[jpsimon]

Let me start off by saying this is completely unnecessary and totally overkill... but rather than manually refreshing Alex's awesome Recall Details Tool page - https://bmw-recall-tool.netlify.app/ (Thanks again Alex! I borrowed your defectCode descriptions). I went ahead and set up a monitor in Postman to hit the BMW API hourly and send me an email with the latest results of my stop sale status.

Follow these simple steps to set it up, and join me in obsessing over your car's status:


Step 1. Sign up for Postman
Go to www.postman.com and click "Sign up for free".

Step 2. Create a Collection
Once logged in, on the home screen under "Start with something new" click "Create New" and choose "Collection".





Name it "My Recall Status". And expand the section:


Step 3. Create a Request
With your collection expanded, click "Add a request". Give it a name such as "Request Status".

Make sure you're making a GET request, and add in this as your URL replacing the VIN with your VIN #:
https://vehiclerecall.bmwgroup.com/a...in=yourvinhere. (the forum truncates it, so just look at the screenshot or click the link to get the full url)



Click the "headers" tab and add: Authorization as the key, and: Basic TTJiNG1oMnR1Q0plZ1VmOkkyQlZJQ0dKS0dLR0xHV2dGS0dIRk ZLSGxaVE9F as the value.




Click the "Tests" tab and add this bit of code:

const jsonData = pm.response.json();

const defectCodes = [
{ code: '0066540100', description: 'Programming control units (front radar sensor)' },
{ code: '0066530100', description: 'Checking the installation of camera, retrofitting if necessary'},
{ code: '0061070600', description: 'Program control units (BDC)'},
{ code: '0065480300', description: 'Retrofitting the receiver audio module'},
{ code: 'STOP021954', description: 'Fxx Gxx B47 B57 B58 S58 - Main Bearing Shell'},
{ code: '0066570100', description: 'Checking the installation of the camera and TRSVC control unit, retrofitting if necessary'},
{ code: '0012610500', description: 'Program control units (DME)'},
];

for (const technicalCampaign of jsonData.data.technicalCampaigns) {

let code = defectCodes.find(o => o.code === technicalCampaign.defectCode);

pm.test(code.description, function () {
pm.expect(technicalCampaign.vinStatus).eql('Closed ');
});
}




Step 4. Create a Monitor
Click "Monitors" on the left, and add a new one.

Name it "Recall Status" or something... In the settings for the monitor select "Recall Status". Select Hour Timer and Every Hour. Add in your email address and boom you're done!




Make sure you set the monitor to run, and every hour you'll receive an email with the status of the stop sales you have.

NOTE: Tests "Fail" until the vinStatus changes to "Closed". If a test has passed, that means that stop sale status is now Closed.

[jpsimon]

If you really want to be nerdy you can easily add Slack integration and have it post updates to slack for you

[kbanga]

Nice but I don't want a real time update of pure pain.

[jpsimon]

Slack integration… yes I was a little bored today if you couldn't tell

[MavRick]

couldnt get it to work for me. says authorization failure...

[jpsimon]

Hmmm, make sure there are no extra spaces at the end of the header authorization stuff. I think I had an issue like that at one point

[Flying05]

This tool is good, but not accurate for all. My RAM stop sale is not showing up in this.

[jpsimon]

Yeah your results will vary for sure, the API isn’t all encompassing apparently. Test out your vin using Alex’s tool first before doing any of my steps to see if you get any results

[Geektechlive]

Originally Posted by jpsimon

Yeah your results will vary for sure, the API isn’t all encompassing apparently. Test out your vin using Alex’s tool first before doing any of my steps to see if you get any results

Got mine all set. Checking every 4 hours. I was starting to look at a custom node.js script with webhook but this is easier.
Would like to be able to format the output of the test but doesn't look like you can.
Something like [stop sale description] is [VIN status]

[jpsimon]

That’s easy enough to do. If you don’t do it before me I can add that in and show you what I do

[jpsimon]

Well, we can’t customize the text that says “request: recall status” but we can put the actual status in the title

[kjx]

Originally Posted by MavRick

couldnt get it to work for me. says authorization failure...

This is because there is an extra space in the authorization value in the original post that is there by mistake and needs to be removed:

Basic TTJiNG1oMnR1Q0plZ1VmOkkyQlZJQ0dKS0dLR0xHV2dGS0dIRk ZLSGxaVE9F

should be:

Basic TTJiNG1oMnR1Q0plZ1VmOkkyQlZJQ0dKS0dLR0xHV2dGS0dIRkZLSGxaVE9F

[Patton250]

When do you officially know if you have a stop sale on you? Does it have to be at the port? I mean the final destination port? Or do you know when it gets loaded onto the ship?

