Magic Data
Posted: 07 Jul 2009, 09:30
Data: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2771470/mtg-data-2015-11-08.zip
Text: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2771470/mtg-dat ... -11-08.zip
Source is available at:
Gatherer download/parsing: https://github.com/karmag/loa
Text version: https://github.com/karmag/loa-format
Support library: https://github.com/karmag/ants
This project has been discontinued. The last version of the software is compiled and ready to go here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2771470/loa-standalone.zip
Original post:
I was wondering how/where the developers around here get their data. The data I'm taking about is card-information (names, p/t, oracle text..), what sets contains what cards and other such straight up data.
The way I currently do it (and suspect others are doing as well) is to parse whatever sources I may find that is decently structured. (Crystal Keep, Gatherer, MWS, the comprehensive rules to name some.) The problem here is that none of the data is really formatted for easy processing. The problems include duplication of data, missing data and plainly malformed data.
So does anyone have a better source for this kind of data?
Text: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2771470/mtg-dat ... -11-08.zip
Source is available at:
Gatherer download/parsing: https://github.com/karmag/loa
Text version: https://github.com/karmag/loa-format
Support library: https://github.com/karmag/ants
This project has been discontinued. The last version of the software is compiled and ready to go here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2771470/loa-standalone.zip
Original post:
I was wondering how/where the developers around here get their data. The data I'm taking about is card-information (names, p/t, oracle text..), what sets contains what cards and other such straight up data.
The way I currently do it (and suspect others are doing as well) is to parse whatever sources I may find that is decently structured. (Crystal Keep, Gatherer, MWS, the comprehensive rules to name some.) The problem here is that none of the data is really formatted for easy processing. The problems include duplication of data, missing data and plainly malformed data.
So does anyone have a better source for this kind of data?