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Looking for stats only API's

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Mitome Cobon-Han
Astral Academy
Astral Sanctuary
#1 - 2013-04-06 19:38:37 UTC
Hello there,

I searched high and low without finding anything.

In light of all the the moaning about server-loads and scraping I find that surprising.

What I am looking for from EveWho, zKillboard, dotLAN and friends.

Small and short statistics only API-calls without full lists for characters, corporations, alliances, solar-systems, constellations and regions.

I would like to use these for a threat assessment at a glance in my project:

E.g for a character:
Mitome Cobon-Han
Security-Status: -9.7
Age: 10 years
Kills: 4'567
Losses: 3

It would do both our servers a favor, if I don't have to download and parse all kills just to get those totals.
Tonto Auri
Vhero' Multipurpose Corp
#2 - 2013-04-06 22:36:50 UTC
Kills and losses is not a public information.

Two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
Mitome Cobon-Han
Astral Academy
Astral Sanctuary
#3 - 2013-04-07 02:13:38 UTC
Tonto Auri wrote:
Kills and losses is not a public information.


What you mean by "not public"? On every killboard you go, its the first thing you see when on a character or corporation page.
But you just can't fetch it with their API. I would have to download the whole backlog of kills and count them to get a tiny number which is already there on their website. Seems like "overkill" to me.

Why not have something like:
https://zkillboard.com/api/kills/characterID/268946627/totals-only/

Combine this with the existing time modifiers you can have the numer of kills and losses in the last day, week or year.
Tonto Auri
Vhero' Multipurpose Corp
#4 - 2013-04-07 02:15:18 UTC
By "not public" I mean that - not public. You can't get it from CCP, unless someone hook you with their API keys.

Two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. -- Harlan Ellison
Ricky Baby
NibbleTek
#5 - 2013-04-07 11:15:24 UTC
I like the idea, ill talk to the zkb team and see if it gains traction.
Ricky Baby
NibbleTek
#6 - 2013-04-07 19:19:05 UTC
I have added a stats api to zkb. for more info read the api info or join us on irc.
Mitome Cobon-Han
Astral Academy
Astral Sanctuary
#7 - 2013-04-07 21:34:08 UTC
Ricky Baby wrote:
I have added a stats api to zkb. for more info read the api info or join us on irc.

Wow, that was fast. I thought I have at least some days time to prepare my API-client and UI elements Big smile.
Thank you and keep up the good work. You’re doing great stuff over there with zkb.