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The 8bitedge API is a metered REST API built for retro game sellers and integrators. It surfaces buyer demand intelligence — trending titles, watched games, search analytics, and condition-level signals — alongside a full catalog of game and console metadata with market pricing. Every endpoint is versioned, rate-limited, and returns consistent JSON.

Quick Start

Make your first API call in under five minutes

Authentication

Get your API key and authenticate every request

Demand & Intent

Understand what buyers are searching for right now

API Reference

Full endpoint reference with request and response examples

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Get up and running

1

Obtain your API key

Contact the 8bitedge team to get your organization provisioned and receive an API key. Your key looks like bit_ab12cd34ef56.<secret> and is shown only once — store it securely.
2

Make your first request

Call GET /api/v1/me to verify your key, check your plan, and see current quota usage.
curl https://api.8bitedge.com/api/v1/me \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BITEDGE_API_KEY"
3

Add the right scopes

Each resource group requires its own scope on your API key — games.read, consoles.read, or demand-intent.read. Check that your key has the scopes you need before calling resource endpoints.
4

Explore demand data

Hit /api/v1/demand-intent/games to see the current demand leaderboard — which retro games buyers are clicking, watching, and searching for right now.
curl "https://api.8bitedge.com/api/v1/demand-intent/games?period=7d" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BITEDGE_API_KEY"

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What’s in the API

Games

Catalog metadata, slugs, and pricing for every enabled retro game title

Consoles

Platform reference data for all supported retro consoles

Demand Leaderboards

Ranked game and console demand with intent, watch, and momentum signals

Search Analytics

What buyers are searching for, including trending and unmet-demand queries

Condition Signals

Condition-level breakdown — loose, CIB, new, or any

Batch Requests

Submit multiple items in a single idempotent request

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Core concepts

Plans & Rate Limits

Understand your plan’s request limits, daily caps, and monthly quota

Pagination

Navigate large result sets with page-based or cursor-based pagination

Idempotency

Safely retry POST requests without duplicate side-effects

Errors

Understand error codes and build resilient error handling