Request: te4.org Character Vault Filters JSON
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:49 pm
One major component of my upcoming analysis package is automated downloading of character data from the vault.
I am trying to keep the whole application as dynamic as possible, given the prolific nature of addons and the pace of development. This means that while I can *hard code* the required filters into the application - it would require me to update the application every time a new version or addon is released - or to alternately require people download a sufficient cross-section of characters before the application is able to understand what filters are relevant.
Neither is ideal, for my purposes or for the bandwidth load on te4.org
What would be super helpful is a JSON dump that's kept up-to-date for the listbox filters on the character vault. Something that basically dumps:
And so on, so that when my application starts it can read this file from the website(which should only be a few kb) and automatically populate the character-vault filtering it does to minimize initial data load for the website(default filter to latest version, etc)
I am trying to keep the whole application as dynamic as possible, given the prolific nature of addons and the pace of development. This means that while I can *hard code* the required filters into the application - it would require me to update the application every time a new version or addon is released - or to alternately require people download a sufficient cross-section of characters before the application is able to understand what filters are relevant.
Neither is ideal, for my purposes or for the bandwidth load on te4.org
What would be super helpful is a JSON dump that's kept up-to-date for the listbox filters on the character vault. Something that basically dumps:
Code: Select all
{
"filters":{
"permadeath":[ "adventure","exploration","roguelike"],
"difficulty":["normal","nightmare","insane"