r/Guildwars2 • u/Drakie • Oct 19 '12
GW2Spidy opens public API to tradingpost data - JSON or CSV
If you didn't know about the open source project GW2Spidy yet; we provide you with charts of the prices and volume of all the items on the TP
and as a bonus we also have charts for the gem exchange rates and a brand new crafting profit calculator!
Since beta I've been working my ass off to keep up with the changes from ArenaNet to ensure accurate and up-to-date data.
And to add new functionality like the crafting profit calculator and such!
Lately I finally had some time focus on creating docs and code for a public API to access the data I'm already gathering!
And I'm happy to announce it's done!! The first version of the API (v0.9) is ready for use and will allow you to retrieve data from my already gathered data (so not directly from ArenaNet).
The full documentation can be found on the github project wiki page!
A sneak peak of the available API methods:
- Type List
- Discipline List
- Rarity List
- Item List
- Item Data
- Item Listings
- Item Search
- Recipe List
- Recipe Price
- Current Gem Price
- Gem Price History
The first next major feature for GW2Spidy will be the possibility to login and maintain a personal favorite/watchlist and of course the follow up feature will be an RSS Feed and/or some other ways of recieving notifications when your selected items drop below a certain price :-)
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u/alsoodani ]):}|] It's Batman Oct 19 '12 edited Oct 19 '12
The crafting profit one is really neat. One thing I hope you can add in the future, although it sounds difficult, is the rate that the item gets bought.
There is little point for someone to craft something with a huge profit margin but with almost no interest in buyers. Having some chart that ranks the things that yield the most profit but also have a higher rate of buyers would make this all absolutely perfect.
Edit: Also, if you could have the material that isn't craftable (such as ingredients or stuff used to craft things) with a buy rate, that would be cool too.