🌐 Alibaba API Client

This Python project demonstrates how to interact with the Alibaba/Taobao API to retrieve product information and manage authentication. It uses the `requests` library to make HTTP requests and the `dotenv` library to load environment variables from a `.env` file.

Prerequisites • Usage • Features • Diagrams

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📋 Prerequisites

Before running the scripts, make sure you have the following:

1. Python installed on your system.
2. Required libraries installed. You can install them using pip:

   pip install requests python-dotenv
   

3. A .env file in the project directory containing your Alibaba/Taobao API credentials:

   APP_KEY=your_app_key
   APP_SECRET=your_app_secret
   REDIRECT_URI=your_redirect_uri
   SESSION_KEY=your_session_key
   AUTH_CODE=your_auth_code
   

🚀 Usage

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ronknight/alibaba-api.git
   cd alibaba-api
   

2. Set up your .env file with the required credentials.
3. Run the scripts as needed (see the Scripts section for details on each script).

✨ Features

1. Authentication: Handles the OAuth 2.0 flow for Alibaba/Taobao API.
2. Token Management: Creates and manages access tokens.
3. Product Management: Retrieves, updates, adds, and manages product information.
4. Group Management: Retrieves product group information.
5. Category Management: Retrieves category information and attributes.
6. Shipping Management: Retrieves shipping line template information.
7. Photobank Management: Lists, operates, and manages photobank groups.
8. Logging: Comprehensive logging of API requests and responses.
9. Error Handling: Robust error handling and reporting.
10. Product Schema Management: Adds, retrieves, and renders product schemas.

📦 1. Product List (productlist.py)

Retrieves a list of products based on search criteria. Takes command-line arguments for subject, page size, and page number. Makes a POST request to the Alibaba API to retrieve product information. Logs request and response details. Handles and logs errors. Prints product subjects from the response.

python productlist.py <subject> <page_size> <page_number>

🔍 2. Product Get (productget.py)

Retrieves detailed information about a specific product.

python productget.py <product_id>

👥 3. Product Group Get (productgroupget.py)

Retrieves information about a product group.

python productgroupget.py <group_id>

🔓 4. Product ID Decrypt (productiddecrypt.py)

Decrypts a product ID.

python productiddecrypt.py <product_id>

📄 5. Product Schema (productschema.py)

Retrieves the schema for product information.

python productschema.py

🔄 6. Product Update Field (productupdatefield.py)

Updates specific fields of a product.

python productupdatefield.py <product_id>

🔄 7. Product Update Field Copy (productupdatefieldcopy.py)

A variation of the product update field script, focusing on updating the InternalSKU.

python productupdatefieldcopy.py <product_id>

🚢 8. Wholesale Shipping Line Template (wholesaleshippinglinetemplate.py)

Retrieves the list of shipping line templates.

python wholesaleshippinglinetemplate.py

🏷️ 9. Category Attribute Get (categoryattributeget.py)

Retrieves attributes for a specific category.

python categoryattributeget.py <cat_id>

📁 10. Category Get (categoryget.py)

Retrieves information about a specific category.

python categoryget.py <cat_id>

🖼️ 11. Photobank Group List (photobankgrouplist.py)

Retrieves a list of photobank groups.

python photobankgrouplist.py

🖼️ 12. Photobank Group Operate (photobankgroupoperate.py)

Performs operations on photobank groups (add, delete, rename).

python photobankgroupoperate.py <group_name> <operation>

🖼️ 13. Photobank List (photobanklist.py)

Retrieves a list of photos from the photobank.

python photobanklist.py <page_size>

➕ 14. Product Add (productadd.py)

Adds a new product to the catalog.

python productadd.py

🔄 15. Product Batch Update Display (productbatchupdatedisplay.py)

Updates the display status for multiple products at once.

python productbatchupdatedisplay.py <new_display> <product_id_list>

📝 16. Product Schema Add Draft (productschemaadddraft.py)

Adds a draft product schema.

python productschemaadddraft.py <cat_id>

📄 17. Product Schema Get (productschemaget.py)

Retrieves a product schema.

python productschemaget.py <product_id>

🖥️ 18. Product Schema Render (productschemarender.py)

Renders a product schema.

python productschemarender.py <cat_id> <product_id>

🖥️ 19. Product Schema Render Draft (productschemarenderdraft.py)

Renders a draft product schema.

python productschemarenderdraft.py <cat_id> <draft_product_id>

➕ 20. Product Schema Add (productschemaadd.py)

Adds a product schema.

python productschemaadd.py <cat_id>

🔄 21. Product Scheme Update (productschemaupdate.py)

Updates a product's schema.

python productschemaupdate.py <cat_id> 

📊 22. Product Score Get (productscoreget.py)

Get a product's score.

python productschemaupdate.py <cat_id> 

Each script includes error handling and logging functionality. Logs are stored in the api_logs/ directory.

📊 Diagrams

Note: This project is for demonstration purposes only. You may need to modify the scripts based on your specific use case and the latest Alibaba/Taobao API documentation.

This comprehensive README now includes information about all the scripts in the project, providing a clear overview of each script's functionality and usage instructions. The structure remains consistent with the original README, while incorporating details about all the new scripts.