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Overview

This is a simple package that grabs the current free games from the Epic Games Store and returns them.

Installation

composer require varandas/epic-free-games

Usage

<?php

use Varandas\EpicFreeGames\EpicFreeGames\EpicGamesService;

// Create an instance
$epicGamesService = new EpicGamesService();

// Get free games
$games = $epicGamesService->getFreeGames();

// Process the retrieved games
// ...

Setting Country and Locale

<?php

use Varandas\EpicFreeGames\EpicFreeGames\EpicGamesService;

// Create an instance
$epicGamesService = new EpicGamesService();

// Set country and locale
$epicGamesService->setCountry('BR')->setLocale('pt-BR');

// Get free games
$games = $epicGamesService->getFreeGames();

// Process the retrieved games
// ...

Game Object

The Game object Varandas\EpicFreeGames\Models\EpicGame has the following getters:

This is how you can use the getters

<?php

use Varandas\EpicFreeGames\EpicFreeGames\EpicGamesService;

// Create an instance
$epicGamesService = new EpicGamesService();

// Get free games
$games = $epicGamesService->getFreeGames();

// Process the retrieved games
foreach ($games as $game) {
    $title = $game->getTitle();
    $id = $game->getId();
    $namespace = $game->getNamespace();
    $description = $game->getDescription();
    $effectiveDate = $game->getEffectiveDate();
    $offerType = $game->getOfferType();
    $expiryDate = $game->getExpiryDate();
    $viewableDate = $game->getViewableDate();
    $isCodeRedemptionOnly = $game->isCodeRedemptionOnly();
    $status = $game->getStatus();
    $keyImages = $game->getKeyImages();
    $seller = $game->getSeller();
    $productSlug = $game->getProductSlug();
    $urlSlug = $game->getUrlSlug();
    $url = $game->getUrl();
    $items = $game->getItems();
    $customAttributes = $game->getCustomAttributes();
    $categories = $game->getCategories();
    $tags = $game->getTags();
    $catalogNs = $game->getCatalogNs();
    $offerMappings = $game->getOfferMappings();
    $price = $game->getPrice();
    $promotions = $game->getPromotions();
    $promotionalOffers = $game->getPromotionalOffers();
    $upcomingPromotionalOffers = $game->getUpcomingPromotionalOffers();
    
    // Do something with the data
    // ...
}

Sample response

This is an example of the response from the Epic Games Store API - so that you can see what data is available.

{
    "title":"Tandem: A Tale of Shadows",
    "id":"9142916d80f54720b01f8f62b21014be",
    "namespace":"d1a3ff292b2f4ee289a83d7a91ae3458",
    "description":"Tandem : A Tale of Shadows redefines the puzzle platformer genre with a unique gameplay and exceptional aesthetics. Help Emma and the teddy bear Fenton solve the mystery of the disappearance of the famous magician Thomas Kane.",
    "effectiveDate":"2021-10-21T16:00:00.000Z",
    "offerType":"BASE_GAME",
    "expiryDate":null,
    "viewableDate":"2021-07-16T16:00:00.000Z",
    "status":"ACTIVE",
    "isCodeRedemptionOnly":false,
    "keyImages":[
        {
            "type":"OfferImageWide",
            "url":"https://cdn1.epicgames.com/spt/c087c527-0c2b-4269-926b-f0d15102de8a/tandem-a-tale-of-shadows-offer-633449e1.jpg"
        },
        {
            "type":"OfferImageTall",
            "url":"https://cdn1.epicgames.com/spt/2c1d81ab-12e7-40a6-9edd-a449cc619ad5/download-tandem-a-tale-of-shadows-offer-5c6a45df.jpg"
        },
        {
            "type":"Thumbnail",
            "url":"https://cdn1.epicgames.com/spt/2c1d81ab-12e7-40a6-9edd-a449cc619ad5/download-tandem-a-tale-of-shadows-offer-5c6a45df.jpg"
        }
    ],
    "seller":{
        "id":"o-722pvnj3qsvbzvskhx4r8x7gcxhhbn",
        "name":"Hatinh Interactive"
    },
    "productSlug":null,
    "urlSlug":"24ed2fb76b334158b9e580c01f7282a6",
    "url":null,
    "items":[
        {
            "id":"7c02053bfee24d028aa1bec03edd6a82",
            "namespace":"d1a3ff292b2f4ee289a83d7a91ae3458"
        }
    ],
    "customAttributes":[
        {
            "key":"autoGeneratedPrice",
            "value":"false"
        },
        {
            "key":"isBlockchainUsed",
            "value":"false"
        }
    ],
    "categories":[
        {
            "path":"freegames"
        },
        {
            "path":"games"
        },
        {
            "path":"games/edition"
        },
        {
            "path":"games/edition/base"
        }
    ],
    "tags":[
        {
            "id":"1298"
        },
        {
            "id":"18051"
        }
    ],
    "catalogNs":{
        "mappings":[
            {
                "pageSlug":"tandem-a-tale-of-shadows-c3f55e",
                "pageType":"productHome"
            }
        ]
    },
    "offerMappings":[
        {
            "pageSlug":"tandem-a-tale-of-shadows-c3f55e",
            "pageType":"productHome"
        }
    ],
    "price":{
        "totalPrice":{

        },
        "lineOffers":[

        ]
    },
    "promotions":{
        "promotionalOffers":[
            {
                "promotionalOffers":[
                    {
                        "startDate":"2023-10-18T15:00:00.000Z",
                        "endDate":"2023-11-01T15:00:00.000Z",
                        "discountSetting":{
                            "discountType":"PERCENTAGE",
                            "discountPercentage":50
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "startDate":"2023-10-26T15:00:00.000Z",
                        "endDate":"2023-11-02T15:00:00.000Z",
                        "discountSetting":{
                            "discountType":"PERCENTAGE",
                            "discountPercentage":0
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        ],
        "upcomingPromotionalOffers":[
            {
                "promotionalOffers":[
                    {
                        "startDate":"2023-12-16T23:00:00.000Z",
                        "endDate":"2023-12-31T11:00:00.000Z",
                        "discountSetting":{
                            "discountType":"PERCENTAGE",
                            "discountPercentage":40
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

Disclaimer

Portions of the materials used are trademarks and/or copyrighted works of Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved by Epic. This material is not official and is not endorsed by Epic.

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.