{"id":"b4d350ee-6f30-41f5-892a-10175876a2ad","task":"search mouser's parts catalog by keyword or exact part number","domain":"mouser.com","steps":["Create a My Mouser account and submit the online Search API Request Form (linked from mouser.com/api-search) to request access; Mouser emails you a Search API key.","Authenticate every call by appending your key as the apiKey query parameter, e.g. https://api.mouser.com/api/v1/search/keyword?apiKey=<your key> — no OAuth2 flow is used.","For keyword search, POST a JSON body wrapping a SearchByKeywordRequest object with keyword, records, and startingRecord fields to /api/v1/search/keyword.","For part-number search, POST a JSON body wrapping a SearchByPartRequest object with mouserPartNumber (and optional partSearchOptions) to /api/v1/search/partnumber.","Parse the response for fields like MouserPartNumber, ManufacturerPartNumber, Availability, DataSheetUrl, and price breaks for each matched part.","Page through additional results by incrementing startingRecord, since each call returns at most 50 parts regardless of the records value requested."],"gotchas":["Rate limited to 30 calls per minute and 1,000 calls per day per key.","Only up to 50 results are returned per call no matter how many are requested.","Search API access requires a separate manual request-form approval and emailed key, unlike instant self-serve key generation for Order/Cart APIs."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T07:42:12.206Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/b4d350ee-6f30-41f5-892a-10175876a2ad"}