brickset

2026.0.0

Interface with the Brickset API for Getting Data About LEGO Sets

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Overview

About

Maintained by Jason BryerFirst published 2023-03-244 releasesCRAN page ↗GitHub ↗

Interface with the 'Brickset' API https://brickset.com/article/52664/api-version-3-documentation for getting data about LEGO sets. Data sets that can be used for teaching and learning without the need of a 'Brickset' account and API key are also included. Includes all LEGO since through the end of 2025.

Install

R (CRAN)pak (dev)Ubuntu (r2u)openSUSE (OBS)

install.packages("brickset", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")

Installs the current CRAN release. Prebuilt binaries on Windows and macOS.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE))
  install.packages("pak", repos = "https://cloud.r-project.org/")
pak::pak("jbryer/brickset")

Development version from jbryer/brickset. Installs pak first if it is not already available.

Release

# enable cranapt (r2u) if it is not already set up, then install
grep -rqs r2u.stat.illinois.edu /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ \
  || curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eddelbuettel/r2u/master/inst/scripts/add_cranapt_noble.sh | sudo bash
sudo apt install -y r-cran-brickset

Fast Ubuntu binaries via r2u (no compilation). The cranapt setup runs once and is skipped when it is already enabled.

bspm (used by r2u) also needs make: sudo apt install make

# add the autoCRAN OBS repo (Tumbleweed) if it is missing, then install
zypper -q lr | grep -qi autoCRAN \
  || sudo zypper addrepo https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/R:/autoCRAN/openSUSE_Tumbleweed/devel:languages:R:autoCRAN.repo
sudo zypper install -y R-brickset

RPMs auto-built from CRAN on openSUSE OBS (Tumbleweed).

Health

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Slowest check: 1.7 min · r-oldrel-windows-x86_64

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READMEYes · 564 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo

Examples that run: 0%
Documented parameters: 100%
Return-value docs: 100%
References docs: 0%

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Repository

GitHub ↗ jbryer/brickset

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License GPL-3.0 · 35 commits · Last activity 2026-01-14 · 0% stars, 30d

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R >= 4.1.0

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Package Timeline

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R 4.6.0 released · 2026-04-24
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R 4.5.0 released · 2025-04-11
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R 4.3.0 released · 2023-04-21
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R 4.2.0 released · 2022-04-22

Package metadata

First published: 2023-03-24
Total releases: 4 / 3 yrs
License: GPL (>= 3) OSI
Minimum R: ≥ 4.1.0
Bundled data: 497 KB / 1 file
Download size: 802 KB
Installed size: not tracked yet
With dependencies: not tracked yet

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