[Update 1] Character import: URL changed, update needed (Patreon)

Update 1:

Many people voiced their opinion in a very civil way, that was amazing to see, thank you for speaking out for you and everyone else! Tigon - if you were a policital candidate, I would definitely vote for you, your response was amazing to read :)

I was contact by a member of the D&D Beyond staff and we had a very pleasant chat. There is an official response in the forum thread by him, too, and the question was asked and answered in length in today's twitch stream (linked in Molster's post). 

It boils down to having a currently somewhat stable character endpoint (the one we switched to), which is in constant and on-going development. That means that there can be changes to the URL as time evolves, but we are in touch now and get to know about the changes (if possible) before they are taking place so we can prepare for the changes instead of reacting to them. 

Since we are in touch now, we can provide feedback about the requirements that we have when it comes to structuring the API. This is really, really great and I am looking forward to this. Note: The availability of the API and this "collaboration" is in an undecided point in time. Still, I do feel that we went together into the right direction and I am looking forward to  an officially supported API endpoint. 

Thanks everyone!

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So many posts this week, I hope I do not bore you. I want to get the latest change as visible as possible:

D&D Beyond began to remove previously undocumented and therefore in-official HTTP endpoints, this was announced two days ago in the Character Sheet Changelog. I checked yesterday, and the /json-URL was still functional, but today it stopped working, instead it showed a 404 - resource not found. Bummer.

I created a quick response, as requested in the changelog: Detailing how we are using the data received by that URL and that it was one of the cornerstones that made D&D Beyond a great management platform that worked insanely well with Foundry VTT as a gaming platform. In the following posts, I was introduced to another URL where the data is presented, albeit in a slightly different way and with minimal changes, we are up and running again.

For now. 

So two things are important for you to know:

First, if you are reading this and haven't updated in a while, please do so now. You will be greeted with a popup which is shown only once per module update, to not nag you. It gives you roughly the same info as this post. 

Second If you like the character import, you can always voice that opinion on the official D&D Beyond forums. This is not a rallying cry for an internet shit storm - I really like the guys over at D&D Beyond - I just would like to retain some data retrieval URL. 

Making your voice visible indicates that this is not the request from a vain developer, but coming from a broader user-base. It might make a difference. 

You can find the relevant thread on the D&D Beyond feedback forum. Please remain civil when creating a post there. We are using an in-official URL that was not documented. Still, I would love to have an alternative prior to the removal, and perhaps you are feeling the same. 

Thank you, 

Sebastian