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# Elite Dangerous Market Connector (EDMC)
This is a third-party application for use with
[Frontier Developments](https://www.frontier.co.uk)'
game [Elite Dangerous](https://www.elitedangerous.com/). Its purpose is
to facilitate supplying certain game data to, and in some cases retrieving
it from, a number of websites and other tools.
Elite Dangerous Market Connector ("EDMC") is a third-party application
for use with [Frontier Developments](https://www.frontier.co.uk)'
("Frontier") game
"[Elite Dangerous](https://www.elitedangerous.com/)" ("the game").
Its purpose is to facilitate supplying certain game data to, and in some
cases retrieving it from, a number of websites and other tools.
To do this it utilises the Journal Files written by the game when played
on a PC. It also makes use of Frontier's CAPI, accessible once you've
authorised this application.
on a PC. It also makes use of Frontier's Companion API ("Frontier's CAPI"),
accessible once you've authorised this application.
## Supported Platforms
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This can also be caused by a corrupt or incomplete most recent Journal
file.
See
[Troubleshooting - Credentials settings are greyed out](Troubleshooting#credentials-settings-are-greyed-out)
If the 'Update' button is clickable then using it will fetch the latest
data from the Frontier CAPI and the fields mentioned above should be
filled in.
See
[Troubleshooting - Credentials settings are greyed out](Troubleshooting#credentials-settings-are-greyed-out)
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The user-interface is deliberately minimal - your choice of data is automatically downloaded, transmitted and/or saved when you start Elite: Dangerous, land at a station, jump to a system or scan a body.