API chain more value needed

Hello dear torn api developer,

API currently returns only 5 values for "faction/chain" selection. When a chain is on cooldown, there is no way to know when the chain ended or got broke, with the given data.

I suggest another value in the array with the key "end" resulting in something like: apiReturn[] = { end: (cooldown > 0) ? timestamp_ended : 0 }; so we know for sure with did_it_end = (end > 0 && cooldown > 0);

 

Thanks in advance.

You could get the timestamp_ended from the last hit of the chain from faction/attacks selection and if it died from timing out you would need to add 5 minutes to the timestamp.

But yeah, having the timestamp_ended in the faction/chain selection would make things a little bit easier.

Aye, I solved it the same way but it would be very much easier this way. Lots of hits already. Reduce to one query. Everyone happy.

Why not attach the chain number to the hit? Repeating numbers would mean that the chain is on cooldown.

This is already the case.

And start and end keys were added to the chains selection in the latest patch.

oh yeah... i was thinking about it right before they released that specific update, and even noticed it when it rolled out: i could see other's awesome chains