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Deckbox Forum » Posts by gmabber
Hi :-) I'd love to know where do we stand with the Deckbox.org API's. People are asking why my app (iDeckbox for iPhone/iPad) is so lame, leave one star reviews and ask for updates which I can't provide since there's no API.
So... is there going to be an API available? If yes, then when?
If no, I'd love to know, too.
gmabber, can't you do some sport of client-side filtering at all?
I guess I could but I honestly see no point at this time. Why bother investing time in a free app when one couldn't finish it properly?
Is this still being developped? cause its a great start, but it could use some filtering.
If you meant the app, then it's not being developed anymore.
Why? It's really simple: no available deckbox.org API == no app updates.
The API was supposed to be available a long long time ago, but it still isn't.
You need to harass Sebi and the Team for an API if you want a better app.
My hands are tied and I'm honestly sick and tired of 1-2 star reviews because people thought the app would allow for everything the site allows.
My username is 'Leinad_S', but iDeckbox will only accept 'leinad_s' , i suspect the user reporting not being able to login earlier might have had the same issue.
Thanks for the hint!
I'll be asking for passwords when the site stops being read only. For now we wait for an API.
start a donation fund or something and give it away free to people that donate. or ask in the other communities like mtgs or motl if anyone would like to help. also start a group on sourceforge.....
Sorry, Frankenskid, bit I've got not time for such endeavuors at the moment :-/
I know close to nothing about software development on android and ZERO on Windows devices. This means I'd have to hire someone and fund the development from my own pocket (learning necessary skills is out of the question, unfortunately). At this time this won't happen, since iDeckbox is my side project and not a business of any kind and I would hate to charge for current version of the app, which is - let's be honest - very basic. I have a really big design doc for iDeckbox, full of ideas and suggestions, but for now I'm waiting for Sebi and the Team to implement some kind of API. Without it the app would brake too often and Users would be unhappy and I really don't want this to happen, since I value Users of my apps (both paid and free ones) greatly.
tl;dr: I'd like to gain access to an API, make iDeckbox a cool app and then, If I got funding of some kind, outsource versions for other platfroms.
I managed to convince them to let the app through, so you can find iDeckbox on the App Store.
Link for your convenience: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ideckbo … 83429?mt=8
May I suggest a 'decks' feature/button where a user can manually enter their set number they can get via their browser URL?
I suppose it is a bit of work for the user, and leaves a lot of room for confusion/error, but I still see it as being a pretty useful feature.
Now... If we could only get these deckbox folks to work on a API, this site could be boomin!
I wanted to include deck imports, but the csv export works only for Inventory, Wishlist and Tradelist. If it worked with decks, they'd be included already ;-)
Just tested on Shoe's and Psrex's accounts and the app is working just fine :-)
Thanks for taking care of this, Sebi :-)
Do you have any idea of the normal number of cards for a collection that is working properly?
For now I'll delete my collection and then just add back in cards that are in decks or in my trade binder.
I don't know the exact number, but there are no problems with my database, which clocks around 2200 distinct cards, inventory, wishlist and tradelist combined.
I guess it's nice, but an Android version seems essential. There are more Android devices than Apple devices.
This is true but I don't deal in android devices. I'm focused on Apple stuff. I don't even have an android phone, not to mention time for making and maintaining a separate version of the app for a different platform :-(
HTML sparsing works, but direct access to the DB's will allow the app to work despite updates. Also will not create memory issues. You're essentially copying the entire page of HTML, then breaking it dowm. It is no wonder it fizzles on large db's
Direct access to a db is something nobody sane would allow. There are plans for an API for deckbox.org, but other things have taken priority and since I don't own deckbox there is nothing I can possibly do about it. I guess we'll have to wait patiently and work with what we have at our disposal.
I think you should contact deckbox admin/dev and work with them instead of parsing the html produce by deckbox...
The app could be really better and you should not have to change your app after a small change in deckbox UI.Thank you for your works, it's really appreciate!
