Octopart API endpoint 'search': Getting incorrect MPN's back after searching with MPN

[Bobby Jurriaans]

Hi,

I'm searching for offers through your search API endpoint based on MPN. In my Java webapplication, I'm sending the following request to Octopart (with MPN MBRA340T3G as example):

https://octopart.com/api/v3/parts/search?apikey=XXXX&mpn=MBRA340T3G&filter[fields][offers.seller.name][]=Farnell&filter[fields][offers.seller.name][]=Digi-Key&filter[fields][offers.seller.name][]=Mouser&filter[fields][offers.seller.name][]=RS%20Components&sortby=avg_price%20asc&pretty_print=true&include=specs&limit=50

With this MPN (and every other MPN I try to search with), I'm getting 50 parts back, all with incorrect MPN's, such as 'WPLCC068-1PTRC' and 'GRM033B11A222KA01D'.
I can't find what I'm doing wrong. Is there something wrong with my request?

Thanks,
Bobby Jurriaans

[Andres Morey]

Hi Bobby,

The /parts/search endpoint doesn't support an `mpn` url argument. If you'd like to add an MPN filter to your query you can add `filter[fields][mpn][]=MBRA340T3G` as a url argument.

Alternatively if your queries are limited to MPNs, SKUs and distributors you can use the /parts/match endpoint which is optimized for part number lookups:

https://octopart.com/api/docs/v3/rest-api#endpoints-parts-match

Hope that helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Andres Morey

Octopart

www.octopart.com

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