Post by Doigt on May 5, 2019 2:32:45 GMT
Hello everyone, I am Doigt, a relative nobody who has joined the region not for lolis or anime, but simply because I appreciate Yuno from since during the times when we both were admins of the NS Cards Discord Group. Due to the reason of not really sharing common interests, you will rarely see me post on this forum and even not at all on the Discord Group.
If like me, you invest quite a bit of your time into collecting NationStates Cards, you may have at one point desired to access a complete list of cards which you could search through and have a reference of cards to look forward to or make observations on how rarities relate to other IG stats. However, unfortunately, there is neither a search function on the ns sites nor anything in the API to start any kind of investigative effort.
Quite fortunately for us, a user by the name of 9003 has managed to create a master list over the span of two or three days (nights included) during the previous month. But the master list is so incredibly huge that it is a bit too much for manual searches. That's why I came up with an idea to make a CLI app which would help people build a sub database that can be viewed in any browser based solely on user preferences. That way instead of having to go through all 182,990 cards, you could have a database that only has the cards that fit your criteria. For example, if you only want region mates to appear, you would have a list of 104 cards, which is far more manageable than 180k
DOWNLOADS
The app comes with the source file and is released under no licence, you may do whatever you want with it. 9003's list is included in the alpha distribution, but only for the sake of convenience; testing is easier when all the files are at the same place. Beta and release-ready versions will require the user to get the list on their own.
KNOWN BUGS
These bugs will be fixed in v2:
- A nation or region name sent as parameter without prefix will not return any sensible result.
- the sub command ends with returns the correct results and... sometimes similar but undesirable ones.
- The result is not as pretty as the example files.
- The application does not return Ultra Rare Cards. 9003's Master List does not contain URs, either make your own list or wait for 9003 to update his list.
REPORTING BUGS/COMMENTS/CRITICISM/INSULTS/ETC
You can report bugs here on this thread, on NS or Discord.
If you have a question or comment, you should post it here or there.
If you have a quick question you can tag me on the regional RMB or if you're too shy/embarrassed, you can send me a private message on this forum or a Telegram on NS.
A big thank you to 9003 and Refuge for their assistance!