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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 4906368" data-attributes="member: 14197">It sort of exists, yes.&nbsp; I can already access the individual monsters and view the HTML via an app that I wrote, but it only returns HTML.If it returned XML that defined the DATA and not just the markup, then it would be really valuable.My app is/was designed to allow me to export the monster into the tokens i use in my 4e MapTools game.&nbsp; I can parse the HTML with using regular expressions and extract things I need, but if they update the HTML at all (and they have now... twice) it breaks the regex parser.Also, parsing the Powers and Auras is tricky, especially when you are trying to extract the data from each.&nbsp; Take a look at a Goblin Warrior (easy), Death Knight (not so easy) and the Beholder (OMG..)&nbsp; and let me know how easy it would be to write an HTML parser to extract all the necessary power elements out and actually get usable data.They are already doing it with their CharBuilder, and I imagine that Monster builder has stuctured data or at least a object model to work with.&nbsp; I just wish they would open it up for guys like me who want to use it, but not to make a buck or usurp their IP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 4906368, member: 14197"] It sort of exists, yes. I can already access the individual monsters and view the HTML via an app that I wrote, but it only returns HTML. If it returned XML that defined the DATA and not just the markup, then it would be really valuable. My app is/was designed to allow me to export the monster into the tokens i use in my 4e MapTools game. I can parse the HTML with using regular expressions and extract things I need, but if they update the HTML at all (and they have now... twice) it breaks the regex parser. Also, parsing the Powers and Auras is tricky, especially when you are trying to extract the data from each. Take a look at a Goblin Warrior (easy), Death Knight (not so easy) and the Beholder (OMG..) and let me know how easy it would be to write an HTML parser to extract all the necessary power elements out and actually get usable data. They are already doing it with their CharBuilder, and I imagine that Monster builder has stuctured data or at least a object model to work with. I just wish they would open it up for guys like me who want to use it, but not to make a buck or usurp their IP. [/QUOTE]

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