NationStates is an online government simulation game, created by Max Barry. The site generates a wealth of data, some of which can be accessed through its official API.
This library lets you query this API using the Haskell programming language.
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Type safe: you can't refer to a shard unless you explicitly request it.
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Automatic rate limiting, which can be disabled or overridden if you want.
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HTTPS support via the tls library.
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Free and open source under the Apache License, version 2.0.
- GHC 7.6 or newer
nationstates
is hosted on Hackage.
cabal install nationstates
import NationStates
import qualified NationStates.Nation as Nation
import Text.Printf
main = do
c <- newContext "ExampleBot/2000"
(name, motto) <- Nation.run "Montesardo-East Adanzi" shards c
printf "%s has the motto: %s\n" name motto
where
shards = (,) <$> Nation.name <*> Nation.motto