JeffSventora Posted October 10, 2012 Author Share Posted October 10, 2012 So for an application I'm working on, I want to have the COMPLETE Magic the Gathering database at my disposal. I kept thinking of ways to achieve it, and what resources I had available. Then it hit me, I don't need to connect to anyone's database to request information, I can simply pull it from the web. So I did just that. What this program allows you to do is click on which sets you want to pull from the database at magiccards.info and will spit out all of the information in the program directory. Essentially what I'm doing is stripping down HTML files and picking out all of the required information. I hope you guys enjoy this, it's pretty hacky but hey, it works ![:P](http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/community/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.png).[attachment=224:MagicHunter.zip]NOTE: If you just want to test it out, I suggest downloading one set at a time. Do a set like Graveborn, there isn't a lot of cards. If you do a LOT of set AND include the images, this WILL take a long ass time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRexion Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 > NOTE: If you just want to test it out, I suggest downloading one set at a time. Do a set like Graveborn, there isn't a lot of cards. If you do a LOT of set AND include the images, this WILL take a long ass time!Just wondering: does it take so long because you _haven't_ optimized it, or because you _can't_? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffSventora Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 It is not optimized, this was purely for me trying something new. Threading would improve the performance a bit but the true bottleneck is your internet connection in this sample. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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