Tools4Etsy

Updates:

Sunday 6th Novermber 2011 - 9:00pm

We are now running on a new dedicated server.

Monday 24th October 2011 - 8:00pm

We are upgrading to a dedicated server on Friday rth Noverber 2011. We may experience a brief outage during this process.

Monday 29th August 2011 - 8:00pm

We've addded a number of new tools: Popular (Top 100) Tags, Related (Top 100) Tags Search, Etsy Home Pages by Region (United States , United Kingdom , France , Germany , Netherlands , All ), and a Featured Treasuries by User.

Tuesday 28th June 2011 - 1:00pm

Etsy have done maintenance to the API that might have caused some outages. This now appears fixed.

Sunday 24th June 2011 - 11:00pm

New features added to our developer libraries: NEW Create/Delete Treasuries and Read/Create/Delete Treasury Comments.

Thursday 23rd June 2011 - 8:00pm

Etsy have fixed the problem with Treasury. Searches are now reactivated.

Sunday 19th June 2011 - 1:00pm

New features added to our developer libraries: Changes to ShopSection API, NEW Full Cart API & NEW Etsy Sandbox support. Uploading Images and data in a single API call now supported.

Saturday 18th June 2011 - 10:00am

Etsy has disabled the Treasury API due to technical difficulties that they're experiencing. Therefore we have disable these search tools until Etsy has resolved the issue. We hope that this will be resolved soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Friday 6th May 2011 - 11:00am

Etsy has fixed a problem with the Featured data feed. The Featured Sellers Tool is now working again.

Another update of our developer libraries are now available with support for the new Teams API.

Thursday 5th May 2011 - 11:00am

Etsy has fixed a problem with the Feedback data feed. The Consolidated Feedback Tools are now working again. We are still waiting on Etsy to resolve the data feed issue with the Etsy Featured Sellers. Hopefully this will be resolved very soon.

Monday 2nd May 2011 - 10:00am

We are currently experiencing a data feed issue with Etsy and are working with the Etsy developer team to resolve their issue. Sorry for the inconvenience and we hope that this tool will be up and running as soon as possible.

Thursday 21st April 2011 - 8:00pm

A change to the Etsy API affected the Shop Favourites tool - this is now up and running.

Another update of our developer libraries are now available with a New Create Listing Console sample project.

Tuesday 8th March 2011 - 8:00pm

Advertising program is now active.

Another update of our developer libraries are now available with a New Silverlight MVVM sample project.

Thursday 17th February 2011 - 10:00am

Updated versions of our developer libraries are now available.

Thursday 10th February 2011 - 11:00pm

Applied updates to combat changes and bugs with the Etsy API data feed.

Updated versions of our developer libraries are now available. We've added a new DLL for Framework 4.0 & also a new Sample WPF 4.0 project built with the MVVM design pattern to demonstrate Asynchronous Public API calls and error handling with retries.

Thursday 3rd February 2011 - 11:00pm

Today Etsy announced that they have added a new policy file on their API URL to enable Create/Update/Delete API methods. Our EtsyV2NetSL library was coded for Create/Update/Delete API methods and now work successfully with Etsy.

Etsy have advised that they have identified the API issue with Feedback and will release a fix shortly.

Monday 31st January 2011 - 10:00pm

Today we are pleased to re-open the Free Advertising Lottery program. Previously, this was an intensive manual process - now fully automated. If you leave your email address, we'll send you a email up to 24 hours prior to your advertising going live.

We have also added a number of new Treasury Search tools: By Shop, By Title, & By Tag(s).

We officially launch the EtsyV2Net API Libraries. The libraries will remain in BETA until Etsy takes the V2 API out of Beta. A number of Sample applications are included for WinForms/WPF, ASP.NET WebForms/MVC2, and Silverlight 3+. The libraries will also work with WPF in both Synchronous & Asynchronous operation.

Due to some limitations imposed by the traditional ASP.NET WebForms framework, we made the decision to move the server code Framework from WebForms to MVC2 (Model View Controller version 2). What does this mean? We now have more control over the rendering of the web pages and gain scalability & flexibility - for the visitor a more responsive site with SEO friendly URLs.

