HTTP API Documentation

[Daomephsta]

I'm currently attempting to launch Improved Initiative from an adhoc local HTML site I use for DM notes.
I've found mention of API endpoints (#46, #231), but no documentation. Are these endpoints meant for general usage at all?

[JaiSpicer]

Did you get any details on this one?

[Daomephsta]

@JaiSpicer No, I ended up deciding to build my own adhoc initiative tracker. It's less feature rich than Improved Initiative, but in some ways it suits my purposes better.

[cynicaloptimist]

There's no dedicated documentation for this, but there is an example of a minimal POST request that can launch an encounter similar to what Kobold Fight Club does:
https://github.com/cynicaloptimist/improved-initiative/blob/development/test-post.html
As long as the payload conforms to the StatBlock type, it should work as expected; you can include any supported parts of the StatBlock:
https://github.com/cynicaloptimist/improved-initiative/blob/development/common/StatBlock.ts

[dprothero]

Thanks @cynicaloptimist ! Any thoughts about supporting pulling in data from it (e.g. lists of encounters, characters, etc)? I could probably achieve this with a Chrome plugin. Or, perhaps I could open a PR that allowed for some kind of extension system for II. It could allow for adding an extension from another site which it loads in a protected iframe and then provide an api object to the iframe to allow it to pull in the user's info.

Nothing pressing, just brainstorming ideas.

[cynicaloptimist]

I likely won't make the time to work on this API any time soon. Thanks for the suggestions though!