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Quick jump: SiteJS plugin Credits Notice: Due to the way the Switch servers are set up, it is incredibly unlikely that SBAPI will ever support SmileBASIC 4. Research will continue to see if we can get anything working but we need your help. If you have a Nintendo Switch with Custom Firmware and you own SmileBASIC 4, I humbly request you contact me on Discord (@MasterR3C0RD#7695). I provide this service free of charge, and pay for the server to run it out of pocket. Donations to maintain the server and pay for my caffeinated beverages are not required, but appreciated. If you enjoy this service and want to help keep the server running, there's a link on my userpage to donate. NEW: There's now a GUI by 12Me21 to make browsing projects easier. You can access it at http://sbapi.me/gui.html SmileBASIC API (SBAPI) is a service created by me (MasterR3C0RD) and triangle, with help from Yttria, 12Me21, and snail_, that allows you to get info for and download programs directly from SmileBASIC 3 servers. Not only is this useful for moderators to check if a key is still available, it also allows users to post GRPs to the forums as a PNG. Everything in SBAPI is simply a URL. The basic URL format for keys is http://sbapi.me/get/(key)[/(filename)]/(encoding), where anything in [] is optional and anything in () is required. key should be replaced with the public key, and filename allows you to choose a specific file if the key is a project. The encoding is required and can be one of the following:
  1. info - all files, shows information about the file provided (use ?json=1 if you're writing a program)
  2. list - only projects, lists all files
  3. zip - only projects, download all files from the project as a ZIP file. If you want to convert files to their preferred format (ex, GRP -> PNG, TXT -> Text), add ?nice=1
  4. raw - all files, downloads the raw file. However, some files are compressed and may require using the decompressed encoding instead
  5. text - only TXTs, text content of the file
  6. code - only TXTs, highlights code using 12Me21's SBHighlight library (use ?wrap=1 to enable word-wrapping)
  7. png - only GRPs, converts the GRP to a PNG
  8. csv - only <=2D DATs, converts the data to a CSV (comma-separated values) file
  9. downloads - all files, returns a PNG with the download count (download count is only updated every 24 hours)
  10. encodings - all files, returns JSON array with all possible encodings for the file given
Other encodings may be added in the future. Uses: Disclaimer: Authors of projects or assets displayed on this page are not associated with and have not contributed to the SmileBASIC API project. This can be used when asking people to debug code on the forums. Posting a public key and a link to the code could make debugging much easier. Example: http://sbapi.me/get/CKANY53Y/TN_SHARP/code (Phil's N# compiler) Output: Wanting to show off your sprites is another possible use. Simply use the PNG endpoint. Example: http://sbapi.me/get/4DH5P4K3/BBG_TIKI/png (sprites from cujo1992's Tiki Descent) Output: You can also back up your project as a ZIP file if you need to be sure you'll always have it. Example: http://sbapi.me/get/P3T43E3V/zip (kantackistan's Virtual Buffalo) Output: Don't forget a download counter to gauge how popular your programs are! Note that the download count is not real time, and only updates every 24 hours. Example: http://sbapi.me/get/QK4N3PZF/downloads (calc84maniac's Spooky Maze Raycaster demo) Output: Optional SiteJS: If you think it's too much of a hassle to have to go through the API to check out information about programs, you have a similar mindset to I. That's why I wrote a SiteJS, available at http://sbapi.me/sbapi-sbs.js that adds an extra section to pages that looks something like this: Simply copy and paste the contents into your SiteJS and load up a program page. After a few seconds, the information will load and be shown on the page. Note that for the moment, it only works on newer versions of Chrome and Firefox due to using newer JavaScript features, but this could change in the future. Thanks to 12Me21, it now works on most browsers, including Internet Explorer and even the 3DS browser! Credits
  1. triangle - file format guru, wrote the file parser used for SB files and other parts of code, and most of reverse engineering of SmileBASIC's servers, donated 3DS information for the server
  2. MasterR3C0RD - hosting, wrote the server communication libraries and helped with reverse engineering of SmileBASIC's servers
  3. 12Me21 - wrote sbhighlight and rewrote the SiteJS plugin to work with more browsers
  4. snail_ - working on proper documentation for API
  5. Yttria - word of reason, helped with multiple things internally
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MasterR3C0RD
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  • smilebasic
  • api
  • trinitro21
  • masterr3c0rd
  • brokenr3c0rd
  • file
  • format
  • png
  • grp
  • dat
  • txt
  • prj
  • projects
132 Comment(s) HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Can you add an encoding that allows projects to be downloaded with txts that have no metadata and GRPs that are converted to png? The reason why I'm asking is because I would like to use this with otyasmilebasic. ralsei ralsei Forum Leader Hidden Achievements Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Expert Programmer Programming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like! Programming Strength GRPs can be converted to PNG already.