With the move to the new MVC framework we've also fixed some small problems with the Consolidated Feedback Tool where Closed User & Seller accounts would cause results not to be displayed.

Wednesday 24th November 2010 - 10:00pm

We have already updated our site, application, tools & developer libraries to be 100% v2 Etsy API by the original v1 API switch-off deadline of 31st October 11:59pm. It's now Official - API v1 Completely Offline.

Sunday 21st November 2010 - 8:00pm

The Shop search tool & the new and improved Featured Sellers tool are now back online using the new v2 Etsy API.

Thursday 18th November 2010 - 1:00pm

Tools4Etsy, like other Etsy 3rd-part sites, relies on an API interface provided by Etsy. For the last 24 to 48 hours, Etsy have encountered a number of technical issues that caused the API to not correctly function. It appears that this may have be resolved. Read more from Etsy Status Blog: API outage Nov 16th and Sporadic API Connections Nov 17th.

We experienced some technical issues with the Etsy Front Page due to a change made to the core library driving the Etsy API interface. This is now resolved.

As the new EtsyV2Net now has a new sister library for Silverlight called EtsyV2NetSL we have added two new sample applications - one to demonstrate the OAuth Authentication as a Silverlight OOB (out of browser) application with Callback support; and the second Silverlight sample to demonstrate pulling data from Etsy using the method Find Listings by Keyword(s). We've also added a sample application to demonstrate OAuth Authentication for ASP.NET with callback support.

Monday 15th November 2010 - 10:00pm

A new Pre-Release version of the EtsyV2Net libraries delivering full Etsy v2 API CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) & Upload (Images) implementation. MS technology platforms supported: Winforms, WPF, Silverlight 4.0, ASP.NET Classic, & ASP.NET MVC. Read more detailed information.

Monday 5th November 2010 - 5:27pm

Since Etsy updated the Feedback system to support Private Purchases, we have experienced some difficulty with the Etsy v2 API as incorrect data was being returned (View explanation from Etsy regarding the problem). Etsy have in the last 24 hours released an update that mostly corrects this problem and our Consolidated Feedback for Sellers is now working again. Where the Buyer's Privacy is turned on, we are still experiencing some difficulties with Consolidated Feedback for Buyers and are working with Etsy to correct this problem. Again, sorry for the inconvenience and we hope this will be fixed shortly.

Monday 1st November 2010 - 8:00pm

Etsy are turning off version 1 API. The Etsy API feeds information live to our site. With the change from version 1 to version 2 we have updated several tools. With this comes benefits - check out the new and improved Front Page History with integrated Tag Filtering. Etsy's Version 2 API is a work in progress and some features in version 1 are still being updated in version 2. This means that we have had to take the "Featured Sellers" and "Shop Directory Search" tools temporarily offline until Etsy updates the version 2 API to allow us to re-enable these wonderful tools. Gift Guides are no longer available with the version 2 API so we've had to retire this tool to tool heaven.

Monday 18th October 2010 - 7:00am

Etsy have updated the Feedback system to support Private Purchases, and we're now experiencing difficulty with the Etsy v2 API as incorrect data is being returned. We have brought this to Etsy's attention and hope this will be fixed shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Saturday 16th October 2010 - 12:00

New Browser tool available called EtsyEspy added.

First Alpha version of the Silverlight version of EtsyV2Net (used in the new Browser tool EtsyEspy) is now functional. A Beta release version will be available shortly. If you're a developer an are interested, then please register your interest with us.

Monday 11th October 2010 - 8:00pm

Added a new downloadable sample project that demonstrates the OAuth Authentication for Obtaining a Request Token to the v2 Download page.

Wednesday 6th October 2010 - 2:07am

There was a rare problem where no Listings for a shop were returned - now fixed. This relates to the issues experienced with Etsy's new Favorites Updates (breaking changes).

Saturday 25th September 2010 - 10:35am

We've experienced a couple of small hiccups with Etsy launching their new Favorites update to their main site. We've identified the issue and have rectified the problem.

Thursday 9th September 2010 - 11:35pm

We've experienced a couple of small hiccups with Etsy launching their new Purchase Privacy to their main site. We've identified the issue and have rectified the problem.

Monday 6th September 2010 - 11pm

The Detailed Help Section Developer pages are now completed.

