Digi-Key Product Information API
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AI ReadinessAI-Aware (B+)69/100
Official vendor OpenAPI document · agent-readyE CommerceStorefrontoauth28 EndpointsREST
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.
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.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the Digi-Key Product Information API to your agent
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.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fdigikey.com%2Fdigikey" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fdigikey.com%2Fdigikey" | 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.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with Digi-Key Product Information 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
Authenticate via 2-legged client credentials or 3-legged authorization code flow
Use Cases
Patterns agents use Digi-Key Product Information 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
Key Endpoints
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
POST
/v1/oauth2/token
Exchange a code or client credentials for an access token
GET
/products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails
Retrieve product details by Digi-Key part number
GET
/products/v4/search/keyword
Search the catalogue by keyword and filters
GET
/products/v4/search/digikeynumber/{digiKeyPartNumber}
Look up a part by Digi-Key number
GET
/products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber
Look up parts by manufacturer part number
GET
/products/v4/categories
Browse the product category tree
POST
/v1/oauth2/token
Exchange a code or client credentials for an access token
GET
/products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails
Retrieve product details by Digi-Key part number
GET
/products/v4/search/keyword
Search the catalogue by keyword and filters
GET
/products/v4/search/digikeynumber/{digiKeyPartNumber}
Look up a part by Digi-Key number
GET
/products/v4/search/manufacturerproductnumber
Look up parts by manufacturer part number
GET
/products/v4/categories
Browse the product category tree
Jentic AI Readiness Score
This API is usable in Jentic One now. Its AI-readiness score against Jentic's framework shows where it stands today and where improvements would make it even easier for agents to use.
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Digi-Key Product Information API
- AI-Aware (B+)69/100
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Foundational Compliance67
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility43
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience94
Agent Usability85
Security100
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Foundational Compliance
Base layer of spec validity and structural soundness.
Grade: A+Signals: 4
98%
Lint Results
Aggregated quality score from linter diagnostics, weighted by severity.
100%
Resolution Completeness
Percentage of `$ref` references that resolve successfully.
100%
Specification Validity
Checks whether the API description parses successfully and conforms to its declared specification (e.g., OpenAPI).
100%
Structural Integrity
Structural correctness score based on schema issues using logarithmic dampening.
67
Developer Experience & Jentic Compatibility
Clarity, completeness, and ingestion readiness for developers and tooling.
Grade: BSignals: 4
2%
Example Density
How richly the API is illustrated with examples.
100%
Example Validity
Percentage of examples that conform to their schemas.
66%
Response Coverage
Percentage of operations with complete response definitions (success, client error, server error).
100%
Tooling Readiness
Health of API ingestion, bundling, and resolution within Jentic pipelines.
43
AI-Readiness & Agent Experience
Semantic breadth, depth, and agent comprehension for AI systems.
Grade: D-Signals: 4
33%
Description Coverage
Coverage of descriptions across API elements.
0%
Error Standardization
Coverage of RFC 9457 Problem Details for error responses.
88%
OperationId Quality
Coverage, uniqueness, and casing consistency of operationIds for AI inference.
50%
Summary Coverage
Coverage of summaries across operations/tags/info.
94
Agent Usability
Functional utility, complexity comfort, and AI orchestration readiness.
Grade: A+Signals: 1
94%
Complexity Comfort
Agent comfort level based on API operational and structural complexity.
85
Security
Trust, risk posture, and security compliance.
Grade: ASignals: 1
85%
Authentication Strength
Average quality of security schemes based on authentication method strength (weakest link for OAuth2).
100
AI Discoverability
Findability, semantic richness, and reasoning readiness.
Grade: A+Signals: 1
100%
Descriptive Richness
Clarity and depth of descriptions across API elements.
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What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring Digi-Key by hand means implementing its OAuth 2.0 client-credentials flow, refreshing tokens, and choosing the production or sandbox host yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the Digi-Key Product Information API from the API Directory, store the client credentials once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
Digi-Key product search is read-only, so scope your agent to the lookup operations it needs, such as keyword search or fetching product details by part number. You choose the operations it may call, so category browsing is not included unless you add it.
Credential isolation
Your Digi-Key OAuth client credentials are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'look up an electronic component' or 'find a part by manufacturer number', and Jentic returns the matching Digi-Key operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
Complementary
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
FAQs
Specific to using Digi-Key Product Information 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. Get started with Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the Digi-Key Product Information API?
Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which Digi-Key operations and credentials the agent may use, so you can grant only the read-only lookups it needs, such as keyword search at /products/v4/search/keyword or product details at /products/v4/search/{partNumber}/productdetails. You choose the operations it may call, so category browsing at /products/v4/categories is not available to the agent unless you add it. Your Digi-Key OAuth client credentials are injected at execution time and never enter the agent's prompt or logs.
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