📅 2024-08-29 — Session: Enhanced MercadoLibre API Integration and Error Handling
🕒 03:10–04:54
🏷️ Labels: Api Integration, Error Handling, Oauth 2.0, Mercadolibre, Python
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM
Session Goal
The session aimed to enhance the integration with the MercadoLibre API by addressing various error handling scenarios and optimizing API usage.
Key Activities
- Google Account Security: Reviewed steps to secure a Google account after losing a phone, including disabling SMS verification and notifying carriers.
- API Error Handling: Troubleshot JSONDecodeError, 401 Unauthorized, 404 Not Found, and 403 Forbidden errors in API responses, focusing on access token validation and proper header configuration.
- OAuth 2.0 Flow: Detailed the OAuth 2.0 authorization flow for MercadoLibre, including handling localhost redirect issues and PKCE flow errors.
- Data Extraction and Processing: Developed Python scripts for extracting item IDs, querying the API, and processing data into DataFrames.
- Optimization: Optimized API queries for MercadoLibre by validating item IDs and handling API responses effectively.
Achievements
- Implemented robust error handling for common API errors.
- Successfully integrated OAuth 2.0 authorization flow for MercadoLibre.
- Enhanced data extraction processes using Python, ensuring efficient data handling and processing.