetLimit
• SetFields
• SetFilter
• SetOrder
• SizedURL

Installation

If you do not have Go installed yet, you can find installation instructions here.

To build this example, navigate to the containing directory and use the Go build tool as follows.

go build

This command will have built the example into an executable and can now be run from the command line.

Usage

To run this example you will need a valid IGDB API key. If you do not have one yet, sign up here.

Now, make sure you are in the same containing directory and use the following command with your API key.

characterphotos -k YOUR_API_KEY

If your API key is valid and no unforeseen errors occur, you should see some output that resembles the following:

Ashley Thorne - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/dwxdcqu80xrrdnsa9mxp.jpg
Dr. Sarah Brook - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/yrdhbindmfzwuewwjwng.jpg
Princess Zelda - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/q64bgyomnbk5spyikkex.jpg
Nicola - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/kl5irzci1bj4ymvnzhjl.jpg
Mitsuru Kirijo - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/rjnvgdl0aifmjrtrjgj9.jpg
Mr. Ekoda - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ttw7ocki33zjbhvngwrb.jpg
Officer Kurosawa - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/zrbtld8pjyxedhanu11b.jpg
Isako Toriumi - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/evd5usxhpjngl4rfsd7q.jpg
Natsuki Moriyama - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/nljtysljky3sag5s5g44.jpg
Takeharu Kirijo - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ilqbigrpm338gkpft3g8.jpg
Shuji Ikutsuki - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ixy4q3ee8zdlm8esqakx.jpg
Chidori Yoshino - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ok9whyfiguoukcoghito.jpg
Takaya Sakaki - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/jlzuiw93jxoyfa0oare7.jpg
Ken Amada - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ak5yzxhcgvnndiuuxsm9.jpg
Shinjiro Aragaki - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/utnsmywxm5alnaclp2qy.jpg
Fuuka Yamagishi - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/g0tg6ki63fmosh3aj4ji.jpg
Akihiko Sanada - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ysotmcmuusyqi6u4xhnm.jpg
Junpei Iori - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/ih2ey8d0y66orat7tmuy.jpg
Yukari Takeba - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/u3wddae7y6faxamrpoty.jpg
Heroine - https://images.igdb.com/igdb/image/upload/t_1080p/mds3odgd72u5x3vgnkdu.jpg

If you follow the link to one of the images, it will show a photo of the respective character like so: