Guild Wars 2

About Guild Wars 2

The Guild Wars 2 API is an interface that allows third-party applications to access game data directly from the Guild Wars 2 servers, currently at version 2. Most endpoints return general game data without requiring authentication, such as achievements, items, map information, guild data, trading post information, and World vs. World data. A separate set of endpoints returns account-specific or guild-specific data, including characters, bank contents, inventory, unlocked cosmetics and collectibles, crafting recipes, wallet contents, and trading post transactions, and these require authentication via an API key supplied either as a Bearer token in an Authorization header or as an access_token query parameter.

The API is intended for developers building third-party tools and applications around Guild Wars 2, such as companion apps, trading post trackers, or character/build management tools. It supports schema versioning through a query parameter to introduce data changes without breaking existing applications, and offers a subtoken system that lets an API key holder create limited-permission, time-expiring tokens for use in place of a full API key.

Key features

• Access game data endpoints for achievements, items, guilds, maps, and trading post
• Retrieve authenticated account-specific data via an API key
• Supports API key authentication through header or query parameter
• Create subtokens with limited expiry and restricted permissions/endpoints
• Multiple schema versions selectable via a query parameter for backward compatibility
• Query World vs. World, PvP, and Wizard's Vault data

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