📅 2024-08-29 — Session: Implemented Mercado Libre API Integration
🕒 02:35–02:55
🏷️ Labels: API, Mercado Libre, Oauth 2.0, Price Monitoring, Investment
📂 Project: Business
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to integrate various aspects of the Mercado Libre API for price monitoring and value investing strategies.
Key Activities
- Implemented error handling and logging for API response errors in Python using the
requestslibrary. - Detailed the OAuth 2.0 authorization process for Mercado Libre API, including user authentication and access token exchange.
- Accessed Mercado Libre API using application-only authorization and managed token expiry.
- Planned the use of Mercado Libre API for tracking price fluctuations as part of a value investing strategy.
- Generated ideas for app names and descriptions focused on price monitoring and investment opportunities.
- Configured secure callback URLs for receiving notifications from Mercado Libre.
- Explained and configured Redirect URIs in OAuth 2.0 for Mercado Libre.
- Set up the API for local development environments without user interaction.
Achievements
- Successfully integrated Mercado Libre API with detailed error handling and authorization processes.
- Developed a comprehensive plan for price monitoring using the API.
Pending Tasks
- Further testing of the API integration in different environments.
- Finalizing app name and description choices for the investment monitoring application.