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| | | Author: | anson42  | | Posted: | Nov 2, 2020 03:33 | | Subject: | Upload Want List Inventory By Element ID | | Viewed: | 69 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| I looked through open suggestions dating back through 2018 and I didn't see
this submitted, so...
I'm not able to post XML snippets here as they get stripped out as HTML,
probably. So please bear with me as I use a faux JSON like structure instead:
Currently the Want List upload supports items by item type, item ID and color;
e.g.
"ITEM": {
"ITEMTYPE": "P",
"ITEMID": "2540",
"COLOR": "2",
"MAXPRICE": -1.0000,
"MINQTY": 1,
"CONDITION": "X",
"NOTIFY": "N"
}
In addition to this schema I would like to see the ability to upload by LEGO
element ID. This ID replaces the first three elements since their equivalent
data can be inferred from the single value:
"ITEM": {
"ELEMENTID": "4140583",
"MAXPRICE": -1.0000,
"MINQTY": 1,
"CONDITION": "X",
"NOTIFY": "N"
}
Of course, this would only work with items that Bricklink has element IDs associated.
The value I see with this ability is to provide an easier data entry when viewing
parts by element ID, like the part inventory at the back of a LEGO instruction
book or Bricks & Pieces at LEGO.com. This approach is quicker than, say, looking
up a set in BL to find the part or to search for the part directly and then have
to keep track of the color IDs.
Thanks for entertaining this suggestion.
(Apologies for the poor formatting of the data. Messages don't seem to support
a rich formatting ability. Could use some markdown here.)
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