For Agents
Search Digi-Key's electronic component catalogue, look up parts by manufacturer or Digi-Key number, and browse product categories through OAuth 2.0 authenticated endpoints.
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the Digi-Key Product Information API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
What an agent can do with Digi-Key Product Information API API.
Search the Digi-Key catalogue by keyword and filter by parametric attributes
Look up part details by Digi-Key part number or manufacturer part number
Browse the product category tree to navigate available components
Retrieve detailed product specifications, datasheets, and pricing for a part
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Use for: I need to search Digi-Key for a specific resistor, Look up a part by its manufacturer part number, Retrieve the datasheet URL for a Digi-Key part, Browse the categories under integrated circuits
Not supported: Does not handle order placement, account management, or shipping — use for Digi-Key product search and detail lookups only.
The Digi-Key Product Information API gives programmatic access to Digi-Key's catalogue of millions of electronic components — keyword search, part-number lookup, product details, and category browsing. It supports both 2-legged client-credentials and 3-legged authorization-code OAuth 2.0 flows, and exposes a sandbox base URL alongside production. Engineering teams use it to embed Digi-Key data into design tools, BOM managers, and procurement systems.
Authenticate via 2-legged client credentials or 3-legged authorization code flow
Patterns agents use Digi-Key Product Information API API for, with concrete tasks.
★ BOM Cost and Availability Lookup
Resolve a bill of materials against Digi-Key by looking up each manufacturer part number and pulling current price, stock, and lead time. The /products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber endpoint accepts a manufacturer part and returns matching Digi-Key parts with their pricing tiers, so a procurement tool can rebuild costed BOMs daily without scraping the website.
For each row in the BOM CSV, call /products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber with the manufacturer part number and record the Digi-Key part, unit price, and stock
Component Search Inside Design Tools
Embed component search into an EDA tool or part picker so engineers can find resistors, capacitors, and ICs without leaving the design environment. The /products/v4/search/keyword endpoint accepts a keyword and parametric filters such as resistance value or package, returning matching parts with their Digi-Key part numbers ready to drop into a schematic.
When the engineer searches "10k 0603 1% resistor", call /products/v4/search/keyword with the query and filters and return the top 20 results sorted by stock
Datasheet and Spec Retrieval
Pull canonical datasheets and detailed parametric specifications for a part by Digi-Key number. The /products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails endpoint returns the full product detail block including datasheet URLs, RoHS status, lifecycle status, and quantity-break pricing — useful for compliance and engineering review systems.
Given Digi-Key part 296-1234-1-ND, fetch product details and store the datasheet URL, lifecycle status, and quantity-break pricing in the engineering database
AI Agent Procurement Assistant
An AI procurement assistant can take a partial part description, search Digi-Key, evaluate alternatives by stock and price, and propose substitutions. Through Jentic the agent searches for "search Digi-Key by keyword", loads the input schema, and executes — without learning OAuth flows or reading the Digi-Key spec.
When a BOM line is out of stock, call /products/v4/search/keyword with the parametric profile of the original part and propose three in-stock alternatives sorted by unit price
8 endpoints — the digi-key product information api gives programmatic access to digi-key's catalogue of millions of electronic components — keyword search, part-number lookup, product details, and category browsing.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
/v1/oauth2/token
Exchange a code or client credentials for an access token
/products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails
Retrieve product details by Digi-Key part number
/products/v4/search/keyword
Search the catalogue by keyword and filters
/products/v4/search/digikeynumber/{digiKeyPartNumber}
Look up a part by Digi-Key number
/products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber
Look up parts by manufacturer part number
/products/v4/categories
Browse the product category tree
/v1/oauth2/token
Exchange a code or client credentials for an access token
/products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails
Retrieve product details by Digi-Key part number
/products/v4/search/keyword
Search the catalogue by keyword and filters
/products/v4/search/digikeynumber/{digiKeyPartNumber}
Look up a part by Digi-Key number
/products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber
Look up parts by manufacturer part number
Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.
Credential isolation
Digi-Key OAuth 2.0 client credentials and refresh tokens live in the Jentic vault. The agent receives a scoped execution token and never handles the OAuth flow directly.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search by intent such as "look up an electronic component" and Jentic returns the matching Digi-Key operation with its input schema.
Time to first call
Direct Digi-Key integration: 2-3 days for OAuth setup, sandbox testing, and search wiring. Through Jentic: under 1 hour.
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Octopart API
Multi-distributor component search aggregating Digi-Key, Mouser, and others
Choose Octopart when comparing prices and stock across distributors rather than buying directly from Digi-Key
Shopify Admin API
E-commerce backend that consumes Digi-Key pricing for resold electronic kits
Use Shopify alongside Digi-Key when reselling components or kits and needing storefront orders to drive Digi-Key lookups
Stripe API
Payment side of a procurement workflow built on Digi-Key prices
Use when the procurement tool needs to take card payment for parts costed against Digi-Key
Specific to using Digi-Key Product Information API API through Jentic.
What authentication does the Digi-Key Product Information API use?
Digi-Key uses OAuth 2.0 with both 2-legged client-credentials and 3-legged authorization-code flows. Tokens are obtained from /v1/oauth2/token. Through Jentic the client id, secret, and refresh token live in the encrypted vault, so the agent never handles them directly.
Can I look up a part by manufacturer part number rather than Digi-Key number?
Yes. GET /products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber accepts a manufacturer part number and returns matching Digi-Key listings with pricing and stock. This is the primary endpoint for BOM resolution.
What are the rate limits for the Digi-Key Product Information API?
Digi-Key applies per-application rate limits assigned at registration in the Digi-Key Developer Portal. Sandbox keys have lower limits than production keys, and the current ceiling is reported in response headers when throttling occurs.
How do I run a keyword search through Jentic?
Run a Jentic search for "search Digi-Key by keyword". Jentic returns GET /products/v4/search/keyword with its input schema (keyword query plus filter parameters). Load the schema, populate the fields, and execute.
Does the API expose datasheets and lifecycle status?
Yes. GET /products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails returns datasheet URLs, lifecycle status, RoHS status, and quantity-break pricing alongside the parametric data block.
How do I install the Jentic SDK to call Digi-Key?
Run pip install jentic, set JENTIC_AGENT_API_KEY to your ak_* key, then use Jentic with SearchRequest, LoadRequest, and ExecutionRequest. Sign up at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up.
/products/v4/categories
Browse the product category tree