Additions to Nation API

[dmjohnston]

I would like to suggest that the following items be added to the nation API:

 

Defensive Slots open

Vacation mode status (yes/no and possibly turns left)

[Silent Spectre]

that would be cool

[Shakyr]

/api/nations/ already has vacation mode, it is the number of turns left of vacation. You can find out that information there.

 

Though yes, it is missing from /api/nation/id=<nationid> and I agree that it should be available there.

 

As for including defensive slot count, too narrow. A better solution would be to include all wars for a nation in the individual nation api (see below for mock layout). Means you might have to do a bit of work to get aggressive/defensive counts. But at least you then also know other things like who is at war with whom (useful for tracking whether someone has attacked the proper target, for example).

 

nationdata{
  ...,
  wars: {
    {
      id: <warid>,
      attacker: <nationid>,
      defender: <nationid>
    },
    {
      id: <warid>,
      attacker: <nationid>,
      defender: <nationid>
    },
    ...
  }
}

EDIT: Also, linking similar request https://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/10522-nation-api-enhancement/ Edited January 25, 2016 by Shakyr

[Yosodog]

Or just have a war API like I've been begging for since forever.

 

You can already get war information by scraping but the code that I have to write for it is so nasty I want to cringe.

[Shakyr]

Or just have a war API like I've been begging for since forever.

That was why I only had the bare minimum listed, for inclusion in the nation API. The actual war API could contain more details (referenced by <warid>).

 

[dmjohnston]

I asked specifically for the slots open simply because it's already being shown on the nations listing, so it should be an easy addition.

[Shakyr]

I asked specifically for the slots open simply because it's already being shown on the nations listing, so it should be an easy addition.

I'd be surprised if the number of open slots is being stored directly. More than likely, it's an SQL count of the war data (well that is how I'd do it) and there is little difference (in difficulty) between counting SQL rows to print out a count and printing out those rows instead.

 

That, combined with the fact that an API should not be too narrow (otherwise Sheepy will be forever adding in bits and pieces), meant I decided to extend your request