Archive for October, 2008

Data Feed Fixes

October 27, 2008

Some initial client use revealed a few minor issues with the data feed.  We have just rolled out a fix to both the server API and the DFClient sample application.  Items fixed are:

  • Artist last name and first name are no longer reversed
  • Image download fix in MD5 hash
  • Image download fix for new images created within the last 24 hours
  • Image thumbnails file size fix (was generating PNG instead of JPG)

You will need to re-download the baseline to get the artist first name / last name fix.

You will need to download a new version of the DFClient executable and/or source code in order to access the data feed.  We apologize for this inconvenience.  If any further issues are found, we will resolve them as soon as possible and post a fix.

You can download an updated version of the data feed client at:

http://developer.liebermans.net/datafeed.aspx

If you have started downloading images, you can resume that process by running the command again.  It will only download images that are new or changed from the last time you ran it.  Also the first version of the DFClient was generating thumbnails that were a large filesize.  This has been fixed for future downloads.  So that you do not have to re-download any images that you’ve already retrieved, you can delete the contents of your thumbs sub-directories and use this command parameter to regenerate the thumbnails:
dfclient.exe –regenallthumbs –imagespath:<root path>

Many New Releases for Online Customers

October 24, 2008

Two long awaited items – the new data feed and the new web services for placing orders and checking order status – are now ready for use.   As both of these items and several upcoming features require technical documentation, we have also launched the Lieberman’s Developer Resource website.

New Data Feed:
http://developer.liebermans.net/datafeed.aspx

New Web Services API:
https://services.liebermans.net/api/v2/LiebermansService.asmx

New Developer Site:
http://developer.liebermans.net

The new data feed includes many enhancements including access to our inventory levels, enabling you to highlight items on your website which are available for same day shipping.  The developer site will be a work in progress.  Currently there is only documentation for the API in general and the data feed, more to come.