Playing with the gw2spidy API

     The gw2spidy API is pretty great.  I was working with pulling some data into Excel and building custom reports, calculating Return on Investment, Net Profit (after taxes and fees) to see how effective it would be as a tool on the trading post.  Pretty soon this could be something you could do autopilot.

     For example:  http://snipurl.com/25i2r8i
     This link will give you every level 80 rare weapon with "Berserker's" in the name.  There is a guide on the github page that will guide you through how to import this into Excel.  Once imported, I created a few columns for calculating what I was interested in to see which items would be the best to try and trade.  It looked like this (I have everything on my sheet, not just Berserkers's weapons).

     I could set the spreadsheet up to auto-update, but I prefer not to since a snapshot in time is really sufficient to get the data I want.  I basically then just go from top to bottom placing buy orders on each item until I'm out of money.  My thinking is that this will maximize my potential profit, instead of just randomly buying whatever items I find, or having to look through each window to check the margin and do some quick calculations in my head.

     I have similar sheets set up for the following:

• Gemstones and Jewels
• Level 80 Masterwork Gear (greens)
• Common Crafting Materials (cloth, leather, ore, wood)
• Fine Crafting Materials (blood, fangs, claws, etc...)

     Next I'll be working a sheet with 80 Rare Gear, then I don't know.  It's definitely a useful tool I think, for people who are willing to dig a little deeper.  Because I'm such a swell fucking guy here are all the API calls I created for my spreadsheet.

Common Crafting Components
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=24272,24273,24274,24275,24276,24277,24278,24279,24280,24281,24282,24283,24284,24285,24286,24287,24288,24289,24290,24291,24292,24293,24294,24295,24296,24297,24298,24299,24300,24341,24342,24343,24344,24345,24346,24347,24348,24349,24350,24351,24352,24353,24354,24355,24356,24357,24358,24363

Fine Crafting Components
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=19701,19700,19699,19702,19698,19703,19697,19679,19680,19681,19682,19683,19684,19685,19686,19687,19688,19718,19739,19741,19743,19745,19748,19720,19740,19742,19744,19746,19747,19719,19728,19729,19730,19731,19732,19733,19734,19735,19736,19737,19738,19722,19723,19724,19725,19726,19727,19709,19710,19711,19712,19713,19714

Gemstones and Jewels
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=24889,24876,24875,24874,24873,24872,24871,24870,24535,24534,24527,24526,24522,24521,24520,24519,24516,24515,24512,24511,24510,24509,24508,24507,24506,24504,24503,24501,24500,24475,24474,24473,24472,24471,24470,24469,24468,24467,24466,24465,24464

80 Masterwork Gear
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13397,13444,13481,13403,13445,13487,13394,13447,13478,10496,10531,10566,10601,10643,10671

80 Rare Weapons - Berserkers
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=25923,25944,28530,28553,26352,26370,27278,27300,27588,27610,27903,27924,13892,13927,13976,14011,14422,14472,14514,14563,14598,14647,14682,15265,15307,15349,15391,15426,15468,15510,15552,26114,26125,26963,26986,28216,28238,26649,26672,26818,26839,26488,26511,28389,28409,28780,28791,28075,28095,27761,27781,27446,27467,28703,28723,27131,27153

80 Rare Weapons - Carrion
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13889,13924,13973,14008,14428,14469,14511,14560,14595,14644,14679,15262,15304,15346,15388,15423,15465,15507,15549,32946,32950,32954,32958,32962,32966,32970,32974,32978,32982,32986,32990,32994,32998,33002,33006,33010,33014,33018,34809,34813,34817,34821,34825,34829,34833,34837,34841,34845,34849,34853,34857,34861,34865,34869,34873,34877,34881

80 Rare Weapons - Cleric
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13890,13925,13974,14009,14420,14470,14512,14561,14596,14645,14680,15263,15305,15347,15389,15424,15466,15508,15550,25941,25950,26122,26131,26367,26376,26504,26522,26665,26684,26834,26846,26979,26998,27147,27160,27293,27311,27462,27474,27605,27622,27777,27787,27919,27937,28091,28101,28233,28251,28405,28415,28546,28565,28718,28729,28788,28797

80 Rare Weapons - Explorer
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13891,13926,13975,14010,14421,14471,14513,14562,14597,14646,14681,15264,15306,15348,15390,15425,15467,15509,15551

80 Rare Weapons - Knights
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13894,13929,13978,14013,14437,14474,14516,14565,14600,14649,14684,15267,15309,15351,15393,15428,15470,15512,15554

80 Rare Weapons - Rampager
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13893,13928,13977,14012,14423,14473,14515,14564,14599,14648,14683,15266,15308,15350,15392,15427,15469,15511,15553,25930,25947,26118,26128,26361,26373,26496,26516,26657,26677,26826,26843,26972,26991,27140,27157,27285,27305,27454,27471,27597,27617,27768,27784,27911,27931,28083,28098,28224,28245,28397,28412,28538,28558,28710,28726,28784,28794

80 Rare Weapons - Shaman
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=24995,25035,25075,25115,25155,25195,25235,25275,25315,25355,25395,25435,25475,25515,25555,25595,25635,25675,25715

80 Rare Weapons - Traveler
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=33269,33273,33277,33281,33285,33289,33293,33297,33301,33305,33309,33313,33317,33321,33325,33329,33333,33337,33341,34049,34053,34057,34061,34065,34069,34073,34077,34081,34085,34089,34093,34097,34101,34105,34109,34113,34117,34121

80 Rare Weapons - Valkyrie
http://www.gw2spidy.com/api/v0.9/csv/items/all/1?filter_ids=13895,13930,13979,14014,14439,14475,14517,14566,14601,14650,14685,15268,15310,15352,15394,15429,15471,15513,15555

You can pull these into Excel and do whatever you want!