:TITLE:Database Dumps :INC:index :SUB:Introduction

This page lists and documents any provided database dumps. These dumps are complimentary to the real-time API, and the disclaimers that apply to the API apply here, too.

:SUB:Tags

URL: http://vndb.org/api/tags.json.gz
Updated: Every 24 hours.
Size: ~190 KiB compressed, ~650 KiB uncompressed.
This dump includes information about all (approved) VN tags in the JSON format. The top-level type is an array of tags, and each tag is represented as an object with the following members:

Member Type null Description
id integer no Tag ID
name string no Tag name
description string no Can include formatting codes as described in d9.3.
meta bool no Whether this is a meta tag or not.
vns integer no Number of tagged VNs (including child tags)
cat string no Tag category/classification: "cont" for content, "ero" for sexual stuff, and "tech" for technical details.
aliases array of strings no (Possibly empty) list of alternative names.
parents array of integers no List of parent tags (empty for root tags).

Tag names and their aliases are globally unique and self-describing. See the tag creation guidelines for more information.

:SUB:Traits

URL: http://vndb.org/api/traits.json.gz
Updated: Every 24 hours.
Size: ~220 KiB compressed, ~680 KiB uncompressed.
This dump includes information about all (approved) character traits in the JSON format. The top-level type is an array of traits, and each trait is represented as an object with the following members:

Member Type null Description
id integer no Trait ID
name string no Trait name
description string no Can include formatting codes as described in d9.3.
meta bool no Whether this is a meta trait or not.
chars integer no Number of characters on which this trait and any child traits is used.
aliases array of strings no (Possibly empty) list of alternative names.
parents array of integers no List of parent traits (empty for root traits).

Unlike with tags, trait names and aliases are neither globally unique nor self-describing. If you wish to display a trait (name) to the user, you should do so in combination with its associated root trait. For example, i112 is often displayed as "Eyes > Green", to differentiate it with i50, which is "Hair > Green".

:SUB:Votes

URL: http://vndb.org/api/votes.gz
Updated: Every 24 hours.
Size: ~1.2 MiB compressed, ~3.5 MiB uncompressed.
This dump contains the VN votes of all users who did not mark their vote list as private. Votes from known duplicate accounts or from users who voted on unreleased VNs are also not included.
Each line in the file represents a single vote. Each line contains the VN id, user ID and vote, separated by a space. Votes are as listed on the site, multiplied by 10 (i.e. in the range of 10 - 100).