Web API for developers

Web API for developers

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Posted by: roadrunner.8920

roadrunner.8920

Hey everyone,

I would like to suggest a Web API for things like the trading post, items, character items and/or achievements. It would allow web developers outside of arena net to create content for guild wars 2, without arena net having to put resources and time on these, and allow them to concentrate on more important issues.

There are some companies that have released API’s for the community already. Valve Software is known for releasing their steam api and even a team fortress 2 API, which allowed their customers to use some really cool web services.

http://tf2items.com
http://steamcompanion.com/games/
http://tf2r.com/
http://tf2tp.com/

Here’s what it could mean to arena net
This is a great opportunity for Arena Net to build communities and support their game without having to put extra resources, money or time on these projects. The community will generate their own services, without having to spend any large amounts of money. If they really wanted to, they can always create their own apps/services anyway. Valve constantly gets ideas from the community this way, like the Team Fortress 2 item backpack viewer. They saw that this worked, and it was really popular, so they made their own.

Here’s what it could mean to you
There are endless possibilities for developers. You can view your backpack anywhere you like, link items to friends, brag your character, check your achievements, check the trading post while you’re doing something else, or check how your world is doing in PVP.

What do you guys think?

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Posted by: Tradewind.6913

Tradewind.6913

I do like the idea, and I would imagine the inclusion of something like this is already on the block. But I wouldn’t expect to see it any time soon.

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Posted by: roadrunner.8920

roadrunner.8920

I really hope they’re currently working on it. I would be very excited to work on a project related to guild wars.

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Posted by: Ceribis.8104

Ceribis.8104

I’m kind of waiting on this too. WvW status accessible via API would be great.

Keeghan – Sylvari Mesmer – Jade Quarry