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Incorporating API functionality into Roll20

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Ray
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Just an idea...with the many excellent API scripts that have been written by game users (Thanks particularly to The Aaron for his fantastic work), why not look at incorporating the funtionality of the API's into the actual Roll20 platform itself. That is to say, take the API scripts (with the permission and/or collaboration of the script authors) and actually make them a part of Roll20 rather than an "add-on". Of course, thorough testing and possible improvement to the scripts would be needed, but the donkey work in terms of conceptualization and initial code development has already been done. The functionality of these "add-ons" could still be restricted to paying accounts but it would mean that the existing API features would be "in theory" more stable. I am thinking particularly of API's such as !Torch, !Recursive Table, and !Hourglass to name just three. I am sure that these API's (and many others) could be made even better... Anyhoo...over to the audience...
So what exactly are you wanting? It seems like you are essentially asking that we (subscribers) be able to use API scripts in our games. We can already do this and many (maybe all) of the scripts you mention are in the one-click repository for games.
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Ray
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I knew this idea was hard to understand *sigh*... What I am saying is...for API's that are used a lot...like !Recursive Table for example, make an update of the roll20 system to make the API functionality an inbuilt part of the game rather than having it as an external API... *hoping that made sense*
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