New API

[lackattack]

For those of you who don't look like an API (application programming interface) is a something that programmers can use to build a program or website that interacts with Conquer Club automatically. For now the API is read-only and just lists games, but is a big improvement over the old Game History XML. For one thing, you can now get games for any tournament. Hopefully this will lead to cooler tools for tournament organizers and everyday members like you.

The API is located here: http://www.conquerclub.com/api.php

For more information about using and creating 3rd party utilities for Conquer Club, please visit the Plugins & Addons forum.

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

[Timminz]

I'm excited to see what the local code-geeks can do with this update.

[Dako]

This is just awesome.
Now developers can use soap calls to do all the nifty stuff in their apps.
Personally, I like rpc-calls but no one actually uses them and I don't see CC implementing that.

Great improvement lack!

[jako]

I really am not a so I have no idea about all this programming stuff but hey sounds good to me. Great job lack.

[ManBungalow]

You've still got old code sitting around there.

<example># surrendered</example>

<tag>bonus_cards - "1" = No Cards, "2" = Escalating, "3" = Flat Rate<tag>

I can't pretend to understand how this is going to tie in with the XML we have at the moment

[Rocketry]

This is just fantastic. Really great. Now what the hell does it mean?

Rocket.

[Dako]

Quick explanation from a
XML is a cross-anything language that shows structured data. Means it is always the same and you can program a pattern that will transform this XML into something comprehensible like a simple listing with names.

API is a thingie that you can ask to get that XML. Depending on what you ask you get the structure - but this structure is already defined so you can predict how it will look like depending on your request.

Most important - this thing can be easily used inside loops with dynamically changing requests. And you always will get a new response, transform it somehow and then output the data somewhere.

Real example - now you can easily (15 minutes of work) find all the tournaments games with any player, sort them, calculate points and see how many that player have earned/lost in each tournament and totally.

It can be used on any web-related program and people will start developing some small applications for you - notificators will be much easier too implement (since you can track here game state changes) and so on.

You can't even imagine how great API can be .

[lozzini]

Quick explanation from a
XML is a cross-anything language that shows structured data. Means it is always the same and you can program a pattern that will transform this XML into something comprehensible like a simple listing with names.

API is a thingie that you can ask to get that XML. Depending on what you ask you get the structure - but this structure is already defined so you can predict how it will look like depending on your request.

Most important - this thing can be easily used inside loops with dynamically changing requests. And you always will get a new response, transform it somehow and then output the data somewhere.

Real example - now you can easily (15 minutes of work) find all the tournaments games with any player, sort them, calculate points and see how many that player have earned/lost in each tournament and totally.

It can be used on any web-related program and people will start developing some small applications for you - notificators will be much easier too implement (since you can track here game state changes) and so on.

You can't even imagine how great API can be .

ok... sounds great lack well done

now someone explain it even more basicly

[FireStar]

ok... sounds great lack well done

now someone explain it even more basicly

lol
I would explain, but I thought he did a pretty good job of it.

great work lack, this is a great improvement to the site.

[MrBenn]

You can't even imagine how great API can be .

I have a fairly active imagination, and I've never imagined that

On a serious note, good job

[karelpietertje]

For those of you who don't look like

what does me looking like a have to do with anything
it's about whether or not I am one inside

even though, or maybe because I am not one, the API looks real impressive

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

why ruin my sleep with that ?
Looking forward to it already!

[chipv]

Fantastic job, lack, thanks very much for this.

Full Breakdown of the API for people wishing to use it : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=86562&p=2010324#p2010324
An example script using the API can be found here : viewtopic.php?f=59&t=86543

[a.sub]

As the non Gekk i am (in this case) i am just gonna say
NICE JOB
and walk away
*walks away

[Marino_1]

Quick explanation from a
XML is a cross-anything language that shows structured data. Means it is always the same and you can program a pattern that will transform this XML into something comprehensible like a simple listing with names.

API is a thingie that you can ask to get that XML. Depending on what you ask you get the structure - but this structure is already defined so you can predict how it will look like depending on your request.

Most important - this thing can be easily used inside loops with dynamically changing requests. And you always will get a new response, transform it somehow and then output the data somewhere.

Real example - now you can easily (15 minutes of work) find all the tournaments games with any player, sort them, calculate points and see how many that player have earned/lost in each tournament and totally.

It can be used on any web-related program and people will start developing some small applications for you - notificators will be much easier too implement (since you can track here game state changes) and so on.

You can't even imagine how great API can be .

ok... sounds great lack well done

now someone explain it even more basicly

I'm with Lozzini...

[chipv]

Ok, well what lack has done is provide programmers with an easy way to get data from Conquer Club games.

He has written a script which programmers can talk to by using a special URL.
You can add parameters to this URL to get different types of games (for example only tournament games or games from a specific player).

The script returns a file full of data about all the games asked for, such as game number, players, eliminations, and points won/lost.

So for example I could ask this script to give me a file showing data for all games for a specific tournament.

Or I could ask for all of my active games.

Or even show all speed games for any player.

I can then look at this file and use programming to extract all of this data and then use.

For example this greasemonkey script: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=86543

Shows a list of games played and wins for all players in any tournament.
All you do is specify a tournament name and it asks for the data file(s) for that tournament.
The script then looks at all the games in the file and collects the data for each player.
Then it displays it.

So this is an example of how the API can be used.

[whitestazn88]

word.

[sailorseal]

What ever it is,
cool!

[Timminz]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

[a.sub]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

*crosses fingers for live strip chatting in a sidebar while playing speed games*

[Chariot of Fire]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

*crosses fingers for live strip chatting in a sidebar while playing speed games*

Live strip...hmm, nice idea. Maybe not as distracting (or as entertaining) as voice-interactive gameplay would be though:

"Oh Kandinski, you're massive. You're taking me. Ohhhhh!!!"

Could open a whole new market.

[lozzini]

Ok, well what lack has done is provide programmers with an easy way to get data from Conquer Club games.

He has written a script which programmers can talk to by using a special URL.
You can add parameters to this URL to get different types of games (for example only tournament games or games from a specific player).

The script returns a file full of data about all the games asked for, such as game number, players, eliminations, and points won/lost.

So for example I could ask this script to give me a file showing data for all games for a specific tournament.

Or I could ask for all of my active games.

Or even show all speed games for any player.

I can then look at this file and use programming to extract all of this data and then use.

For example this greasemonkey script: viewtopic.php?f=59&t=86543

Shows a list of games played and wins for all players in any tournament.
All you do is specify a tournament name and it asks for the data file(s) for that tournament.
The script then looks at all the games in the file and collects the data for each player.
Then it displays it.

So this is an example of how the API can be used.

ok ok i think i gets it

[Bruceswar]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

Me too

[karelpietertje]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

*crosses fingers for live strip chatting in a sidebar while playing speed games*

*crosses fingers for free points for karelpietertje*

[hiitsmestevie1]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

dont we already have 2 player team games??? hence the word team? or am i missing something

[lozzini]

P.S. Stay tuned... we have something great coming in the next update!

*crosses fingers for 2 player team games*

dont we already have 2 player team games??? hence the word team? or am i missing something

yes you are missing something

reread what they want