Wanting to show off your sprites is another possible use. Simply use the PNG endpoint. Example: http://sbapi.me/get/4DH5P4K3/BBG_TIKI/png (sprites from cujo1992's Tiki Descent) Output:
Also, TXT/PRG files can be opened in Wordpad and you can convert the program by simply saving it as a TXT file. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website I know, but you have to convert each one individually, which is annoying when downloading large projects. MasterR3C0RD MasterR3C0RD Amazing Contributor Someone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community! Achievements Third Year My account is over 3 years old Website osu! Is Awesome! I love osu! Express Yourself I'll work at adding this when I get the chance. MasterR3C0RD MasterR3C0RD Amazing Contributor Someone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community! Achievements Third Year My account is over 3 years old Website osu! Is Awesome! I love osu! Express Yourself Added. You can add ?nice=1 to the end of the zip encoding URL, and it'll download it as a nicer ZIP file. Note that certain files (DAT files with > 2 dimensions) will stay raw. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Can you add an option to keep DATs raw? CSV DATs aren't compatible with otya. By the way, do raw DATs work well with PetitModem? Tarudahat Tarudahat OSP Contest 3 Contest Participant I participated in the third SmileBASIC Source OSP Contest! Forum Contributor Hidden Achievements Avatar Embargo I didn't change my avatar for 90 days Website A question: How do I download a full game (with all the code and grps) to a computer? chicken chicken Admin http://sbapi.me/get/KEYHERE/zip HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Suggestion: Add decompression support for .PKD format compressed files. MasterR3C0RD MasterR3C0RD Amazing Contributor Someone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community! Achievements Third Year My account is over 3 years old Website osu! Is Awesome! I love osu! Express Yourself That's outside of the scope of what SBAPI should do. SBAPI is only meant to get files and convert them to file types that make sense, not to become a be-all end-all of SmileBASIC PC tools. That would be nice, but it would take forever and no one would really use it. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Okay, thanks for the response. Is there any documentation on how .PKD files are packed and how its compression methods could be ported to PC? MasterR3C0RD MasterR3C0RD Amazing Contributor Someone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community! Achievements Third Year My account is over 3 years old Website osu! Is Awesome! I love osu! Express Yourself I have absolutely no idea, you'd have to look at the unpacker and figure it out yourself. MasterR3C0RD MasterR3C0RD Amazing Contributor Someone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community! Achievements Third Year My account is over 3 years old Website osu! Is Awesome! I love osu! Express Yourself Just want to note that we're still looking for people with SmileBASIC 4 and a hacked Switch to help with adding support for SB Switch keys on SBAPI. If you have what's needed and you're interested, please DM on Discord (@MasterR3C0RD#7695), send me a Site PM, or message me in the SBS Chat. TheV360 TheV360 Pokemon Is Awesome! I love Pokemon! Express Yourself First Day Joined on the very first day of SmileBASIC Source Website Night Person I like the quiet night and sleep late. Express Yourself Bug: Seems like some of the metadata disappeared. This is only when I use the zip option. When I download keys that only contain one file (not even a folder) the metadata is intact. MasterR3C0RD MasterR3C0RD Amazing Contributor Someone thinks I'm an awesome person who has done so much for the community! Achievements Third Year My account is over 3 years old Website osu! Is Awesome! I love osu! Express Yourself It's because SB removes file metadata when it makes a project. I'll have this fixed ASAP CyberYoshi64 CyberYoshi64 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Night Person I like the quiet night and sleep late. Express Yourself Great Page Hidden Achievements I love it. Without it, I wouldn't be able to transfer my programs to my tablet because I don't have any PC any time soon.Okay, I could write out each byte one at a time and on GRPs one pixel at a time but typing it in using no actual keyboard is horrible if not, it would take years to even get my projects on my device, when it doesn't fail... HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website How do I transfer binary and GRP files back to my 3DS via PetitModem? Is the file structure different, or is it the same as sending a DAT/GRP file to PC via PetitModem? ralsei ralsei Forum Leader Hidden Achievements Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Expert Programmer Programming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like! Programming Strength What time zone is used for the upload times in the SiteJS version? 