Investigate the feasibility of using the augenfrosch forks of XIVAPI for CN/KO/TC game data

[xiashtra]

The raphael-rs project uses the augenfrosch API, which might be a temporary workaround.

async fn fetch_and_parse<T: SheetData>(lang: &str, schema_override: Option<&str>) -> Vec<T> {
    const XIV_API: &str = "https://v2.xivapi.com/api";
    const BOILMASTER_CN: &str = "https://boilmaster-chs.augenfrosch.dev/api";
    const BOILMASTER_KR: &str = "https://boilmaster-ko.augenfrosch.dev/api";
    const BOILMASTER_TW: &str = "https://boilmaster-tc.augenfrosch.dev/api";

https://github.com/KonaeAkira/raphael-rs/blob/5d8169ccb89ee2b4d739994512ce7c8a3aa32ada/raphael-data-updater/src/main.rs#L7

If these API forks are well maintained and updated in a timely manner, they would allow us to use a XIVAPI-style interface for all regions.

Originally posted by @xiashtra in #908 (comment)

[Bing-su]

Hmm... How about contacting the author directly? https://github.com/augenfrosch

[xiashtra]

The CN fork of XIVAPI (formerly CafeMaker) has updated to match XIVAPI v2; this would be another option.

Hello everyone,

We have upgraded the XIVAPI (formerly CafeMaker) service to XIVAPI V2.
You can now access text and data in Simplified Chinese (default), Traditional Chinese, Japanese, English, German, French, and Korean at:

👉 https://xivapi-v2.xivcdn.com/

Due to service cost considerations and technical limitations related to multi-language queries, we have adopted a different update and storage approach from the original XIVAPI. As a result, some features may differ from the official XIVAPI service.

Before using the service, please review the following documentation to understand these differences:

📘 https://xivapi-v2.xivcdn.com/en/docs/guides/difference/

If you encounter any issues while using the service, feel free to contact us.

Note 1:
Since the Korean and Traditional Chinese versions are not yet fully synchronized with others, queries for unavailable entries may return data from the Simplified Chinese version.

Note 2:
We have observed that some data IDs in the Traditional Chinese version differ from those in other language versions. Please use them with caution.