The Developer Pages contain, for both the Version 1 and Version 2 Etsy APIs: How-To, Downloads with source code, Revision History, and live working examples. The Libraries are heavily tested and used by Tools4Etsy.

Etsy this week will be launching their new Purchases Privacy feature. We've updated our pages to support Anonymous Feedback and not expecting any problems with our Consolidated Feedback Tool - fingers crossed.

Friday 3rd September 2010 - 8am

At approximately 1am (Sydney time) we identified that we lost some search functionality and reported it to Etsy. Etsy have advised that there was an unannounced change to their services that caused this problem. We've made the necessary changes and the problem is now resolved. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Treasury Keyword Search problem has now been resolved by Etsy and is fully functional.

Re-Launch of www.tools4etsy.com

Friday 27th August 2010 - 8pm

We have rebuilt Tools4Etsy from the ground up both on the client-side and on the server-side to simplify and enrich our tools. Changes include:

Appearance

The look and layout of the site has changed. We've kept some of the subtle colors of the old site but the structure and elements are re-designed for readability and to reduce the number of clicks required. Information and statistics uses a standard template to reduce the learning curve for new users and increase readability and accessability. Where we could we've cross-integrated all tools so to look at any information is only a click away. More information on how the features work and what the information and statistics offer, there is a comprehensive Help Page currently being finalised but is viewable.

New Tools

Consolidated Feedback Tool is the first of many new tools that we're adding to Tools4Etsy. The Consolidated Feedback Tool takes information scattered across many pages on Etsy and reduces to a simple to read Consolidated view by Listing item sold or bought depending if you're viewing as a Buyer or Seller.

Etsy Treasury is now available using Tools For Etsy. Not only can you see the latest Treasury on our Front Page that's updated ever couple of minutes, but you can also view All Treasuries, <Search Treasuries by Keyword, or Search a specific <User's Treasury. We'll be tightly integrating <Etsy Treasury thoughout tools4etsy.com so that you'll be able to see if a User or Shop has Treasuries and go straight to see them through a single click (check this out on our Front Page). If you click on the Treasury Title in Treasury Keyword Search or Treasury By User Search, you'll be taken to a page with large images for easy viewing.

New Features

Many of the old Features are still there however we've enhanced them with features like search memory, and easy to read statistics. If there's more detailed information available, it's linked so that all information available is only a single click away.

Last 5 Feedback as Seller is now integrated into the Listing by Shop Search. Now, if you want to see what Buyers are saying about a Seller, click on the Feedback Show/Hide link and the last 5 feedback will slide out. A Link is also included if you want to see all Feedback in more detail via a single click.

Built on V2.0 Etsy API

Etsy are building a new Third-Party Developer API and parts of Tools4Etsy is built with this new API. At this state the V2.0 Etsy API is still being built and we may experience some problems however Etsy are quick to support. If you're a Microsoft DotNet developer, like v1.0 of the Etsy API, we are happy to make our Libraries Free-of-Charge. Like Etsy, the EtsyV2Net & EtsyV2Cache Libraries are a work in progress however if you contact us, we are happy to make the libraries available. Sample source code is included so that you can get up and running quickly. If you're already using our V1 Etsy API libraries, then upgrading to V2.0 is very straight forward. Please Note: Etsy will be turning off the V1.0 API 1st November - you can read more at Etsy Developer Community Site.

Features Removed

This is something that we don't like to do. unfortunately, the V1.0 API will be going offline in just over a month. Sadly, we've had to remove the Gift Guides. However, V2.0 has included Treasuries - we have already started to release tools for Treasuries and more will follow.

We have also had to reduce the size of the lovely listing images from Etsy Sellers from 200 x 200 pixels to 170 x 135 pixels. This change is due to Etsy's new image policy with the revamp of their site.

Donations

www.tools4etsy.com is a free service for Etsy Buyers and Sellers run by a husband and wife team at our own expense. All Tools, Advertising, developer libraries are free of charge. Running a site like www.tools4etsy.com has a financial cost. To help subsidise the running costs, we've included goolge adsense. If you find our site useful and you wish to contribute to the costs of running and developing new tools, we've also added a donations button to some pages and would appreciate the support.