API Updates
Products and Stores Archives Unavailable UPDATE(1&2)
Our Products and Stores API Archives are currently unavailable. The Store Availability and Categories Archives appear to be working correctly.
Updates will be provided as I receive them.
UPDATE 1: The archives are still unavailable. We currently plan on the archives being available by end of business today. Further updates will be provided when possible.
UPDATE 2: Archives [...]
Holiday Store Availability Reminder
As many of you probably know, one of the largest shopping days of the season is in just a few days. Many of you have probably already seen or heard of Best Buy’s doorbuster items this year.
Remix provides Store Availability based on forecasting and current supply on a daily basis. This time of year those [...]
The Outage: What the Heck Happened?
For those that were not aware, we had an API outage last weekend that caused us to temporarily use an old version of the API. I wanted to explain a bit about what happened, why it was unique, and how it will be different in the future.
What Happened?
At approximately 11:28PM CDT on 9/25/2009 the Remix [...]
API Downtime 9/25/2009
We experienced an outage of the Remix API starting at 11:28PM CDT it lasted for approximately 30 minutes. To resolve the issue we were forced to use backup servers which has an older version of the API. As a result the features communicated previously will be temporarily unavailable.
An update will be provided on the return [...]
API Updates 9/25/2009
It has been quite some time since we’ve released update notes for the Best Buy Remix API! We have quite a list of things to tell you about since the last time we had an update.
Infrastructure Change
We’ve moved hosting providers for the Remix API. What does this mean for you? Overall you should experience a [...]
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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Best Buy Remix API Update 7/22/2009
We have made a few updates, bug fixes and added an exciting new feature to the Best Buy Remix API today. The changes are as follows:
Updates:
- The <mobileUrl> feature has been updated to reflect a new format for m.bestbuy.com.
- We’ve changed our geolocation data to Bing Maps for Zip Codes. This should not affect any [...]
Best Buy Remix API Update – July 1st, 2009
We have performed an update, added a new feature, and performed some bugfixes to the Remix API. The following is live as of July 1st.
Updates:
The way results are returned in large query responses has been changed. Previously you would receive a “too many results” error. If the first 100 results returned satisfy the query, you [...]
Best Buy Remix – API Updates
The Best Buy Remx API has once again been updated. The team has implemented new Search & Bias Features that are both currently in Beta. Please report any bugs or suggestions to the Best Buy Remix Forums. This is a list of updates for 6/17/2009.
New Feature: You can now use a NOT [...]
