Realms Guild Vault API

[Zackarino]

There needs to be an API regarding the Guild Vault. Although there is a limited log in-game that shows what people have withdrew/deposited, there should be an API so that Guild Masters and Officers can track contributions. It would be very useful, especially when some guilds want to have some sort of leaderboard for the top guild vault contributors in terms of gold and etc.

This API would be excellent for guild websites so guildmates are encouraged to donate to their guild.

[grobain161]

Guild vaults are available to guild members characters only, at least ingame, if you're to have API access to it you'd have to log in also through the API, and armory API is rather simple in it's current form to say the least.
They can be opened up to anyone, but I dislike the power to have anyone check out any guild bank, I feel like that's private for some reason.

[Zackarino]

@Grobain, That's why API access needs to be regulated through the use of OAuth. This will firstly resolve issues regarding who has access to what. Secondly, this will resolve the long requested access to guild ranks via API (http://forum.warmane.com/showthread.php?t=383159).

I can't disagree with you more and urge others to not be content with the bare minimum API access that developers have. Look at it this way: more *regulated* access to Warmane data means more addon development for Warmane. Even Blizzard understood this from the get go and offered developers access to their data (auction data, detailed armory data, guild data, etc.).

[grobain161]

That was actually my point: either should it have authentication or it shouldn't have access to private data.
From my short exploration of the TrinityCore it seems as if this would be possible, so, please, Warmane, give us a bit of a more powerful API. I'd love to be able to check my auctions/bids when I can't quite log in and play. Blizzard had the option (when I last played there) to check your AH, mail, post new auctions from a mobile app. If the API was opened up similar apps could appear for Warmane.
Guild schedule calendar sync also comes to mind, a quick notification on my phone to know when a raid is canceled would be 10/10