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Resolving spells and variables in spell texts

The DataDragon provided by Riot Games contains info on all 158 champions. But when looking at the spell texts of these champions, you often come across variables that are seemingly unresolvable (e.g., dealing <physicalDamage>{{ wdamage }} physical damage</physicalDamage>.). Now, if we look at the rest

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Info About Specific Data

SummonersSee the PUUIDs and Other IDs section for information about summoner IDs, account IDs, and PUUIDs.Tournaments— MatchMatches are kept for 2 years, timelines for 1 year.The creation date timestamps in milliseconds (not seconds).The pick order of participants is 0-5-1-6-2-7-3-8-4-9.The totalGame fields is incorrect in most cases.

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Collecting Data

Match DataThe best way to collect a large set of matches is not straightforward. Typically you need code that does this: Collect a few summoners by hand. Just your own summoner is likely enough, or you could use all challenger players.Get the account IDs of those summoners.Get their

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Replay API

The Replay API is a new game client API that allows developers to adjust the in-game camera during replays. We have also released League Director, which uses these APIs and will give a good jumping off point for any development. Because the Replay API is fairly new, the best place

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Mobile Apps (& CORS Error)

Client-side calls to the Riot API are blocked because there is no way to make them without exposing your API key to users. You will need to set up a backend server that can make API calls while keeping your API key secure. If you want to quickly set up

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PUUIDs and Other IDs

The Riot API uses three IDs for players: summoner IDs, account IDs, and PUUIDs. Different APIs use different IDs, and you should use whichever ID is required by the API you are using. Summoner and account IDs are only unique per region, and PUUIDs are unique globally. Because the PUUID

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Your Application

You can apply for a personal or production app by clicking “Register Project” on the main dev portal page. Do not apply for a project if you just want to test the API. If you are developing a project or just testing things out, use your development key that Riot

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Data Dragon

Data Dragon, or ddragon for short, is a set of static data files that provides images and info about champions, runes, and items. This includes info to translate champion IDs to names. You can download the entire set of data and images by downloading this tarball (make sure to change

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How to regenerate your API key

There are may reasons as to why you may want to regenerate/reset your API key, One being accidentally leaking it or committing it to a public repository. This guide will help you regenerate your API key. Developer KeysStep one: Head to the developer portal and scroll down and complete

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LCU API FAQ

What is the LCUThe LCU, which stands for “League Client Update” is the League Client. What is the LCU API?The LCU API are is collection of endpoints that the league clients renderer uses to display and modify information What can you do with the LCU API?Anything you can