Challenges

IsThereAnyDeal API manipulation

IsThereAnyDeal API was difficult to get ahold of and to manipulate.

API Address

The website does not provide a direct link to their API, and resources online were outdated, therefore, a lot of time was wasted on trying to work with an old address that is no longer supported.

API Key

Unlike steam's API, IsThereAnyDeal requires a personal API key to enable access to games' data. And because online resources were outdated, the old methods that were meant to guide towards a personal key's obtention were time wasters and frustrating to work with.

Personal Knowledge

Since this was my first time working on deploying a mobile application that requires API manipulation, my knowledge was limited, which led to time consuming learning curves.

Solutions

IsThereAnyDeal API's Documentation

Eventually, some research led to finding the ITAD API's documentation link. This website provided almost all of the necessary tools to their API's manipulation.

API Key

I reached out to Thomas, ITAD's discord server's admin, who provided me with the correct method and the updated link for getting my personal API Key, by registering my mobile app on their website in my personal account. Here's the link.