Is there, or could there be, a REST API so that integrations can be written to access/modify CLZ collections (using API Key/Token). I would love the ability to query a collection from a Python script for all items matching a pattern or with a tag. This would also allow triggers (Zapier etc). when comics are added or sold.
I would be willing to pay extra for access to this feature.
What are you using the software for exactly? Are you creating an official business webshop?
Your questions lead to one conclusion: you want to use our data to populate your (online) shop.
I’m afraid I have to disappoint you: it is not allowed to use the CLZ software and in particular the downloaded meta data and images, for any commercial purposes. Our software is meant for personal home use only, for cataloging one’s personal collection
Please check articles 5 and 6 from our Terms of Use:
You can NOT use our app, database or images for your shop.
Ack
Although I can see how you might reach this conclusion, I assure you that there are other reasons for my request. Being a geekette that codes in Python, I want to use my data in an automated way. Having a REST API to access a web database of my information is not an unreasonable ask. The REST API need not expose CORE data, but rather information specific to me (notes, purchase price, personal cover images, etc).
This specific request stems from a desire to add an index number to a JSON record within personal notes (so that I can search on index - barcode). It would be nice to be able to manage that JSON object via automation without hacking XML or CSV files.
BTW: I have read the Terms of Use
Can you explain to us why you need to search on
“index - barcode” ?
Is searching for a barcode not enough?
There is no field for bar code and UPC is not unique per book. Since both index and our bar codes are unique increasing integers it made sense to use the index since it was exposed and malleable. Further, when we input book the index auto-increments in line with the bar codes so we do not need to enter the index for each book for it to match the bar code. And yes, we are entering the index on every record despite the index matching the bar code. This is not by design, but as a work around to index not being searchable.
Since each book is unique and two copies of the same book with the same variant is different (grade, damage, raw/slabbed, autographs), we scan both covers of each book and add a unique serial number to each (bar code), This way we know exactly what bin each comic is in and its condition/value. We can also use our bar code scanner to quickly jump to the record for a book instead of typing lots of numbers,