Thanks for kind words :-) It's not that I have to parse everything ;-) Sebi provided us with a csv export on which I rely to grab one's data. The hardest part is grabbing info about set numbers for inventory, tradelist and wishlist - from there it's like a walk in the park. Unfortuately there's no api to get those numbers so I have to scrape html code and problems like the last one we faced occur. In 1.3 I'll improve code which grabs the number and try to make it less prone to layout changes. I don't see me going into xpath and such things though, since eventualy there will be an API to comfortably get the needed data.
Thanks for the update. I can enter my account and see that it exists, but I still only ever get my wishlist and trade list updated. I get a connection error after about a minute or two. Any idea why my inventory won't load?
Hello PSREX. I just tried to load your data into the app and I stumbled upon the same problem. The thing is, when I try to manually export your inventory through my web browser, same thing happens. This leads me to believe it's a server side issue with big inventories, since my account works fine (about 1.8k distinct cards total) and Shoe's and yours doesn't (you both have big, over 10k libraries).
I'll drop Sebi a line about the matter and we'll see what can be done to fix this.
The app is working :-) Go try it out :-)
The latest patch doesn't work because the site changed again while the quickfix version was in review at Apple :-/ I'm working with Sebi to resolve this issue ASAP.
I'm sorry for the trouble :-(
A 1.2.1 bugfix release has just hit the App Store. Should be available to download in a few hours. If anything bad is still happening with the app just give me a holler. Enjoy :-)
Wow! Thanks Sebi for quick updates! I love the red box!
I love the update, thanks! One thing, though. Previously there were markers if one didn't have certain cards from his decks in his inventory. Now there's no info beside a zero in the first column. I'd be very happy to have the feature back.
I'm using REGEX to parse html code of each users' profile, e.g. http://deckbox.org/users/gmabber to find out their inventory, tradelist and wishlist sets numbers (mine are: 41125, 41126, 41127) and then create an url for csv exports.
The regex: @"<a href=\"/sets/(.*?)\" class=\"simple\" title=\"Inventory\">" was ok before the update. Now it isn't, since the proper html code loks like this:
<li class="submenu_entry "><a href="/sets/41125" class="simple"><img src="/images/icon_spacer.gif" class="sprite s_box_picture " data-title="">Inventory</a></li>
I've fixed it already in code but it'll take about a week for users to get the emergency update. CSV export on Deckbox.org is ok (just tested it).
So... we have a new Deckbox.org (which is great!) and simultaneously iDeckbox 1.2 broke.
What happened? Since there's no official API I scrape html code of the website to grab basic user info and use CSV export/import to grab the data. The html code of the site changed therefore app has stopped working. I'm working on a fix but it'll be about 7-9 days untill it shows in the App Store.
Sorry for the trouble...
The only two suggestion I could make is a quick scroll on the side that goes by alphabet letter, so that you can jump to a specific letter quickly. Also the ability (like the site) to organize the list by price or type etc...
Thanks for your suggestions. I've added both of them to my to-do list for the app and try to fit them in future releases.
Had no problems with any loading of my database or anything, smooth like butter! Fantastic job dude!
Great to hear that! 
Works great for me now!
Great! :-)
If only I could create decks now
If only there was an API for doing such things in Deckbox... ;-)
What you want to probably say is (Deckbox User ID) The part after the http://deckbox.org/users/<YOUR_USER_ID>... This explains the crashing... Lost in translation I guess... perhaps if a person enters an email an error box? No idea... But the app works fine now for me.
Tony, I'll fix this in 1.3. I'm so glad it works for You! :-)
Just a quick note that 1.2 is out :-) Please update, test and report errors here or from within the app.
Wasn't meant as a complaint.. I figured since you mentioned an update I would wait, no use complaining about things that may be fixed. With that said I still have the same issue after the update.
I'm running iOS 5.1.1 on an iPhone 4, on AT&T network.
When I enter my login and click done.. It simply exits/crashes. Feel free to contact me if you have any specific things you wish me to try.
Tony, sorry for sounding harsh. I'm Polish so some phrases in english sound neutral to me while at the same time they may seem strong or even rude for others. I meant no disrespect.
The good thing is I've just downloaded your complete inventory, tradelist and wishlist on 1.2 beta so You'll most probably be covered when the update is released. I'm sending it to Apple for review this instant.
Deckbox Forum » Posts by gmabber
