Is parsing your own Organized Play data from the website allowed?


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I am currently working on a script that automatically logs into the Paizo website and gets your characters and sessions from there, so you can export them, have an easier time finding out what you played, etc.
Now I am not 100% sure if that is allowed. The community use policy is no real help here, since it only covers using published material, etc. - it doesn't say anything about automation.
Has anyone got a clue as to wether using such a script is OK or not? It is basically just opening a normal but script-controlled browser, logging in, and opening a few pages from the "My Orgranized Play" section of the site, so it shouldn't put much strain on the servers, etc.

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Hey, Vortex! To get you the right answer on this, we have some follow up questions! Are you looking to grab your own data or the data of other players as well?

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Maya Coleman wrote:
Hey, Vortex! To get you the right answer on this, we have some follow up questions! Are you looking to grab your own data or the data of other players as well?

Hey Maya,

I am only grabbing data for me right now. Another GM asked me to parse details for sessions in their event, to be able to count the number of unique players that played there. So that would technically be data of other players, I guess? That isn't the focus of the tool, though, and if that would not be welcome, I can limit the uses of the tool to my own / the user's own data

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@Maya Coleman: I haven't heard back from you in a while now. And at UKGE yesterday, I was asked to bump up this thread in the hopes of getting some more information.
Would it help if I sent you a link to the Github page where the current version of my script is located, so that you can have a look at it yourself? If so: should I post it here or send it to you via PN?

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The way I pull data was very manual. Would be nice to have an export option.

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Indeed, an export option or an API to the Org Play Site would be nice, would that be a possibility for the future ? Or alternatively the reporting could be enhanced with logging how many treasure bundles and xp were gained, so the site could auto-calculate level and budget for each character ? As this is what my program does right now, because the Paizo site is not doing it.

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