Swiftfall

Swiftfall is a wrapper written in Swift for the API Scryfall.

Documentation for Scryfall API.

Scryfall is API which handles information about the card game Magic: The Gathering.

Swiftfall Documentation

Types

All types are Structs and can be reach through a Swiftfall.get*().

Types That Hold Data

Card

• Struct containing data about a Magic Card.
• Contains the Card.Face Struct
  • Some Cards have faces, Card.Face contains those faces.

    ScryfallSet

• Struct containing data about a Set of Magic cards.
• named ScryfallSet due to Set already existing in Swift.

  Ruling

• Struct containing data about a Magic Card’s rulings.

  Catalog

• Struct containing data about Magic.
• Example: “land-types”

  Structs which contain Arrays of Types

  CardList

• Struct containing a list of Cards.

  SetList

• Struct containing a list of ScryfallSets.

  RulingList

• Struct containing a list of Rulings.

  Functions

  These are some functions you can call which will handle information from Scryfall’s API.

Get a Card

Swiftfall.getCard(fuzzy:String) throws -> Card (Fuzzy search)

Swiftfall.getCard(exact:String) throws -> Card (Exact search)

Swiftfall.getCard(code: String, number: Int) throws -> Card (Set Code, ID Number)

Swiftfall.getRandomCard() throws -> Card (Random Card)

… and more!

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let card = try Swiftfall.getCard(exact:"Black Lotus")
  print(card)
  } catch {
    print(error)
}

Out.

Name: Black Lotus
Cost: {0}
Type Line: Artifact
Oracle Text:
{T}, Sacrifice Black Lotus: Add three mana of any one color to your mana pool.

Double-Sided Cards

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let card = try Swiftfall.getCard(exact:"Jace, Vryn's Prodigy")
  let faces = card.cardFaces
  let front = faces![0]
  let back = faces![1]
  print(front)
  print(back)
  } catch {
    print(error)
}

Out.

Name: Jace, Vryn's Prodigy
Cost: {1}{U}
Type Line: Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
Oracle Text:
{T}: Draw a card, then discard a card. If there are five or more cards in your graveyard, exile Jace, Vryn's Prodigy, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.
Power: 0
Toughness: 2
Name: Jace, Telepath Unbound
Cost: 
Type Line: Legendary Planeswalker — Jace
Oracle Text:
+1: Up to one target creature gets -2/-0 until your next turn.
−3: You may cast target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard this turn. If that card would be put into your graveyard this turn, exile it instead.
−9: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, target opponent puts the top five cards of his or her library into his or her graveyard."
Loyalty: 5

Get a list of Cards

Swiftfall.getCardList() throws -> CardList (The first page)

Swiftfall.getCardList(page:Int) throws -> CardList (Loads a specific page)

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let cardlist = try Swiftfall.getCardList(page:0) // this is the same as .getCardList()
  print(cardlist)
} catch {
  print(error)
}

Get a ScryfallSet

Swiftfall.getSet(code:String) throws -> Set (String must be a three letter code)

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do { 
  let set = try Swiftfall.getSet(code: "KTK")
  print(set) 
} catch {
  print(error)
}

Out.

Name: Khans of Tarkir (ktk)
Block: Khans of Tarkir
Number of Cards: 269
Release Date: 2014-09-26
Set Type: expansion

Get a list of Cards in a Set

Set.getCards() -> [CardList?] (an array of CardLists which each contain a portion of a set)

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
    let set = try Swiftfall.getSet(code: "PRM")
    let cards = set.getCards()
} catch {
    print(error)
}

Get a list of ScryfallSets

Swiftfall.getSetList() throws -> SetList (All Sets)

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let setlist = try Swiftfall.getSetList()
  print(setlist)
} catch {
  print(error)
}

Get a list of Rulings

Swiftfall.getRulingList(code:String,number:Int) throws -> RulingList

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let rulings = try Swiftfall.getRulingList(code: "ima", number: 65)
  print(rulings)
} catch {
  print(error)
}

Get a Ruling

To get a specific ruling you must first get a Ruling List.

Once you have a RulingList you may call .data[index: Int]

Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let rulings = try Swiftfall.getRulingList(code: "ima", number: 65)
  let ruling = rulings.data[1]
  print(ruling)
} catch {
  print(error)
}

Get a Catalog

Catalog objects are provided by the API as aids for building other Magic software and understanding possible values for a field on Card objects. Ex.

import Swiftfall
do {
  let catalog = try Swiftfall.getCatalog(catalog: "land-types")
  print(catalog)
} catch {
  print(error)
}

Out.

Desert
Forest
Gate
Island
Lair
Locus
Mine
Mountain
Plains
Power-Plant
Swamp
Tower
Urza’s

Testing

Testing allows for us to check certain scenarios quickly and determine the problems in a easy to understand and grasp manner.

Example

Ex.

func testRandomCard(){
    do { 
      _ = try Swiftfall.getRandomCard()
    } catch {
      print(error)
      XCTFail()
    }
}

How to set up Swiftfall

First, create an executable package. The executable includes a Hello World function by default.

$ mkdir MyExecutable
$ cd MyExecutable
$ swift package init --type executable
$ swift build
$ swift run
Hello, World!

Next,

$ swift package generate-xcodeproj

Then, set Swiftfall as a dependency for the executable.

import PackageDescription

let package = Package(
    name: "MyExecutable",
    dependencies: [
        // Dependencies declare other packages that this package depends on.
        // .package(url: /* package url */, from: "1.0.0"),
        .package(url:"https://github.com/bmbowdish/Swiftfall.git", from: "1.2.0")
    ],
    targets: [
        // Targets are the basic building blocks of a package. A target can define a module or a test suite.
        // Targets can depend on other targets in this package, and on products in packages which this package depends on.
        .target(
            name: "MyExecutable",
            dependencies: ["Swiftfall"]),
    ]
)

Then, run:

$ swift package generate-xcodeproj

Now you’re ready to use Swiftfall!

If you are interested in checking out a project using Swiftfall you can checkout:

https://github.com/bmbowdish/Test-Swiftfall

Catalog Examples

card-names

word-bank

creature-types

planeswalker-types

land-types

spell-types

artifact-types

powers

toughnesses

loyalties

watermarks