I want to create a generator to roll all of the tables in the "This Is Your Life" section of Xanathar's Guide to Everything. However, the contents of these tables are copyrighted. Ideally, once D&D Beyond has an authenticated API, I'd be able to use it to verify someone has access to that book, and possibly even query for the contents of that page to parse out the tables. In the meantime, I'm trying to think of a good way to verify D&D Beyond access to that. The only idea I have so far is to make it a Google Chrome extension that (1.) takes you to that compendium entry, and (2.) parses the actual DOM for the table information. That, frankly, sounds like a PITA, so I'm leaning toward waiting for the API, but there's no telling how long that might be.
Does anyone have a better idea?
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I want to create a generator to roll all of the tables in the "This Is Your Life" section of Xanathar's Guide to Everything. However, the contents of these tables are copyrighted. Ideally, once D&D Beyond has an authenticated API, I'd be able to use it to verify someone has access to that book, and possibly even query for the contents of that page to parse out the tables. In the meantime, I'm trying to think of a good way to verify D&D Beyond access to that. The only idea I have so far is to make it a Google Chrome extension that (1.) takes you to that compendium entry, and (2.) parses the actual DOM for the table information. That, frankly, sounds like a PITA, so I'm leaning toward waiting for the API, but there's no telling how long that might be.
Does anyone have a better idea?