Retrieve user's MAL episode history

[dgw]

I'm trying to write an app to pull my episode history from MAL and import the timestamp for each episode to Trakt. Of course, because MAL's API is /terrible/, I'm stuck at getting the list.

If the Atarashii API supported returning the data that shows up at e.g. http://myanimelist.net/ajaxtb.php?detailedaid=42 it would be great. (That's info I'd also like to see in Atarashii! itself, but I don't know if AniList could support it too.)

Is this a possible future extension of the API's capabilities, or is it "not gonna happen" territory?

[Ratan Dhawtal]

To be honest I never heard about trakt XD aside from that our API does offer history with even the ID's

example

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[dgw]

I'm guessing the history API call pulls from MAL's history function? That only goes back about three weeks, last I looked into it.

[Ratan Dhawtal]

yes it goes only go back 3 weeks ago.

[Michael Johnson]

The URL provided doesn't contain any content when I just checked it. Can you provide steps to get to that where it would provide content?

[dgw]

The URL I provided is just an example. I don't think anime 42 exists (any more, at least).

The format is http://myanimelist.net/ajaxtb.php?detailedaid=<anime_id>, and the anime_id is the same old MAL ID that is returned for entries in the animelist. MAL requires authentication for this page; if you're not logged in, it will say so and return no data.

[Ratan Dhawtal]

Added in commit 6e75013 for API 2.1+

I do not recommend to use it yet because I am still changing things around that could break it.