RE: LDCad Set Inventory PBG file generator
2016-10-31, 17:49 (This post was last modified: 2016-10-31, 17:51 by Orion Pobursky.)
2016-10-31, 17:49 (This post was last modified: 2016-10-31, 17:51 by Orion Pobursky.)
(2016-10-31, 7:47)Merlijn Wissink Wrote:(2016-10-30, 18:19)Orion Pobursky Wrote: I just did a few test cases with the Rebrickable API. The biggest problem I found is that Rebrickable will only return a part if said part is in a set that Rebrickable has inventoried. I did a couple of test sets and the hits were spotty at best.
What do you mean exactly? Isn't it quite logical that it doesn't return parts that aren't in inventories, because that would mean they probably don't exist. Or do I understand you incorrectly?
Take this part:
http://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/cata...=3040pb001
If you search rebrickable for 3040pb001 you get nothing despite the fact that this is an official LDraw part. The reason, I think, is that the set that it appears in isn't in the Rebrickable database and therefore the part has never been added. This also applies to new parts from new sets. They are listed on Bricklink no but not on Rebrickable.
Rebrickable is good tool and I'll probably update the script to use it but there are limitations.