dnd5e-obsidian/tools/xentis-dnd-beyond-character-sheets-json-puller.md

Xentis DND Beyond Character Sheets JSON Puller

Obisidian Plugins Required: Dataview Website: DND Beyond Summary: This script will pull the JSON of the specified Character Sheet from DND Beyond. Thanks To: Xentis from TTRPG on Obsidian.md Discord

It is highly recommended you download this file into your vault. Github will not display whether we are using dataview or dataviewjs calls.

Instructioms

Replace your character ID from your character sheet URL into:

const character_id = "Your Character ID Here"

Example Codeblock

const character_id = "64093957"

const headers = {}
const url = "https://character-service.dndbeyond.com/character/v5/character/" + character_id
const character_sheet_json = await requestUrl({url: url, headers})
const data = character_sheet_json.json.data
dv.paragraph(data.username)
dv.paragraph(data.name)

Rendered Example (Obsidian Render)

const character_id = "64093957"

const headers = {}
const url = "https://character-service.dndbeyond.com/character/v5/character/" + character_id
const character_sheet_json = await requestUrl({url: url, headers})
const data = character_sheet_json.json.data
dv.paragraph(data.username)
dv.paragraph(data.name)