developers

Every published tool, whitelisted to a compact set of fields. url is the tool's Brick Discovery detail page; link is the outbound redirect (/go/<slug>) that takes a visitor to the tool's own site.

{
  "version": "a1b2c3d4",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "count": 137,
  "tools": [
    {
      "slug": "brick-vlogger",
      "name": "Brick Vlogger",
      "summary": "A YouTube channel about LEGO.",
      "categories": ["YouTube Channels"],
      "tags": ["video"],
      "platform": ["Web"],
      "pricing": "Free",
      "status": "Active",
      "has_api": false,
      "url": "https://www.brickdiscovery.com/tools/brick-vlogger/",
      "link": "https://www.brickdiscovery.com/go/brick-vlogger"
    }
  ]
}

The full record for one published tool — every catalog field except search_aliases (internal, search-matching only). The tool's own site is under website; url and link mean the same thing as above. An unknown or unpublished slug returns an HTTP 404 with a JSON error body.

{
  "version": "a1b2c3d4",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "tool": {
    "slug": "brick-vlogger",
    "name": "Brick Vlogger",
    "website": "https://brickvlogger.example.com",
    "image": "/images/tools/brick-vlogger.webp",
    "categories": ["YouTube Channels"],
    "tags": ["video"],
    "pricing": "Free",
    "has_api": false,
    "platform": ["Web"],
    "status": "Active",
    "summary": "A YouTube channel about LEGO.",
    "description": "…",
    "url": "https://www.brickdiscovery.com/tools/brick-vlogger/",
    "link": "https://www.brickdiscovery.com/go/brick-vlogger"
  }
}

The category taxonomy: families are the curated groupings behind the catalog's category filters, each with its nested categories and published-tool counts; categories is a flat, de-duplicated list of every category on a published tool with its own count.

{
  "version": "a1b2c3d4",
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "families": [
    {
      "slug": "watch-listen",
      "name": "Watch & Listen",
      "position": 0,
      "toolCount": 12,
      "categories": [
        { "slug": "youtube-channels", "name": "YouTube Channels", "toolCount": 9 }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    { "name": "YouTube Channels", "slug": "youtube-channels", "toolCount": 9 }
  ]
}

RSS 2.0 (Content-Type: application/rss+xml) of the most recently added tools, newest first, capped at 50 items. Each item's link and guid point at the tool's Brick Discovery detail page.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0">
  <channel>
    <title>Brick Discovery — Newly Added Tools</title>
    <link>https://www.brickdiscovery.com/</link>
    <description>Newly added AFOL tools, apps and communities on Brick Discovery.</description>
    <lastBuildDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</lastBuildDate>
    <item>
      <title>Brick Vlogger</title>
      <description>A YouTube channel about LEGO.</description>
      <link>https://www.brickdiscovery.com/tools/brick-vlogger/</link>
      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.brickdiscovery.com/tools/brick-vlogger/</guid>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
    </item>
  </channel>
</rss>

• No auth, no API keys — every endpoint above is open and read-only.
• Every JSON response carries version and generatedAt from the catalog snapshot, so you can tell when the data last changed.
• The catalog is reviewed and updated roughly weekly. Responses are CDN-cached and revalidated on every catalog save, so you'll see a change shortly after it's published — there's no need to poll aggressively.
• Outbound links to a tool's own site always go through /go/<slug>, never a raw URL baked into the response.
• Be nice: cache responses on your end rather than re-fetching on every request.