GET/ign/articleapiKey2 credits/request
Returns public IGN article or review metadata and body paragraphs from a canonical article URL. Only canonical https://www.ign.com/articles/<slug> URLs are accepted; wiki, video, and game/movie/TV hub pages return an invalid-parameter error.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 8 fields returned with a value. In the sample: published_at: 2026-09-23; url: ign.com; title: 24 characters; authors: 1 entry; description: 83 characters; updated_at: 2026-09-22; image_url: assets-prd.ignimgs.com; paragraphs: 10 entries.
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GET/ign/authorapiKey2 credits/request
Returns an IGN author profile by `url`, a canonical `https://www.ign.com/person/<username>` link. The response has the `username`, name, job title, location, biography, headshot, `social_links` (platform and URL) and the author's recent articles.
Required: url.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 10 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary. In the sample: url: ign.com; title: median 102 characters; summary: median 29 characters.
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GET/ign/headlinesapiKey1 credit/request
Returns current IGN headlines for one section. `section` is required and takes one of `news`, `reviews`, `games`, `movies`, `tv`, `tech`, `nintendo`, `playstation`, `xbox`, `pc`, `mobile` or `comics`. Each item has its title and URL, plus summary, author, publication time and image when the outlet provides them.
Required: section (12 allowed values: news, reviews, games, movies, tv, tech, nintendo, playstation, xbox, pc, mobile, comics).
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url. In the sample: published_at: “2026-10-13T15:30:00Z” and 18 other values; url: ign.com; title: median 20 characters; summary: median 144 characters; image_url: assets-prd.ignimgs.com.
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GET/ign/newsapiKey1 credit/request
Returns IGN's current top stories on gaming and entertainment, with no parameters. Each item has its title and URL, plus summary, author, publication time and image when the outlet provides them, covering games, film and TV news in one list.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 20 items. Filled in every item: title, url, summary, published_at, author, image_url. In the sample: published_at: 2026-10-13; url: ign.com; title: median 68 characters; summary: median 141 characters; image_url: assets-prd.ignimgs.com.
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GET/ign/sectionsapiKey1 credit/request
Lists the 12 IGN sections accepted by `ign-headlines`: `news`, `reviews`, `games`, `movies`, `tv`, `tech`, `nintendo`, `playstation`, `xbox`, `pc`, `mobile` and `comics`. Each entry has a `slug`, display `name` and `url`.
Takes no parameters.
Sampled 14 Oct 2026: 12 items. Filled in every item: slug, name, url. In the sample: name: “News” and 11 other values; url: ign.com.
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