So I was doing a bit of research on a Diablo III API, and stumbled across this article: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/4877377752 It seems they are still in the early stages, but there is a Character Calculator API, and it is in JSON.
First off we need to load in our Python libraries:
>>> from urllib2 import urlopen
>>> from json import loads
We can make our request using common URL methods:
>>> res = urlopen('http://us.battle.net/d3/en/data/calculator/monk').read()
>>> monk = loads(res)
Now we are given a simple Python dictionary:
>>> monk.keys()
[u'skills', u'traits']
And like most APIs these keys contain a list of objects:
>>> type(monk['skills'])
<type 'list'>
>>> type(monk['skills'][0])
<type 'dict'>
>>> monk['skills'][0].keys()
[u'tooltipParams', u'name', u'runes', u'simpleDescription', u'description', u'primary', u'slug',
u'requiredLevel', u'categoryName', u'categorySlug', u'icon']
So far so good, lets go ahead and itter over all our skills and get their names :
>>> for skill in sorted(monk['skills']):
... print skill['name']
...
Blinding Flash
Serenity
Breath of Heaven
Inner Sanctuary
Mystic Ally
Cyclone Strike
Seven-Sided Strike
Mantra of Conviction
Mantra of Healing
Mantra of Retribution
Mantra of Evasion
Deadly Reach
Way of the Hundred Fists
Fists of Thunder
Crippling Wave
Tempest Rush
Lashing Tail Kick
Wave of Light
Dashing Strike
Exploding Palm
Sweeping Wind
So there you have it, using one of the new Diablo III APIs to get class information.