(2019-04-16, 15:27)Orion Pobursky Wrote: There is no formal API. All the individual parts are accessible online but the expection now is for people to download the library and collate thier own database.
In reply to one of the questions I posted on the rebrickable forum, the rebrickable team came up with a question/request which, if we were able to assist with here at LDraw.org, would help them to improve their part id mapping data. This would in turn benefit us as their improved mapping would be exposed via their API and hence any transformation of the rebrickable data to LDraw/LEGO/BrickLink ids would have better information.
Fundamentally, they would like to know if there is a way on the ldraw.org website to see the image associated with an official part? While using the Prts Tracker one can see an image for unofficial parts, the same is not true for official parts. The example they give is http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptscan.cgi?...ebrickable, with the image for the unofficial part being visible in the "Details" link. There is no equivalent link for an official part and while the narrative of the approval process for the unofficial part may not be of value, perhaps the file header and imgae information could be displayed for the "detail" of an official part?
A related question (from me, rather than the rebrickable team). Could the parts tracker be enhanced to add an optional parameter meaning list the part exactly matching the lookup value. For example, at the moment the link http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptscan.cgi?q=3010 will match multiple parts, which is desirable. But could the interface be enhanced to support something like http://www.ldraw.org/cgi-bin/ptscan.cgi?q=3010.dat&exact, so the tracker would list just the single part?
Regards,
David