TCGPlayer Price Link
TappedOut forum
Posted on March 27, 2013, 1:47 a.m. by SwiftDeath
Is it possible to expand on this further like for basics to just make it a clickable link to the homepage that is very easy but what about more advanced options like being able to click the Low, average or high options and have a drop down tab show the cards with their listed prices and/or provide a link to be able to create a premade shopping cart on the site with the cards in the deck so you don't have to individually search for each card to add for your purchase.
I like the premade cart idea, though it seems complicated to set up (but I wouldn't know, I know nothing of coding). I also agree with smash10101. I'd like to know what cards aren't showing up for my deck prices so I can know which ones I need to find elsewhere.
March 27, 2013 8:37 a.m.
SwiftDeath says... #4
@smash10101 + acbooster agreed but im sure they are already aware of this and attempting to resolve it as fast as they can.
March 27, 2013 9:20 a.m.
I've noticed it is indeed possible to find out which cards are missing from the calculation. It's a little cumbersome, but if you mouse over the "x cards missing from calculation" text, it'll return a floating tooltip that states the card names. It might have been added recently, or it might have been there from the start - more observant individuals might know better.
The only problem is that there is no easy way to copy the text out of the tooltip, so we need to resort to pen and paper or something.
March 28, 2013 2:45 p.m.
can you explain your flow a bit more, why are you writing them down. if you goto checkout you might be able to get prices for them.
March 28, 2013 2:52 p.m.
Writing them down allows me to specifically identify the cards missing from the calculation. On larger binders, checkout produces an unnecessarily long list and would get fairly large values back from TCGPlayer.
For example, my own Haves list currently spits out 69 cards missing. Hitting Checkout on the binder actually runs into a max string length error, so I have no way of finding the total value of my binder except by recording the missing cards, bringing the list over to TCGPlayer, and adding the result to my TappedOut binder estimate.
Total binder value estimates aren't the most sensible thing to look at, but someone might find it useful to know how much they cash they have sunk into the game, or their potential buyout if they want to quit (ha! as if!)
Using my binder as an example again, those missing cards include stuff like my 4x Solemn Simulacrum , Thragtusk , etc. which could equal a decent value that isn't represented in the binder estimate, and isn't easily retrieved.
March 28, 2013 4:03 p.m.
What browser are you using? I think Firefox and Chrome will allow longer urls.
March 28, 2013 4:19 p.m.
As of this posting, I'm on the most currently available version of Firefox but I'm not sure it's a browser issue. I can see all my cards are listed alphabetically in the address bar, ending correctly with Zur's Weirding , which tells me that Firefox doesn't have an issue with the string length.
I can drop the entire card list into the TCGPlayer mass product entry field and get a normal result, so the string length isn't an issue there either.
The error itself still seems to in the jump from TappedOut to TCGPlayer. Hitting Checkout still seems to bring me to the TCGPlayer, as it outputs this message on what appears to be a normal html/css page generated by their server:
Server Error in '/' Application.
The length of the query string for this request exceeds the configured maxQueryStringLength value.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.Web.HttpException: The length of the query string for this request exceeds the configured maxQueryStringLength value.
Source Error:
An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.
Stack Trace:
[HttpException (0x80004005): The length of the query string for this request exceeds the configured maxQueryStringLength value.] System.Web.HttpRequest.ValidateInputIfRequiredByConfig() +11492929 System.Web.PipelineStepManager.ValidateHelper(HttpContext context) +184
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272
March 29, 2013 3:09 a.m.
Is there any way for a person to switch back to CSI? That would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
smash10101 says... #2
Also knowing which cards are not included in the calculation would be really cool
March 27, 2013 2:59 a.m.