Add more filtering options on Auctions Endpoint

[franhida]

It would be nice to have similar filtering options in the API as it can be done the in-game Auction House. I would like to propose some more filtering options as query params:

• Item name. Eg: Heat Core => item_name=Heat Core
• End. Eg [timestamp] => end=[now + 1h]
• Limit. Eg 100 => limit=100

The full examples of the options above would be as follows:

• Item Name: https://api.hypixel.com/skyblock/auctions?item_name=Heat Core
• End: https://api.hypixel.com/skyblock/auctions?end=[now + 1h]
• Limit: https://api.hypixel.com/skyblock/auctions?limit=100

Of course, mixing the params should be allowed as well.

• https://api.hypixel.com/skyblock/auctions?item_name=Heat Core&end=[now + 1h]
• https://api.hypixel.com/skyblock/auctions?limit=100&page=3

Should I think any further options, they will be posted in this very issue.

[ConnorLinfoot]

Unfortunately, we don't have intentions at this time to implement filters to this endpoint. As usual, we like to keep processing to a minimum for performance reasons. This specific endpoint is already handling millions of requests per day and we can only handle that nicely due to heavy caching.

[franhida]

That's a pity. Thanks for the quick response nonetheless. Does this same response apply to all the endpoints or just this one in particular? Thanks again @ConnorLinfoot

[ConnorLinfoot]

It basically goes for anything where we believe the processing is too much or just not required. We also do some processing for example on SkyBlock Profiles to clean up the output a little compared to the database but this was an edge case where it made sense.