Allows use of an existing Path of Building installation from a Python application. If you don't know Path of Building is then you don't play Path of Exile and can safely ignore this.

This is simple initial implementation with limited functionality, but provides a base to build on.

• Launch PoB in headless mode as a controllable sub-processes
• Load builds
• Read basic build information
• Updates builds (from pathofexile.com) and attempts to maintain chosen skill
• Test the effect of items (output as HTML)
• Test the effect of individual mod lines (output as diffs to all output stats)

(taken from example.py)

Fire up Path of Building as a headless sub-process:

pob_install = r'D:\Programs\PathOfBuilding'
pob_path = r'D:\Programs\PathOfBuilding' # or `%ProgramData%\Path of Building` for installed version
pob = PathOfBuilding(pob_path, pob_install)

Ask where the builds are stored:

builds_path = pob.get_builds_dir()

...returns C:\Users\<username>\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile\Builds/

Load a build and get its basic info:

pob.load_build(rf'{builds_path}\Experiment\ZioniclesExperiment.xml')
build_info = pob.get_build_info()

Returns:

{'buildName': 'ZioniclesExperiment',
 'char': {'ascendClassName': 'Ascendant', 'className': 'Scion', 'level': 89},
 'file': {'path': 'C:\\Users\\<username>\\Documents\\My Games\\Path of '
                  'Exile\\Builds/\\Experiment\\ZioniclesExperiment.xml',
          'subpath': '\\Experiment\\'}}

Test the effect of a single mod line:

mod = "10% increased Intelligence"
effects = pob.test_mod_effect(mod)

Returns:

{'AverageDamage': 4114.275,
 'AverageHit': 4114.275,
 'Duration': 0.2175,
 'EnergyShield': 311.0,
...

Test the effects of a new item, outputting as HTML:

item = '''
Rarity: Rare
Hypnotic Circle
Opal Ring
--------
24% increased Elemental Damage (implicit)
--------
+48 to Intelligence
--------
Note: ~price 40 exa
'''
Path('test-item1.html').write_text(pob.test_item_as_html(item))

...produces something like the page below, although any item copied from a trade website will be handled.

• Detect where PoB was installed and/or where its data is (ProgramData).
• Provide access to more build & skill data