OW API

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This server is a simple way to get read-only information about player statistics in the game Overwatch by Blizzard.

A live version runs on https://owapi.net.

Game data

This API does not aim to expose data about the heroes, maps, etc in the game. For that, use https://github.com/jamesmcfadden/overwatch-api.

API Docs

OWAPI has a very simple RESTful API to get information.
As the API is read-only, the only method required is GET.

See the doc for more information.

Running an instance

OWAPI has a few requirements:

• A Python version >3.6
• Probably a Linux-based server; I don't know about the viability of running it on Windows.

Installation steps:

1. Clone the repository.

   git clone https://github.com/Fuyukai/OWAPI.git

2. Setup a Redis server.

   Redis should be running on the default port - 6379. You can override this in config.yml; however. Redis is used for caching lots of data so that there's not a 10 second delay on EVERY request as the data is fetched and scraped; it is essential.

   For Debian/Ubuntu, you can install one with: sudo apt install redis-server

   You can enable it with: sudo systemctl enable redis-server && sudo systemctl start redis-server.

3. Install the requirements.

   For debian-based systems, run this first: sudo apt install libxslt-dev python3-dev python3-venv build-essential zlib1g-dev pkg-config

   Install poetry packaging and dependency manager by following the installation documentation.

   To set up the virtualenv: poetry install

4. Copy and tweak the example config file.

   cp config.example.yml config.yml

5. Start the OWAPI server.

   PYTHONPATH=. poetry run asphalt run config.yml

   The server is now running on http://localhost:4444/

   Note: If you want the full speedups from Kyoukai you must run with uvloop enabled: PYTHONPATH=. poetry run asphalt run -l uvloop config.yml