mercadolibre.py
Improved Python client for MercadoLibre API.
Simple CLI client. Test the API by your own.
I've created a simple CLI client to ease your testing and development. It's also a great example of how to use mercadolibre.py.
# Create a test user
$ python simple_client.py create_test_user --access-token YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
# Create a test Item from a file called data.json
$ python simple_client.py create_test_item data.json --access-token YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN
# Search all items containing the string "Jawbone Up24"
$ python simple_client.py search -q "Jawbone Up24"To use it you'll need an APP_ID, an APP_SECRET and (sometimes) an ACCESS_TOKEN. You'll find more information on how to get them on the MercadoLibre documentation site.
To make your life easier you can configure your client to get your APP_ID and APP_SECRET from envvars. Just issue these commands (or add them to your .bashrc or similar). Example:
$ export ML_APP_ID=999-YOUR_APP_ID-999
$ export ML_APP_SECRET=999-YOUR_APP_SECRET-999Create a test user using the client
$ python simple_client.py create_test_user --access-token YOUR_ACCESS_TOKENCreate an item
You'll need to provide the data for your item in a json file (or you could just cat it because it reads from stdin).
$ python simple_client.py create_test_item data.json --access-token YOUR_ACCESS_TOKENSearch
# By Querystring
$ python simple_client.py search -q "Jawbone Up24"
# By Querystring and Category ID
$ python simple_client.py search -q "Jawbone Up24" -c MLA12272
# By Category ID
$ python simple_client.py search -c MLA12272
# By Seller Nickname
$ python simple_client.py search -n "LAPLATA-NOTEBOOKS"
# By Seller ID
$ python simple_client.py search -s 38726013
Run tests
# -s doesn't captures output. You'll be able to ipdb and print in your tests.
$ py.test -s tests/resources/test_items.py::ItemResourceHighLevelTestCase::test_some_method