Feature request: add optional URL parameter to take a role

[ZetaTwo]

I'm working on some ideas around tournament management and it would be nice to be able to give the players a link that immediately puts them in the host/guest seat (if available). Either it could be implemented similarly to the spectate URL, so something like /host/:draftId and /guest/:draftId or it could be a query parameter on the draft like /draft/:draftId?role=host or /draft/:draftId?role=guest. Either way, the app should apply the role (if available) redirect or change the URL so that if they copy the URL from the browser, it is now just the regular draft URL.

[ZetaTwo]

I should also add that I would be willing to implement this if this feature is deemed something you want.

[HSZemi]

I could have sworn that was a thing already. Anyway: Something similar to the SpectateDraft component would probably be easiest.

I would not add those urls to the Host/Guest/Spec selection screen, because I imagine players could pick the wrong one by accident (for example share the host link while they themselves elected to become host). The generic mechanism works well already anyway for when players set up the draft themselves.

I imagine your request is for programmatically created drafts, so this should not matter for your use case.

[ZetaTwo]

I could have sworn that was a thing already. Anyway: Something similar to the SpectateDraft component would probably be easiest.

Sounds great. So basically just copy that but set it to host/guest?

I would not add those urls to the Host/Guest/Spec selection screen, because I imagine players could pick the wrong one by accident

I agree, it's probably nice to add them to the API documentation though so that people can discover their existence.

I imagine your request is for programmatically created drafts, so this should not matter for your use case.

Correct