Guild Wars 2

Since you’re posting in the API forums, I’m going to speak technically.

I’m assuming you got the GW2 Boss Event Overlay from this post? https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/api/List-of-apps-websites-using-the-API/2083358

The top of the linked Reddit thread clearly states:

It MAY be recognized as a Virus(here an virustotal check, but this is a general AutoIt Problem.

AutoIt is a scripting language that also happens to be popular for creating trojans, because the language is very easy to grasp, and the scripts can be compiled to a single executable. Unfortunately due to the frequency of AutoIt being used as trojans by malicious individuals, AutoIt executables are flagged as a trojan by most anti-virus programs. That does not make AutoIt itself bad, but bad people use it for bad reasons. (I personally prefer AutoHotKey, I thought AutoIt bit the dust long ago)

The source code for that AutoIt script is available:
https://github.com/Downi/GW2-Overlay/

I scanned the source code and didn’t see anything malicious. Of course it’s still possible that the compiled executable could be dangerous even if an author provides the source. The safest route would be to compile the source yourself, if you are suspicious. However, most authors who go through the effort to publish their source code to GitHub are probably not malicious individuals.

Sorrow.7384:

once we get a good objective_names.json file

I know, it’s not official, but it’s all you need – i believe, objectives are the least thing which will change

https://gist.github.com/codemasher/bac2b4f87e7af128087e

Hopefully the api does not get as inflated as the WoW api. GW2 does not need that. The interface is fine as it is, no need for Raid frames, damage meters, Heal bots, etc. The game surely does not need that.

So, I’ve been seeing a lot of software API development. But, where’s the love for hardware? Creating a website is cool, but what about a stand-alone dedicated dragon timer that does not require a PC?

Well, I decided to do just that. It’s a work in progress, but it’s coming along nicely.

Workstation and parts: http://i.imgur.com/8HbKIxM.jpg?1
Testing the LCD: http://i.imgur.com/nHUmhRy.jpg?1

I’m working on the Ethernet, JSON, and timer library/code.

Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of time lately, so this may take awhile.

dear dudes and dudesses from anet. this thread needs a sticky before it leaves the front page and people start making new threads with the same questions over and over again.
centralist organization always pays off in terms of administration efficiency, i won’t mention examples since you probably are selling copies there.
greetings
zach

Usually you would start a content to make people contribute, but if you look closely on day 3 of the API, there are already a lot people working on things, so a contest does not really make sense to motivate them (they are already motivated).

Also, while this first release of the API is definitely nice, it’s still not much and the possibilities what to do with them will be reached rather quickly. So I would suggest you bring this topic up again, when we have more interesting API access.

Daze.6914:

- In the objective_name request, the returned name indicates the type of the objective, we would need their name also (es. Bay or Hills).

This was answered here

Or you can use their trading post api which has not been officially released yet.

You need to login with your GW2 credentials first. To login:

https://account.guildwars2.com/login?redirect_uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftradingpost-live.ncplatform.net%2Fauthenticate%3Fsource%3D%252F&game_code=gw2

Then:
https://tradingpost-live.ncplatform.net/ws/search.json?ids=<item id>

For example for Black Peppercorn:

https://tradingpost-live.ncplatform.net/ws/search.json?ids=12236

The icon url would be:

https://dfach8bufmqqv.cloudfront.net/gw2/img/content/7736de3a.png

I doubt they have all the icons in a way they can just add it to the API. The TP however has all the icons since that’s how it works.

The fastest way to grab all those icons is by getting the list of all items through gw2spidy: http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/json/all-items/all

The chat link code is basically already given, just not in the right form. You can create the code yourself using the item’s id. http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Chat_link_format

Would be nice if https://api.guildwars2.com/v1/world_names.json would also have a field to show if they are US or Europe servers since users from one zone can’t guest across the other.

Look closer at the ID’s and you discover a pattern.
10xx is US
20xx is EU
21xx is EU/French
22xx is EU/German
23xx is EU/Spanish

That’s where I found the id in the first place. I’m asking because the event is listed as this: {"id":“6BD7C8B0-2605-4819-9AE6-EF2849098090”,“name”:""},