bazaarid -> playerid?

Started by skmoonlight [2619860] on 7 Jul 2021 in API Development.

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DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee · 2 likes · 7 Jul 2021
Those bazaarids are basically only useful for internal usage and give us no information about the user. I'm pretty sure it's intentional though.
DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee · 1 likes · 7 Jul 2021
I'm fairly sure this was done before, and denied.

skmoonlight [2619860] 7 Jul 2021, 16:58 TCT · #1

In short, is it possible to get the player id from the bazaar id?

When using the bazaar api call (https://api.torn.com/market/985?selections=bazaar&key=MYKEY)
it outputs the bazaar ids, but i can't find what they are based on

Is there a way (with the api) to see what player the bazaar id is from?

or is there any use for the bazaarids themselfs?

DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee Committee 7 Jul 2021, 17:02 TCT · #2

Those bazaarids are basically only useful for internal usage and give us no information about the user. I'm pretty sure it's intentional though.

skmoonlight [2619860] 7 Jul 2021, 17:14 TCT · #3

that is a shame, i wonder if anyone found out what the code/formula is XD (but keeping it silent)

seems atleast the ids are not random

DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee Committee 7 Jul 2021, 17:27 TCT · #4

I'm pretty sure the ids are incremental. It's probably a cross table between users and items for the bazaars, so the ids will probably be an auto increment.

MightyGoober [812478] 7 Jul 2021, 17:30 TCT · #5

You could always file a bug report asking for the userid to be included in the response. You don't need votes for API changes.
Worst case you get a no

DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee Committee 7 Jul 2021, 17:35 TCT · #6

I'm fairly sure this was done before, and denied.

MightyGoober [812478] 7 Jul 2021, 19:47 TCT · #7

It's "public info" the same you can see on torns site. If avoiding people scraping pages is the goal, it should probably be included.

DeKleineKobini [2114440] Committee Committee 7 Jul 2021, 20:02 TCT · #8

It's not really public info though. The site only shows you 3 bazaars, while the api gives like 100 results.

MightyGoober [812478] 7 Jul 2021, 20:41 TCT · #9

But when viewing a bazaar, you know what player owns it. You could over time store a player ID to a bazaar ID as you find them. Just seems over complex for something they could just add

Helcostr [1934501] Wiki Editor 10 Jul 2021, 03:07 TCT · #10

I was on the no player to bazaar reference, but with your argument, I think I've swapped sides.