Enhanced MercadoLibre API Integration and Error Handling

• Day: 2024-08-29
• Time: 03:10 to 04:54
• Project: Dev
• Workspace: WP 2: Operational
• Status: Completed
• Priority: MEDIUM
• Assignee: Matías Nehuen Iglesias
• Tags: Api Integration, Error Handling, Oauth 2.0, Mercadolibre, Python

Description

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.

Pending Tasks

• Further refine the automation of phone model searches using the MercadoLibre API.
• Continue exploring optimization techniques for API queries to improve performance.

Evidence

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