[2019] Question about the API and the steam migration.

Hello, I'm a fairly new player, I got the game as a Christmas present back in December. I'm a huge fan of the game. As a software developer one of the things that frustrates me is the armor management. There seems to be tools like Ishtar Commander and light.gg that have access to an API but they are not as advanced as I want. Moreover I learned recently that the API is open and you can register an application fairly simply. I've got an oauth token and I was starting to read the docs on the endpoints for basic things when I noticed that Bnet is mentioned a lot in the documentation. I guess my question is will there be a radical change to the API when everything gets moved over to Steam? Should I hold off doing anything in terms of writing an app against the current system if things are going to be moving later?

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Originally posted by RocketMooses

Very little about the API should change with the move to steam. However you will likely need to account for some changes from Armor 2.0, and Cross Save, depending on what you are trying to do. For the most up-to-date information, check out the Destiy API Github.

Indeed, from an API perspective not much of anything will change with Steam and the Blizzard-to-Steam Migration. I can't go into detail yet, but users of the API should indeed keep an eye on the Github for more information when we're able to share more.

The more concerning changes will be centered around Cross Save - reading this document should prepare you:

https://github.com/Bungie-net/api/wiki/FAQ:-Cross-Save-pre-launch-testing,-and-how-it-may-affect-you

Shadowkeep changes like Armor 2.0 are also something I can't talk about in detail just yet, but suffice to say Sockets and Plugs are getting even more complicated. Stay tuned, we hope to have more info before the Shadowkeep launch!

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