Hex Support?

[silasary]

As requested on twitter.

== Method 1: Scraping ==

At first glance, we have the following things:

• Decklist page. This is the user-facing decklist.
• json decklist. This is a machine readable blob, and what the above page uses to retrieve images.
• Card images. These are located at http://hexpvptools.net/images/cards/small/{guid}.jpg, where guid is specified in the json blob.

What we're missing:

• Card names.
• Card costs.

== Method 2: Sync API ==

This one is more complex, and requires the user to do a lot more setup.

I'll probably need to download the game before I can decide whether it actually lets us do what we need. (The documentation is really unclear)

[silasary]

Ok, so the Sync API is super weird. But it might be able to work for us. Assuming it gives us the names and costs.

[poppu-mtg]

Same here, I would have to get familiar with the game before deciding which way to go.

[poppu-mtg]

I think I found a way: I am creating a dictionary from the card name to the web address of its large picture. Took a bit of manipulation, but I have a gigantic html web page saved with the entire checklist in it.

[silasary]

That sounds horrifying.

[poppu-mtg]

it wasn't that bad, really - needed to learn a bit about the game too, to be sure to cover most of the options