BrickLink Discussion Forum

In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:

In Technical Issues, 9_lives_bricks writes:

Didn't get blocked from using the API. was just using excel to pull some
of the store ranking list. My guess is I pulled to much in the amount of time
allowed so to BL it looked like a cyber attack.

No, it's a question of excessive number of queries, server load, etc.
See BL Terms?

I guess if it's minor, your IP will be unbanned tomorrow after BrickLink
midnight 00:00 EDT, in 5+ hours.

He was blocked a month ago, why do you think tomorrow will be the magic day he
can get back on the site?

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 02:48

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Re: API example

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In Inventories, ErwinNL writes:

In Inventories, GrayCityBricks writes:

Hello, I am interested in managing my inventory via api. Could you please provide
an example of a GET function, preferably in Python? Thank you very much.

You can find an example code here, and I think there is also a GitHub repo.

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/api.page?page=auth

Getting inventory is just retrieving JSON data from this URL after authentication.

https://api.bricklink.com/api/store/v1/inventories/392783099

That is the easy part, authentication is the tricky one.

I haven't used Python in years, so I cannot give you a complete example of
that language.

https://github.com/BrickBytes/bricklink_api

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Apr 3, 2024 02:33

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Re: API example

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In Inventories, GrayCityBricks writes:

Hello, I am interested in managing my inventory via api. Could you please provide
an example of a GET function, preferably in Python? Thank you very much.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 17, 2024 09:33

Subject:

Re: Theft of credentials - Vol des identifiants

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In Help, romainjh69 writes:

Hello, I had my bricklink account hacked, my password and email address stolen!
How can I recover my account, I have sent numerous messages to bricklink but
I have not received any responses. I have orders in progress, and a lot of purchases
to manage, your help would be very valuable to me, at least having someone to
help me! THANKS
Bonjour je me suis fait pirater mon compte bricklink mot de passe et adresse
email volé ! Comment je peux faire pour récupérer mon compte, j'ai envoyé
de nombreux messages à bricklink mais je ne recois aucunes réponses. J'ai
des commandes en cours, et beaucoup d'achat à gérer votre aide me serait
très précieuse, au moins avoir un interlocuteur pour m'aider ! merci

Your email is stolen or changed?

I guess you have to wait until an admin gets back to you.

Good luck, this is a super sucky situation.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 17, 2024 06:44

Subject:

Re: Help needed from Lego fans.

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In Help, Brick_Builde_UK writes:

Hello,

I would be very grateful if any Lego fans out there could help me by answering
a couple of questions for a Lego school project...

I'm a year 8 student (12 years old) from the UK and a massive Lego fan. I'm
working on a school Design & Engineering study project and I really want to make
a Lego related product.

At home, I have all my bricks in drawers but when I go away from home I struggle
to take my bricks and Lego projects with me. To help me and others who have the
same problem, I have chosen to design and make a product to help to people travel
with their bricks and build anywhere.

I'm doing some research into what people currently use to travel with Lego
and and I would be very grateful if you could answer the questions below to help
me understand what things you feel would be useful to a product like this

It will only take you a minute or two: https://forms.office.com/e/XWUmpDsYHj

Thank you very much for your help.

Done, filled out the form.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 16, 2024 02:42

Subject:

Re: Require 1 Feedback to Post in Forums

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Suggestions

In Suggestions, BrickDeals writes:

Spam by new accounts promoting drugs etc seems to be a recurring problem.

I suggest that a feedback rating of 1 or higher be required to post in the forums,
or new accounts could be prevented from creating a new thread for 30 days.

I agree somewhat but see an issue where new buyers with questions are blocked
by this.

A solution might be a captcha (only for your first post) or account activation
per email.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 15, 2024 16:58

Subject:

Re: Introducing One-Time Pin

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In Administrative, Brick_Basher writes:

HOLY CRUD you have locked me out of my bricklink with this OTP suddenly.
PLEASE HELP I CAN'T GET IN.
I CAN NOT RECEIVE THE PIN CODE IN MY EMAIL.

For some reason this code is expired by the time the Email is available in my
inbox!!

PLEASE HELP OR TURN THIS OFF FOR ME!!
I CAN'T GET IN TO PROCESS MY ORDERS!!

Dont press the send button when you see the screen, it already mailed you, clicking
it again invalidates the code.

Maybe that helps, it did for me the first time.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 15, 2024 16:01

Subject:

Re: Introducing One-Time Pin

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In Administrative, Tracyd writes:

In Administrative, calebfishn writes:

In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:

Dear BrickLink members,

Following the examples of other online marketplaces with regards to security
features such as OTP, we have decided to change the current OTP opt-in feature
to an opt-out feature. This means that sellers will have this feature enabled
automatically in their store settings and will be able to opt-out if they so
desire.
We highly encourage sellers to keep OTP enabled for added account protection.

Additional safety measures may include changing your passwords regularly and
having separate passwords for all your online accounts.

Thank you.
The BrickLink Team

This would have been a better announcement if it had been sent early enough for
me to read it before the change was made.
I didn't read the message board late last night, so when I tried to log on
today I was surprised and mystified about what the heck this was.