12Me21 12Me21 Power User Syntax Highlighter Received for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBS Night Person I like the quiet night and sleep late. Express Yourself The timezone of whoever uploaded the files ralsei ralsei Forum Leader Hidden Achievements Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Expert Programmer Programming no longer gives me any trouble. Come to me for help, if you like! Programming Strength k HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website For anyone using the SiteJS, if you want to use MB (megabytes) and KB (kilobytes) instead, change the 1024 values to 1000, and rename the MiB value to MB. 12Me21 12Me21 Power User Syntax Highlighter Received for creating the code syntax highlighter on SBS Night Person I like the quiet night and sleep late. Express Yourself Also, the K should technically be lowercase. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Eh, I personally left it the same because I’m used to having it uppercase (other devices use capital K). But a lowercase K is the correct way. the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies Lol, that is a mature theme HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Use the reply button, please. You probably can’t see it right now, so head to your settings page, and disable the checkmark for hiding options on comments. You should be able to reply to comments now. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Also what photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies He looked at the meme I posted in a reply HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Oh lol the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies Oh photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies Tarudahat Tarudahat OSP Contest 3 Contest Participant I participated in the third SmileBASIC Source OSP Contest! Forum Contributor Hidden Achievements Avatar Embargo I didn't change my avatar for 90 days Website This is very useful thanks for submitting this the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies But I cant get it... photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies 2 things, 1 congrats on using the reply button, and second of all, you need a pc or a laptop or some sort of computer to use it the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies Oh, ok photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies click the reply button on comments the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies The key of this photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies It doesn’t work on a key the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies And where's the key? TheV360 TheV360 Pokemon Is Awesome! I love Pokemon! Express Yourself First Day Joined on the very first day of SmileBASIC Source Website Night Person I like the quiet night and sleep late. Express Yourself Hover or tap your previous comment and a reply button will appear. You can use that to clean up chains of comments so people don't have to read them backwards. Also note that there is an edit button, to correct mistakes and clarify details. the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies I was talking about without a PC the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies In that API, is there a Wav to SB Wav converter? HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website I think you mean the other way around, but just use Perska’s tool if you want to convert WAVs to SB WAVs. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website This is really cool! Using this tool, it would be 10x easier to archive the SmileBASIC servers in case they go down. the_squat1115 the_squat1115 Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies It defeats one of its purposes? HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Please reply next time, and I meant the 3DS to PC part of PetitModem. With this, all you would have to do to port SB programs to PC is use SBAPI. HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website RIP Petit Modem I guess (Well, at least the 3DS->PC part) photonegativemickey photonegativemickey Minecraft Is Awesome! I love Minecraft! Express Yourself Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Video Games I like to play video games! Hobbies Wait what happened to petit modem? HTV04 HTV04 Intermediate Programmer I can make programs, but I still have trouble here and there. Programming Strength Avatar Taboo I didn't change my avatar for 180 days Website Second Year My account is over 2 years old Website Nothing, this just defeats one of its purposes. 1 2 3