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GET /v1/year

Games published in a year

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/boardgames-api/v1/year" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/boardgames-api/v1/year", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/boardgames-api/v1/year");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/boardgames-api/v1/year",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "year": 2017,
        "count": 50,
        "games": [
            {
                "id": "174430",
                "url": "https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/174430/gloomhaven",
                "name": "Gloomhaven",
                "rank": 1,
                "year": 2017,
                "thumbnail": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/micro/img/8JYMPXdcBg_UHddwzq64H4NBduY=/fit-in/64x64/pic2437871.jpg",
                "users_rated": 26069,
                "bayes_average": 8.604,
                "average_rating": 8.89
            },
            {
                "id": "220308",
                "url": "https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/220308/gaia-project",
                "name": "Gaia Project",
                "rank": 7,
                "year": 2017,
                "thumbnail": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/micro/img/Ifks_R9_4ObVmyHgN2j9lks-_8M=/fit-in/64x64/pic3763556.jpg",
                "users_rated": 9806,
                "bayes_average": 8.13,
                "average_rating": 8.54
            },
            {
                "id": "233078",
                "url": "https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition",
                "name": "Twilight Imperium (Fourth Edition)",
                "rank": 9,
                "year": 2017,
                "thumbnail": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/micro/img/D_wkWC_xeBStqd2Y4xXuUrDYpso=/fit-in/64x64/pic3727516.jpg",
                "users_rated": 7254,
                "bayes_average": 8.111,
                "average_rating": 8.71
            },
            {
                "id": "162886",
                "url": "https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/162886/spirit-island",
                "name": "Spirit Island",
                "rank": 15,
                "year": 2017,
                "thumbnail": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/micro/img/Q5Pf_6hKlCXkfbha60l68FUpX_4=/fit-in/64x64/pic3615739.png",
                "users_rated": 11970,
                "bayes_average": 8.006,
                "average_rating": 8.36
            },
            {
                "id": "180263",
                "url": "https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/180263/7th-continent",
                "name": "The 7th Continent",
                "rank": 17,
                "year": 2017,
                "thumbnail": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/micro/img/rHiQi_I26LD9shMiJH92q6VxcNY=/fit-in/64x64/pic2648303.jpg",
                "users_rated": 9951,
                "bayes_average": 7.983,
                "average_rating": 8.44
            },
            {
                "id": "221107",
                "url": "https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/221107/pandemic-legacy-season-2",
                "name": "Pandemic Legacy: Season 2",
                "rank": 31,
                "year": 2017,
                "thumbnail": "https://cf.geekdo-images.com/micro/img/1ET3ss7uiX8VumffL32Z76YWgx8=/fit-in/64x64/pic3763549.jpg",
                "users_rated": 7531,
                "bayes_average": 7.81
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