imageName with numbers appended to card name. about mtgjson3 HOT 5 CLOSED

Hello

So the /card/ prefix on mtgimage does not directly map to the 'imageName' field.

The 'imageName' field is only used for the '/set/XXX/imageName.jpg' prefix

The /card/ prefix only has the very latest printing of a card (as there is only 1 card per card name) and thus the extra art cards (which is what the number suffixes are used for) don't make sense in this case.

Does this explanation make sense?

I should probably update the MTGJSON docs to clarify this.

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Got it - I thought it might be something along these lines.

This makes perfect sense in context of AllSets.json, where the cards are inherently organized by set. That being said, wouldn't it make more sense to modify the field in AllCards.json to reflect the most recent printing of the card?

[AllCards.json] is lighter weight and is meant to provide a quick and easy way to get basic card data.

Given that "basic card data" does not seem to currently contain sets where a card was included, it is currently non-trivial to fetch the card image from the information provided in AllCards.json. As far as I can tell, for any given card, it's not possible to determine which set I'd need to look under with the /set/[set name]/[image name].jpg prefix.

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Ahh yes, excellent point about AllCards.json. I will be updating the field in this file so it works with /card/ and I'll update the docs to mention which prefix to use depending on file.

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Marvelous! 👍

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Just updated the site, fixed! Every imageName field for all cards in AllCards.json correctly works with the /card/ prefix now. Also updated the docs. Thanks :)

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