Programatically Retrieving Xbox Live/Gamertag Data

[LosOjos]

Anybody know how you do it or have a link to any documentation?

 

Tried Google but I'm getting a bit sick of trawling through page upon page of Xbox fan sites with sweet FA on them...

[jc1875]

I know the following urls for displaying gamer card and avatar:

http://gamercard.xbox.com/.card
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar//avatar-body.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar//avatarpic-s.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar//avatarpic-l.png

ie

http://gamercard.xbox.com/jonty.card
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatar-body.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-s.png
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-l.png

gives:

http://gamercard.xbox.com/jonty.card

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatar-body.png

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-s.png http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-l.png

Edited June 17, 2010 by jc1875
Updated with additional links - thanks to rlweb for large link

[john]

really is it that simple:

 

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/johsmi/avatar-body.png

 

hmmm seemingly not for some reason :S

 

Yet the card works fine

http://gamercard.xbox.com/johsmi.card

Edited June 15, 2010 by john

[LosOjos]

I know the following urls for displaying gamer card and avatar:

http://gamercard.xbox.com/.card
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar//avatar-body.png

ie

http://gamercard.xbox.com/jonty.card
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatar-body.png

gives:

http://gamercard.xbox.com/jonty.card

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatar-body.png

 

Thanks, I have seen those sites, but what I'm really interested in is the code used to make those sites, how do they retrieve the data from the Live server?

[jc1875]

from the scripts i've seen, they take the .card file and mine the data from it.

Here's a php example used with vBulletin:

gXboxLive - Xbox Live Leaderboard - vBulletin.org Forum

[rlweb]

You can get data from http://xboxapi.duncanma ckenzie.net/gamertag.ashx?GamerTag=GAMERTAG (remove space)

I've just made a website that tracks my friends Xbox usage, its surprising how much they use it.

Edited June 16, 2010 by rlweb
to show the url

[jc1875]

I thought I'd erad a post that the duncan mackenzie service had stopped working. obviously fixed now

another avatar pic i'd missed - the small avatar

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar//avatarpic-s.png

so

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-s.png

gives

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-s.png

[rlweb]

Large is available too

I

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar//avatarpic-l.png

 

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonty/avatarpic-l.png