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TheDataDB April 2021 Newsletter
IntroWelcome once again to our bi-monthly newsletter. There has been so much work going on behind the scenes on these sites that we don’t even know where to start this one. Let’s get straight into it!TheAudioDBwww.theaudiodb.comNew translations for track descriptions have been added in 15 languages, including Manda...
TheDataDB February 2021 Newsletter
IntroTo all of our new supporters, welcome to our bi-monthly newsletter. You may or may not realise that TheDataDB actually comprises of a suite of metadata sites covering music, sports, cocktails and recipes, so we provide a snapshot of the recent developments across each in these newsletters, and of course, you are w...
December 2020 Newsletter
Welcome to our bi-monthly newsletter – New Year special!We particularly want to welcome any new users to the community. We have recently hit 500 total Patreon supporters across all of our sites, and can reach around 10 million visits a day across them all! But without you, our Patreon supporters, we wouldn’t be abl...
TheDataDB October 2020 Newsletter
IntroWelcome to our Bi-Monthly newsletter, a particular large welcome must go to all the new users signed up recently. We’ve been answering questions via email and social media channels all month, from people just starting out, all the way up to advanced developers looking for something extra. We're always happy ...
TheDataDB June 2020 Newsletter
IntroHere we go again with our 2 monthly Newsletter. We’ve put down our coding environment for a few minutes to update you on the new features and content that have come to our sites in the last 2 months.General updatesThanks to all our new supporters and welcome if this is your first newsletter update, exclusively f...
TheDataDB June 2020 Newsletter
IntroWelcome back again, for our bi-monthly newsletter. The second amidst this once-in-a-generation global pandemic. We hope you are all well and adjusting okay to the change in life still taking hold, whatever that may look like for you.General updatesWe’ve made a few improvements and achievements across the family ...
April 2020 Newsletter
Since our last newsletter, the world has shifted for everyone. We personally received a flurry of messages from organisations wanting to talk about the pandemic and the impact it was having on them, so were reluctant to share our newsletter last month, instead choosing to just “keep calm and carry on” – and hopef...
February 2020 Newsletter
First off, we want to wish you all a belated Happy New Year and need to apologise for the lack of updates in the last few months. Its been a hectic time both running the sites and personally with a new addition to our family. We have continued to be able to implement a range of new features and developments across all ...
October Newsletter
Welcome to the latest monthly update to keep you updated on the latest and greatest developments across all of TheDataDB sites.TheCocktailDB recognised in Top 300 API List of 2019!Boasting to be the world’s largest API & microservices conference with over 4000 visitors, API World 2019 takes place this month in Califo...
September 2019 Newsletter
Welcome to the latest monthly update to keep you updated on the latest and greatest developments across all of TheDataDB sites.This month we want to pay particular attention to the data and artwork additions. Let’s get to it.TheSportsDBhttps://www.thesportsdb.com/The American sports season is nearly upon us again, so...
New $2 tier (Larger items returned limit)
We've changed the Patreon tiers a little to start at $2 for Cocktails and Meal private keys. All current $1 Patreon subscribers are unaffected by this change and will continue as before, but if you would like to upgrade to $2 we've increased the returned item limit to 1000 (from 250). Many users have asked us f...
TheDataDB Update August 2019
Welcome to the latest monthly update to keep you, our Patreon supporters, updated on the latest and greatest developments across all of TheDataDB sites.Interview with The API ListWe were excited to have been approached by The API List, one of the most recommended API resources on the web visited by thousands of develop...
TheDataDB Update July 2019
TheDataDB Update July 2019Welcome to TheDataDB monthly newsletter for July. We missed last month’s update, but fear not, the site has undergone a lot of work over this time and we thought it was better to keep the features coming!TheSportsDBThis month we are going to dive into the latest changes on TheSportsDB first....
TheDataDB Update April 2019
Welcome to the latest monthly update to keep you, our Patreon supporters, updated on the latest and greatest developments across all of TheDataDB sites.Before we get into the key updates, we realised that most of our supporters will likely only be using, and therefore supporting, one of the sites within the TheDataDB f...
TheDataDB Update (March 2019 )
Welcome to the first monthly newsletter to keep you, our supporters, updated on the latest and greatest developments across all of TheDataDB sites.If you have any suggestions for further enhancements please sign up as a supporter and let us know.Likewise, if there is any content or stats you’d like to see in these mo...
Beta API access for supporters
All of our supporters are entitled to special access to our Beta API on TheCocktailDB and TheMealDB. This has now been rolled out in Beta form, just change the API URL from V1 to V2 using the test key. Once you app is developed just drop us an email(zag2me@kodi.tv) or comment below for a full production key on V2. We a...
4K image access for supporters
We've just introduced a new feature to upload and download 2160p (commonly known as 4K or Ultra HD) resolution artwork covers. This feature is only available to our Patreon supporters due to the cost of the bandwidth required. Enjoy the new facility! Here is an example of the quality you can expect to see:https://w...
Links for adding new Recipes
https://www.themealdb.com/add.php
Links for adding new Cocktails
https://www.thecocktaildb.com/add.php
New Features in the Making...
We are working on some new features from feedback mainly from developers. Here is the new list:- Multiple filters for ingredients on TheCocktailDB and TheRecipeDB- Alternate names for ingredients (such as "coke" "coca-cola" and "cola") all working as expected- New drinks and meals on the sites- ...
Extras for Patreon Supporters
We are thinking about adding some extras for Patreon supporters. The site will always be free to use so anything suggested here will be over and above the current site features:Some ideas- Larger number of API data returns (currently limited to 25 on most methods)- Better quality images- API version 2 that will allow m...
