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Is there a simple way to print (sets of) custom character cards from the bloomilk database?
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lifelike wrote:Is there a simple way to print (sets of) custom character cards from the bloomilk database? No, screenshot is the easiest way. If you want it to be card like lay out you need to put the time in 
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OK. Follow up question then: Would the admin(s) be terribly annoyed if I wrote a script that could download a few characters and make a PDF from them? It is the kind of thing I have some experience in automating and I am a terribly lazy person. But I do not want to be banned for something silly like "used a script to download stats for 9 characters".
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You wouldn't be banned for something like that.
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lifelike wrote:OK. Follow up question then: Would the admin(s) be terribly annoyed if I wrote a script that could download a few characters and make a PDF from them? It is the kind of thing I have some experience in automating and I am a terribly lazy person. But I do not want to be banned for something silly like "used a script to download stats for 9 characters". You would be hailed as a hero!!! 
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@lifelike excellent question and idea envisaged that'd be cool! to print off non-vset custom stat cards from the stat card database in a roughly SWcard-y format, neat! for VSet cards, there already exist PDFs of them, making them easy to print out, as the PDF is print-ready CBYMK'd that you can take to the printers.  I trust there'd be no vulnerabilities exposed, nor metadata retained for nefarious purposes, (your script would be a variant of a google search or something? to load the page, read the code and copy the text string from pages that are of the format... x,y,z? throughput into your stat card template, and output as a neat lite-statcard) so I look forward to seeing what you come up with
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kobayashimaru wrote:excellent question and idea envisaged that'd be cool! to print off non-vset custom stat cards from the stat card database in a roughly SWcard-y format, neat! for VSet cards, there already exist PDFs of them, making them easy to print out, as the PDF is print-ready CBYMK'd that you can take to the printers. I trust there'd be no vulnerabilities exposed, nor metadata retained for nefarious purposes, (your script would be a variant of a google search or something? to load the page, read the code and copy the text string from pages that are of the format... x,y,z? throughput into your stat card template, and output as a neat lite-statcard) so I look forward to seeing what you come up with 
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FlyingArrow wrote:You wouldn't be banned for something like that. Agreed. If you can figure it out, I don't see why it would be a problem, so long as you aren't claiming anyone else's work as your own,
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swinefeld wrote:FlyingArrow wrote:You wouldn't be banned for something like that. Agreed. If you can figure it out, I don't see why it would be a problem, so long as you aren't claiming anyone else's work as your own, No, no, no. First thing I thought was that if I do this, and before I post a version for others to try, I make sure that each card is clearly marked that the content is from Bloomilk and what user created the custom and what date it was downloaded. And if I get that far the source code will be in github for anyone to see and/or improve, so there is nothing nasty going on. I hope to find a few free hours this weekend to make a quick prototype. Do not expect it to be very pretty. I just want something functional for myself.
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Rather than a command-line tool, perhaps a bookmarklet would be even easier to use and work without requiring installing/downloading anything? I think it would work and be better (although more work to implement).
Print CSS should work to make sheets of cards that print (or export to PDF) at proper sizes split on multiple pages.
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lifelike wrote:Rather than a command-line tool, perhaps a bookmarklet would be even easier to use and work without requiring installing/downloading anything? I think it would work and be better (although more work to implement).
Print CSS should work to make sheets of cards that print (or export to PDF) at proper sizes split on multiple pages.
... you lost after "Rather than." 
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@lifelike, okeedoke, that approach sounds cool too - neither seems to decompile the site code or do anything more than a google-search based XML app might. It is sounding awesome- and if the converted text is on a transparent layer... all you then would have to do, is change the background from "basic" to 600DPI CBYMK'd statcard awesome (for lazer printing on a 180-210GSM satin cardstock) Your idea of a nice and simple version is a great way to go for rapid playtesting etc.
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It looks like the bookmarklet thing isn't as easy now as it was back in the day. Silly modern browser default security paraoia. Oh well.
Guess it will have to be command-line for now requiring a download (and Java installed, probably, because of Clojure). I just want something that works for me, now, not to spend all night fighting my browser to make it understand I am not trying to make cross-site scripting attacks on myself.
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