Guild Wars 2

I have found some inconsistencies in the v2 of the API for the items endpoint. In the infusion slos subobject one of the possible values is flags that is an array of strings but in the description of the field we can find this

flags (array of strings) – Infusion slot type of infusion upgrades. The array contains a maximum of one value.

If the array can contain only one value, then, why to use an array in first instance?

Then the different values for this field are:

• Defense
• Ofense
• Utility
• An empty array means an agony infusion slot. (wat?)

This seems to be pretty inconsistent, is this object design definitive or may it change in the future?

A part from that, in the infix upgrade subobject the description for the skill_id in the buff object is that it is a string but it is a number.

Thank you

kitten widget.9301:

If the array can contain only one value, then, why to use an array in first instance?

Probably because the API mostly expose the inner game structure, and that, at some point, the possibility of multiple infusion slots was considered. Thus, the use of an array “just in case”.

kitten widget.9301:

Then the different values for this field are:

• Defense
• Ofense
• Utility
• An empty array means an agony infusion slot. (wat?)

I’ve got nothing, except maybe that it may be due to the fact that they reused for the ascended inscription a previous “agony” slot that was a bool ? maybe ?

Trying to explain some of those things from an outsider perspective is a bit like doing digital archeology.