D&D Beyond Character Import

I discovered today that JSON for D&D Beyond character sheets can be exposed by adding /json to the URL, i.e.

dndbeyond.com/profile/[PROFILENAME]/characters/[CHARACTERID]/json

It’s discussed more here.

With the API still pretty far out on their roadmap, this might be a nice intermediate option for those of us using D&D Beyond and Improved Initiative. Processing the JSON will be a bit of work… it’s a far cry from OGL format.

[dprothero]

Talked to Robin Kuiper and he added the MIT license to his Roll20 scripts! 🎉 https://github.com/RobinKuiper/Roll20APIScripts/blob/master/LICENSE

[cynicaloptimist]

I think you’re spot on about the tradeoffs here @dprothero. I suspect that as long as DDB does not start obfuscating their UI code dramatically, it should be feasible to keep a standalone extension up-to-date with their UI. I’m waiting on the Patronage Goal to get closer before I really dive into implementation on the extension.

If you can confirm licensing details for that script, I’ll merge something that can at least populate the following parts of StatBlock:

• Name
• Type
• Max HP
• Armor Class
• Ability Scores

For Player Characters, I think that will be enough to be useful for many DMs.

As far as UI for this is concerned, a new tab in the StatBlock editor that accepts D&D Beyond JSON would probably be good.