Import of Character Sheets from Myth Weavers, PCGen, Etc...

Please excuse me if this has been covered previously but I was wondering if anyone else would have interest in a mechanism to import character sheets from some of the larger sheet generation tools. Basically what I would be interested in would be a mechanism by which I could specify the URL or upload a file that would be directly added to a tab in the journal entry for each character. This would save large amounts of time when getting characters integrated into campaigns. Additionally, if there were a way to "Refresh" the sheet as needed to reflect leveling or other events that would be helpful. Please let me know what you think. Thanks!

I think it might be useful, of course I might be biased also :)

That would be an awesome feature. I have something similar in the works: <a href="https://github.com/xiankai/Roll20-Import" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/xiankai/Roll20-Import</a>, but it's for a very specific use-case (as far as my needs go) - Myth-weavers with the DnD 3.5 ruleset. It doesn't use the Roll20 API and relies on a hacky workaround, although if they offered an option to import a JSON string, I would in a heartbeat.

You could process JSON in an API script to import, though that, too, would be a bit of a hacky workaround. I'm really looking forward to see what gets offered in the RESTful API. That may end up providing a lot of abilities to interact with external tools.

I've been looking for a Herolab/PCGen -&gt; Mythweavers export script. But alas, there currently is none.

How about something like this? Paste a stat block into the Bio (obviously just temporary) with an API call that processes it. Obviously, a very specific, predictable, and predefined format would have to be followed for the stat block. (PGCen files are great for this) Along a similar vein, HeroLab exports a nice XML with everything in it. That could be used also, I suppose. Could we use the chat line instead of the Bio field? Does anyone know if there is a practical limit to a chat line? (several Mb?) Would XML stay usable to the API after being passed in through the chat?