Archive for August, 2009
Saying Goodbye to a Friend
Hi, everyone. Our friend, and my counterpart Keith Burtis, will be leaving the Remix team on Friday, August 28. Keith was presented with the daunting task of raising awareness and consideration of a crazy (at the time) Best Buy venture, called the Remix API. Keith took on the challenge, and exceeded our expectations. We’re grateful [...]
Version Rollback, Archive Issue, and PS3 Price Update
Today we had to roll back to a previous version of Remix. This resulted in the temporary loss of the <frequentlyPurchasedWith> feature. We were experiencing some problems with various functions in Remix and were forced to roll back to maintain a functional catalog. The problems were not directly related to the <frequentlyPurchasedWith> feature, and it [...]
Best Buy Remix API Update 8/13/2009
In the interests of creating a better shopping experience for your customers or simply for the cool factor in your application we’ve added a new feature to Best Buy Remix. Products that are frequently purchased <frequentlyPurchasedWith> with a product are now displayed.
Example:
http://api.remix.bestbuy.com/v1/products(sku=8880044)?apiKey=<Your Key Here>
Will display the following new data:
<frequentlyPurchasedWith>
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Python and Ruby Wrappers for Best Buy Remix
I the last couple of weeks we have seen some new and updated wrappers for the Best Buy Remix API.
Premix
Premix is a python Wrapper written by Developer Thomas Bohmbach. This is an updated version and is compatible with Google App Engine. Updates include: (Taken from Thomas’ Blog)
Changes in this version includes updated tests, the [...]