November 2023 wasn't early enough?

Did you read this?

https://www.bricklink.com/message.asp?ID=1459423

Because that was about today's change from opt-in to opt-out.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 15, 2024 16:00

Subject:

Re: I cannot acces my shop - no code mail receive

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In Technical Issues, The_Boyz_Bricks writes:

In Technical Issues, ErwinNL writes:

In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:

In Technical Issues, ErwinNL writes:

In Technical Issues, ArteP writes:

Due to the OTP security measures - I cannot access my shop. The mail for the
code is never arriving - also not in the spam filter?
What to do?
Does anyone else have this problem?

Best regards
Brickworkers

No, but I doubt you are alone.

Best contact admins and ask them to help you with a solution.

Good idea!

Just log in and open a ticket!

Ermmm

They do have email?

CustomerSupport@bricklink.com.

Yes, that one.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 15, 2024 15:58

Subject:

Re: I cannot acces my shop - no code mail receive

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In Technical Issues, 1001bricks writes:

In Technical Issues, ErwinNL writes:

In Technical Issues, ArteP writes:

No, but I doubt you are alone.

Best contact admins and ask them to help you with a solution.

Good idea!

Just log in and open a ticket!

Ermmm

They do have email?

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 15, 2024 15:50

Subject:

Re: I cannot acces my shop - no code mail receive

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In Technical Issues, ArteP writes:

No, but I doubt you are alone.

Best contact admins and ask them to help you with a solution.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 15, 2024 12:41

Subject:

Re: Introducing One-Time Pin

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In Administrative, CE_Anastasia writes:

Thank you for announcing this ahead of time, I don't have stress enough yet.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 14, 2024 17:42

Subject:

Re: Expanded feature for power users

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Catalog

In Catalog, Admin_Russell writes:

Hi everyone,

One of the side effects of the variant merge project is that some of our more
advanced users began asking for Alternate Item IDs to be included in the catalog
download feature.

So we have added this field to the download - see attached images. Downloads
(as before) are available in either CSV or XML format.

By way of reminder, for the variant project we are adding all original item numbers
as alternates to make sure people are able to easily find parts where the number
has changed.

Thank you! I already implemented it into my software!

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 13, 2024 16:03

Subject:

Re: Brickpacker broken?

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Selling

In Selling, Nubs_Select writes:

Someone on BrickOwl posted this, from what I know this is the BrickPacker admin
but can someone confirm?

the name does line up with my Paypal records so it does seem to be the same guy

Thank you for checking.

RIP

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 11, 2024 11:32

Subject:

Re: Brickpacker broken?

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Selling

In Selling, NCBrickhouse writes:

Anyone else using Brickpacker to sync between BrickOwl and Bricklink who have
had an issue the last 2 days? I have reached out to Brickpacker but haven't
received a response. I made sure the API Key is correct, and it is.

Someone on BrickOwl posted this, from what I know this is the BrickPacker admin
but can someone confirm?

https://necrocanada.com/deces-2023/gerritjankistemaker-1968-2024/

RIP

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 10, 2024 16:05

Subject:

Re: Not Applicable

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General

In General, orzon writes:

On some of my Wanted List it is written "Not Applicable" beside some
of the pieces.

What does it mean??

Means no specific color.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 10, 2024 12:51

Subject:

Re: Bricklink Logo usage

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In Help, Nick_the_Brick writes:

My intention is to open a Bricklink store in a new months, and I would like to
create my own business card that all of my buyers would receive when ordering
from my store. I would like to put the Bricklink logo next to the name of my
bricklink store on the business card, which would end up being physically printed.
Do I have a permission to use the Bricklink logo on the business card as a seller?

Thank you for replying in advance,

Goran

https://www.bricklink.com/v3/brand.page

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 7, 2024 13:17

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Re: Hacked profile

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In Help, Bonny03 writes:

Hello there. I need to ask for some assistance because yesterday I placed an
order on Bricklink (Lego 75192 - Millennium Falcon), and unfortunately, an issue
arose. It appears that the seller's profile (https://store.bricklink.com/picasso2257?p=picasso2257#/terms)
has been compromised, and he is unable to contact me through Bricklink. He states
that he no longer has access to Bricklink and has not received any payment. Coincidentally,
the store was closed this morning, and its location has been relocated from France
to the US.
Upon discovering this, I promptly contacted PayPal and submitted a refund request.
Additionally, I reached out to my bank to block the payment, as one half of it
has been made using PayPal balance, while the other half had been processed through
my credit card, and the payment was not completed. Now, I would like to inquire
about the likelihood of receiving a refund. I am aware that if the seller fails
to ship the package, I can fill out a Non-Shipping Seller form. However, how
optimistic should I be about getting my money back?
Thank you, everyone, for your assistance.

The store is now suspended, contact the BL helpdesk/admins.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 4, 2024 15:29

Subject:

Re: Phishing email

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I have seen it on Facebook and some Discord groups, be careful.

Author:

ErwinNL

Posted:

Mar 4, 2024 08:10

Subject:

Re: What would you do?

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Shipping