Endpoint for temporal festivals like SAB?
ColdandColder.5698:
might be named festivals according to the (at least currently for SAB) responding achievements tab. (or rather festive?)
information i’d like to get:
in general:
- what festivals are there all together
- which festivals are live
with given festival:
- when it starts/stops
- what components are there for players to participate in
- what kind of gametype it is apparent in
- under which restrictions (level, HoT-access?)
example of response:
https://api.guildwars2.com/v2/festivals:
array of festivals
{
{
"id": 1337, // e.g. SAB 2017
"live": true
},
{
"id": 2512, // e.g. Wintersday 2016
"live": false
}
}https://api.guildwars2.com/v2/festivals/$key_or_id:
detailed information on given festival
{
"id": 1337,
"name": "Super Adventure Festival 2017"
"duration":
{
"date_from": "2017/03/30",
"date_until": "2017/04/20"
}
"components": [
{
"mode": "general",
"description": "Buy exklusive gemstore stuff from Moto!"
"level":
{
"min": 1,
"max": 80
}
},
{
"mode": "pve",
"description": "Visit Rata Sum to try out the Super Adventure Box"
"level":
{
"min": 1,
"max": 80
}
},
]
}what do you think?
currently i dislike the idea that i’d have to parse the wiki for some user-written update content.
thank you for your time!
Lawton Campbell.8517:
Seems reasonable. I’m pretty sure the previous festivals won’t have any data — prior to SAB, festivals weren’t automatic and needed a game build to turn on/off. SAB is the first one with structured data that the API can expose. Tracking issue.
Valento.9852:
@Lawton, wow that’s an interesting fact. It’s nice to know they keep improving the game systems behind the scenes.