[Geektechlive]

Originally Posted by jpsimon

Well, we can't customize the text that says "request: recall status" but we can put the actual status in the title

So... I went a little nuts. I created a web hook for my slack channel and then reworked your script like this:

====
const moment = require('moment');
let today= moment().format("MM/DD/YYYY, h:mm a");

const jsonData = pm.response.json();

const defectCodes = [
{ code: '0066540100', description: 'Programming control units (front radar sensor)' },
{ code: '0066530100', description: 'Checking the installation of camera, retrofitting if necessary'},
{ code: '0061070600', description: 'Program control units (BDC)'},
{ code: '0065480300', description: 'Retrofitting the receiver audio module'},
{ code: 'STOP021954', description: 'Fxx Gxx B47 B57 B58 S58 - Main Bearing Shell'},
{ code: '0066570100', description: 'Checking the installation of the camera and TRSVC control unit, retrofitting if necessary'},
{ code: '0012610500', description: 'Program control units (DME)'},
];

var Output=[];

for (const technicalCampaign of jsonData.data.technicalCampaigns) {

let code = defectCodes.find(o => o.code === technicalCampaign.defectCode);
let vinStats=technicalCampaign.vinStatus;
let TheMsg='
'+today+'
'+'======='+'
'+code.description +'
'+ ' - ' + vinStats+'
';
Output.push(TheMsg)

}
JSON.stringify(Output)
console.log(Output);
// Set the contents of the slack message dynamically
pm.environment.set('slackMsg',Output);

====

(edited this post after I fixed my script.)
in a separate post function I send the SlackMsg to Slack using a environment variable for my web hook.

probably could be done cleaner but I finally got it working.
screen shot from my slack app next

[kjx]

Originally Posted by Patton250

When do you officially know if you have a stop sale on you? Does it have to be at the port? I mean the final destination port? Or do you know when it gets loaded onto the ship?

You can have a stop sale show up any time before you sign at the dealership and take ownership. You can leave the factory with a stop sale on it too.

After you take ownership, if something shows up, it'd just be a recall.

[jpsimon]

Originally Posted by Geektechlive

So... I went a little nuts. I created a web hook for my slack channel and then reworked your script like this:

====
const moment = require('moment');
let today= moment().format("MM/DD/YYYY, h:mm a");

const jsonData = pm.response.json();

const defectCodes = [
{ code: '0066540100', description: 'Programming control units (front radar sensor)' },
{ code: '0066530100', description: 'Checking the installation of camera, retrofitting if necessary'},
{ code: '0061070600', description: 'Program control units (BDC)'},
{ code: '0065480300', description: 'Retrofitting the receiver audio module'},
{ code: 'STOP021954', description: 'Fxx Gxx B47 B57 B58 S58 - Main Bearing Shell'},
{ code: '0066570100', description: 'Checking the installation of the camera and TRSVC control unit, retrofitting if necessary'},
{ code: '0012610500', description: 'Program control units (DME)'},
];

var Output=[];

for (const technicalCampaign of jsonData.data.technicalCampaigns) {

let code = defectCodes.find(o => o.code === technicalCampaign.defectCode);
let vinStats=technicalCampaign.vinStatus;
let TheMsg='
'+today+'
'+'======='+'
'+code.description +'
'+ ' - ' + vinStats+'
';
Output.push(TheMsg)

}
JSON.stringify(Output)
console.log(Output);
// Set the contents of the slack message dynamically
pm.environment.set('slackMsg',Output);

====

(edited this post after I fixed my script.)
in a separate post function I send the SlackMsg to Slack using a environment variable for my web hook.

probably could be done cleaner but I finally got it working.
screen shot from my slack app next

Nice! looks like you got it all sorted, I ended up doing this:

for (const technicalCampaign of jsonData.data.technicalCampaigns) {

let code = defectCodes.find(o => o.code === technicalCampaign.defectCode);
let testName = code.description + ': ' + technicalCampaign.vinStatus.toUpperCase();

pm.test(testName, function () {
pm.expect(technicalCampaign.vinStatus).eql('Closed ');
});
}

which output like so in slack (I changed the RAM / camera descriptions to be simple as well):

1. Radio Stop Sale: OPEN
Request: Recall Status

2. Camera Stop Sale: OPEN
Request: Recall Status