New per-minute burst rate limits coming soon

On August 6, 2024, Bridge API will be adding new per-minute “burst” rate limits alongside our existing hourly rate limits. These are intended to prevent short-term burst traffic from degrading the performance of the system for other users and are based on the existing rate limits.

These new burst rate limits will allow for 1/15 of an application’s hourly traffic limit per minute. Similar to our existing rate limits, our responses will include headers that communicate the number of requests allowed, number of requests remaining in the current time period, and when the current rate limit time period will reset. These headers are Burst-RateLimit-Limit, Burst-RateLimit-Remaining, and Burst-RateLimit-Reset, respectively.

Additional information will be found in our documentation upon release: bridgedataoutput.com/docs/

OData empty collection update

In order to better meet the latest OData specification and support RESO certification, we’re rolling out a small change to collections in the Bridge API. This will impact both the RESO Web API and “classic” Bridge API.

Previously, users may have seen null collections in cases where the field was unavailable from the upstream data provider. Going forward, instead of null values, Bridge API will return empty arrays: []

This will roll out incrementally across records and datasets as listing data is naturally reprocessed from upstream servers; users can expect to see both styles until all data is reimported.

Upcoming FieldRules resource name change

Please be advised of an upcoming change to the Bridge API metadata affecting all MLS datasets.

What’s changing?

For Bridge API MLS datasets, the name of the FieldRules resource will be changing to Field.

After release, requests to FieldRules will no longer be supported and must be updated to Field.

Why?

We are making this change to better match the RESO Data Dictionary 2.0 specification.

When?

This change will be released in production on December 12, 2023.

Merging Your Bridge Accounts

Now that Bridge API and Bridge Agreement Management have integrated into one platform, you may wish to merge your BAM and API accounts into a single account. 

Merging accounts is optional but highly encouraged: By merging accounts, you will be able to use the new Bridge platform to manage all of your data access and license agreements in a single streamlined interface. 

If your existing BAM and API accounts used the same username and password, your login will now default to the API account. You’ll need to merge those accounts together before you’re able to access agreements from the BAM account. 

By merging Bridge accounts, you will combine all the applications, users, agreements and payment profiles into a single account. You will need the platform credentials for the account(s) you wish to merge. Please note that account merges cannot be undone.

How to merge your Bridge accounts

  1. Log into Bridge: bridgedataoutput.com/login
  2. In the upper right corner, click your name to open the settings menu. Click User & Account Settings
  1. Click Account Settings, then Merge Account. Enter the credentials for your other Bridge account. 
  1. Click Find Account. A confirmation screen will appear to verify the details of the accounts you are merging. Please review carefully; account merges CANNOT be undone. 
  1. To complete the merger, click Confirm Merge. A confirmation banner will briefly appear to confirm that the account merge was successful. 

For more information on merging Bridge accounts, please refer to our platform documentation here: https://bridgedataoutput.com/docs/platform/#merge

Better Together

Bridge Agreement Management and Bridge API have come together into a single integrated solution!

We’ve combined everything you need to gain greater efficiencies in your agreement management and find added peace of mind with your data distribution.

Our new Bridge platform will continue to streamline your data licensing processes, automate billing, and deliver more data access choices — but now, it’s all accessible in one place.

Check out the new experience using your existing Bridge credentials (or through your MLS Single Sign On) and let us know what you think: bridgedataoutput.com/login

Upcoming Maintenance

Please note that on Tuesday, June 15 starting at 19:00 PDT, the Bridge platform will be down for maintenance. We expect to be up after a couple of hours with a brand new upgraded experience for you. Both the Bridge API and Bridge Agreement Management dashboards will be unavailable during this time.

The API itself will not be affected by this change and will continue to operate as usual.