About

nintendo-switch-eshop is a npm lib module written to extract Nintendo Switch's eShop game and pricing information.

Installation

To install it just type the following at your command line

npm install --save nintendo-switch-eshop

And require it in your node module as follows:

const SwitchEshop = require('nintendo-switch-eshop');

Functions

getGamesAmerica([options]) ⇒ Promise<Array<GameUS>>

Fetches all games on american eshops. Paginates every 200 games.

getGamesJapan() ⇒ Promise<Array<GameJP>>

Fetches all games on japanese eshop.

getGamesEurope([options]) ⇒ Promise<Array<GameEU>>

Fetches all games on european eshop. Paginates every 9999 games.

getShopsByCountryCodes(countryCodes, gamecode, region) ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops given a list of countries.

getShopsAmerica() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops on american countries. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

getShopsEurope() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops on european countries. Please note that South Africa and Oceania countries are included. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

getShopsAsia() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops on asian countries. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

getActiveShops() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

getPrices(country, gameIds) ⇒ Promise<PriceResponse>

Get pricing information for the requested games. Paginates every 50 games.

parseGameCode(game, region) ⇒ string

Parses the game code to extract the cross-region protion.

parseNSUID(game, region) ⇒ string

Extracts NSUID information from the game object.

Typedefs

Categories : Object

GameUS : Object

GameEU : Object

GameJP : Object

EShop : Object

PriceResponse : Object

TitleData : Object

PriceError : Object

PriceData : Object

RequestOptions : Object

Region : enum

Region code constant.

Kind: global enum
Read only: true
Properties

Name	Type	Default
AMERICAS	number	1
EUROPE	number	2
ASIA	number	3

getGamesAmerica([options]) ⇒ Promise.<Array.<GameUS>>

Fetches all games on american eshops. Paginates every 200 games.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise.<Array.<GameUS>> - Promise containing all the games.

Param	Type	Description
[options]	RequestOptions	Request options (Optional)

getGamesJapan() ⇒ Promise.<Array.<GameJP>>

Fetches all games on japanese eshop.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise.<Array.<GameJP>> - Promise containing all the games.

getGamesEurope([options]) ⇒ Promise.<Array.<GameEU>>

Fetches all games on european eshop. Paginates every 9999 games.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise.<Array.<GameEU>> - Promise containing all the games.

Param	Type	Description
[options]	RequestOptions	Request options (Optional)

getShopsByCountryCodes(countryCodes, gamecode, region) ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops given a list of countries.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise<Array<Eshop>> - A list of shop objects with country code, name and default currency.

Param	Type	Description
countryCodes	Array<string>	A list of 2 digit country codes for every country eshop to lookup. (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes)
gamecode	string	A 14 digits game NSUID from the desired region.
region	number	A region id that will be appendend in the final shop object for filtering purposes.

getShopsAmerica() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops on american countries. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise<Array<Eshop>> - A list of shop objects with country code, name and default currency.

getShopsEurope() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops on european countries. Please note that South Africa and Oceania countries are included. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise<Array<Eshop>> - A list of shop objects with country code, name and default currency.

getShopsAsia() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops on asian countries. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise<Array<Eshop>> - A list of shop objects with country code, name and default currency.

getActiveShops() ⇒ Promise<Array<Eshop>>

Gets all active eshops. This method will launch several requests at nintendo web services, so don't abuse it.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise<Array<Eshop>> - A list of shop objects with country code, name and default currency.

getPrices(country, gameIds) ⇒ Promise<PriceResponse>

Get pricing information for the requested games. Paginates every 50 games.

Kind: global function
Returns: Promise<PriceResponse> - A promise containing the pricing information.

Param	Type	Description
country	string	A two digit country code. (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
gameIds	Array<string> | string	One or more NSUID of the corresponding games.

parseGameCode(game, region) ⇒ string

Parses the game code to extract the cross-region protion.

Kind: global function
Returns: string - The 4-digit resulting game code.

Param	Type	Description
game	GameUS | GameEU | GameJP	The game object returned from one of the other methods.
region	number	Region code. (use the Region constant)

parseNSUID(game, region) ⇒ string

Extracts NSUID information from the game object.

Kind: global function
Returns: string - The 14-digit NSUID.

Param	Type	Description
game	GameUS | GameEU | GameJP	The game object returned from one of the other methods.
region	number	Region code. (use the Region constant)

Categories : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type
category	Array<string>

GameUS : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type	Description
game_code	string	Product code. Can be parsed for a region wide code.
buyonline	boolean
front_box_art	string
eshop_price	number	USA eShop price (in dollars)
nsuid	string	14-digit game unique identifier
video_link	string
number_of_players	string
ca_price	number	Canada eShop price (in canadian dollars)
id	string
title	string
system	string	Gaming platform
free_to_start	boolean
digitaldownload	boolean
release_date	string
categories	Categories
slug	string	Game URL name
buyitnow	boolean

GameEU : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type	Description
age_rating_type	string
age_rating_value	string
copyright_s	string
developer	string
excerpt	string
fs_id	string
game_series_t	string
gift_finder_carousel_image_url_s	string
gift_finder_description_s	string
gift_finder_detail_page_image_url_s	string
gift_finder_detail_page_store_link_s	string
gift_finder_wishlist_image_url_s	string
image_url	string
image_url_sq_s	string
image_url_tm_s	string
originally_for_t	string
pretty_agerating_s	string
pretty_date_s	string
publisher	string
sorting_title	string
title	string
type	string
url	string
add_on_content_b	boolean
club_nintendo	boolean
near_field_comm_b	boolean
physical_version_b	boolean
play_mode_handheld_mode_b	boolean
play_mode_tabletop_mode_b	boolean
play_mode_tv_mode_b	boolean
change_date	Date
date_from	Date
priority	Date
age_rating_sorting_i	number
players_from	number
players_to	number
compatible_controller	Array<string>
game_categories_txt	Array<string>
game_category	Array<string>
language_availability	Array<string>
nsuid_txt	Array<string>	Array containing the 14-digit game unique identifier
playable_on_txt	Array<string>
product_code_txt	Array<string>	Array containing the product code
system_names_txt	Array<string>
system_type	Array<string>
title_extras_txt	Array<string>

GameJP : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type	Description
LinkURL	Array<string>	A single item array containing the game url
LinkTarget	Array<string>
ScreenshotImgURL	Array<string>	A single item array containing the game thumbnail url
ScreenshotImgURLComing	Array<string>
TitleName	Array<string>	A single item array containing the game title
TitleNameRuby	Array<string>
SoftType	Array<string>
SalesDate	Array<string>
SalesDateStr	Array<string>
MakerName	Array<string>
Hard	Array<string>
Memo	Array<string>

EShop : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type
code	string
country	string
currency	string
region	Region

PriceResponse : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type
error	PriceError
personalized	boolean
country	string
prices	Array<TitleData>

TitleData : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type
title_id	number
sales_status	string
regular_price	Array<PriceData>

PriceError : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type
code	string
message	string

PriceData : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type
amount	string
currency	string
raw_value	string

RequestOptions : Object

Kind: global typedef
Properties

Name	Type	Description
locale	string	Game information locale. (EU Only)
limit	number	Game count limit