Best Buy's Open APIs

Minneapolis, MN
Joined October 2008
It's Winter Newsletter time! Endpoints that are coming out of beta (finally!) - more information about our CLI tool (because you know you love a good command line tool)! Read all about it! developer.bestbuy.com/newsle…
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Get all your holiday shopping done with a single command: npx bestbuy-cli products --query "name=the big lebowski*" --show sku --format csv | grep -v "sku" | xargs | sed 's/ /,/g' | xargs -I % echo api.bestbuy.com/click/-/%/ca… BBY_API_KEY required! Sign up at developer.bestbuy.com
We are moving to SSL. Starting 7/10, all HTTP requests will receive a status code of 426. More info here: developer.bestbuy.com/newsle…
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As part of our move to SSL, redirects are now in place for HTTP requests to our APIs. More info here: developer.bestbuy.com/newsle…
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The Get Put Post newsletter wrote about our APIs at Best Buy! getputpost.co/api-innovation… (cc @BestBuyAPI)
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I know canonical url / self links are considered best practices in API responses, but does anyone's code actually consume it?
33%I rely on canonicalURLs
17%I like it, don't need it
50%I don't find it useful
6 votes • Final results
We now have your coverage covered - We've added a Warranties endpoint to our Products API. bestbuyapis.github.io/api-do…
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Today we upgraded our API's infrastructure. If you have any questions or problems with your key, please email us: developer@bestbuy.com.
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Thanks much! Big things are afoot over here.
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When amazing leader @arunbatchu brings bagels and @akbliss has a birthday, it is time for a @BestBuyAPI dance party!
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Happy #birthday to us! Today is the day @BestBuy turns #50! #BestBuy50
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The hidden magic of APIs: huffingtonpost.com/otto-berk…
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Take a ride with @BestBuy CTO Bala Subramanian and @TECHdotMN. tech.mn/news/2016/06/29/driv…
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