[Python] No search results while using API Key to retrieve information using Python

Mouser is a website where electronic components can be bought and are listed with their details and technical parameters.

To automate the search of parts from this website, I am trying to automate the processing using the Mouser API Key for part search.

I am trying to retrieve Part Number details from mouser.com using API key. But, I get no search results. Below is the python script for the same.


import requests
import json

api_key = "my API Key"
part_number = "LM258AMDREP" #Part Number

headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Accept": "application/json"
}

data = {
"SearchByPartnumberRequest": {
"MouserPartNumber": part_number
}
}

url = f"https://api.mouser.com/api/v1/search/partnumber?apikey={api_key}"

try:
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data, verify=False)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)
except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
print ("Error: " + str(err))
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
# catastrophic error. bail.
print ("Error: " + str(e))


The output I get is:

{'Errors': [{'Id': 0, 'Code': 'Required', 'Message': 'Required', 'ResourceKey': 'Required', 'ResourceFormatString': None,
'ResourceFormatString2': None, 'PropertyName': 'Request'}], 'SearchResults': None}


If I remove the verify=False, I get following error

Error: HTTPSConnectionPool(host='api.mouser.com', port=443): Max retries exceeded with url: /api/v1/search/partnumber?apikey=e9226156-491c-4635-bfcd-5285f80244cf (Caused by SSLError(SSLCertVerificationError(1, '[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED]
certificate verify failed: self signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:992)')))


Is there some other version/procedure to get the part details.

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