Part Lists and Data Feeds
Pulse
Octopart Staff
Oct 10, 2017

After a marathon programming binge, we've released two new features: data feeds and part lists.

Building an index of all electronic parts is our number one priority and to that end, we worked out a deal with Newark to receive daily feeds. All the Newark parts on our site have up-to-date availability numbers and the numbers will get more and more accurate as we work with them to automate the process. Hopefully we'll have more data feeds soon from other distributors.

Our other priority is to make searching through our part index as simple and intuitive as possible, so we have been working on a part list feature so that you can keep track of parts and build projects as you search. A friend of ours, Harish, dropped out of physics grad school to join us and the feature is his brain-child. He says that more features (like online publishing) are coming soon and that you should email him with bugs or feature requests. I asked him to write a blog about dropping out of grad school and pulling all-nighters to get the part list out in time, so he'll be posting that soon. Don't forget to congratulate him on dropping out.

Hope you like what we are doing with the site!

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