Someone have probably already pitched this idea, but I feel like a public API might be good idea for expansion.
Maybe to prevent bot from becoming a bigger problem, rate limiting could be introduced, or even making THAT things posted by the API won’t gain any points…
lol … you can just change the color and print the model whatever color you like… colors dont matter for the model as the settings wont be affected its only temperature and minor changes in the filament so you can choose whatever material you like basicly
I know I can change the model colour, but if I have Red filament it would be good to find all the models that could use that colour - ie. fire hydrant, stop sign, etc. So I can use it up.
I just want to voice a potential use case for this. Right now, managing things (in bulk) that I want to print, or hang onto, or applying my own “tagging” or “category” system is a bit tedious. If I had an API to work with, I could write my own interface to make it easier to organize my favorites/likes/categories.
Just my opinion: I don’t think we’ll see that happen. Especially when you consider when the topic was opened. This requires absolute programming specialists. It is time-consuming and expensive. An API is a significant cost factor.
If we consider that it took a long time before Bamboo Printers had a proper API, and that still has a lot of potential for improvement, then… yeah. I don’t think that will happen.
The problem is that it’s either done properly or there’s a huge security gap. There is almost nothing in between.
I’d just like a basic API to be able to monitor my stats, and makerworld points. yeah, i know there are browser plugins that do it, but I’d like to do it independent of a web browser, programatically.