BrickSync errors on 24th April 2015, update

Stragus

I'm being bombarded by messages from all sources, I can see the BrickSync errors.

From what I see, BrickLink appears to have broken their API this morning. The API reply we receive when fetching the whole inventory is truncated! In other words, it's missing a big chunk of data, and BrickSync can't work with that.

I'm investigating if it could (somehow) be a bug in BrickSync or if there's anything we can do.

If you have not yet entered blmaster mode, please don't type blmaster on, it won't be able to fetch the BL inventory for sync'ing.

Stragus

The BL API stops sending data to any query after 131112 bytes have been sent, it ends abruptly. I have tried HTTP 1.1 chunked-encoding, HTTP 1.0, and so on. Anyone with BL API experience, feel free to confirm ( @DadsAFOL ?).

Arggh, is BL now filling up some statically sized 131072 buffer (2^17 bytes) and sending that? Plus the 40 bytes from the server's standard reply. *sigh*

I have had to work around many bugs on the BL side, but that one tops them all!

steendorp

I have also troubles downloading the inventory through the api. Not sure what causes this. I am investigating it now.

Frank

Stragus

Thanks steendorp.

No reply yet on all avenues where I reported that BL bug.

It would be possible to code a fallback path able to log in using user/password, scrapping HTML pages for data and applying changes by XML upload... That's really a lot of work though.

brickfeverparts

Oud other API is still working, only for parting and uploading though.......

brickfeverparts

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Stragus

@BrickFeverParts Right, most API commands still work properly. The problem is that if the data sent by the server is bigger than 130977 bytes, it is truncated at that point.

The issue arises not just when fetching the inventory, I have had reports of a big store not even being able to fetch his order list through the API, it's also missing a chunk of data.

steendorp

It is important in this case to make clear it is not a BrickOwl issue. All BO api's are working fine.

Frank

Stragus

Update: the BL API bug appears fixed.

@steendorp Oh absolutely, this is not a BrickOwl API issue (I'm posting this here by lack of a more appropriate and welcoming place).

genteelfrog

Great news, thank you for the quick notification, and all you do in general to keep BrickSync up and running. Wally and I both truly appreciate your hard work.

steendorp

I can confirm my sync-software is working again. So I believe it is back to normal.

Maraxette

Seems to be working, thank you for the efforts Stragus

Shedloadobricks

thank goodness it was only a temporary glitch, Thanks everyone.

Scoutmanadam

Thanks for getting in fixed, and for all your work

minithingsforlife

Thank you stragus

Stragus

All I really did was complain loudly to BL about the bug, but you are welcome!

I'm glad I won't have to code a fallback path scrapping HTML pages for data, at least not yet...

brickfeverparts

Happy days