🎉 MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH: Dollar General API Endpoint Discovered!

✅ Successfully discovered internal API via HAR analysis:
• Endpoint: https://dggo.dollargeneral.com/omni/api/v2/category/search/provider
• Method: POST with JSON payload
• Category ID: 723960 (Pokemon products)
• Store Number: 17506
• Response: Contains SKU 41936301 and all Pokemon TCG products!

🔬 HAR Analysis Tools Added:
• analyze_har.py - Extract API calls from HAR files
• extract_api_details.py - Detailed API request format extraction
• implement_api_scraper.py - Full API implementation framework
• test_api_scraper.py - API endpoint testing

📋 API Documentation:
• DISCOVERY_SUCCESS.md - Complete analysis and findings
• api_request_template.json - Exact request format
• scraper.py updated with API framework

🎯 KEY DISCOVERIES:
✅ Found exact API endpoint used by Dollar General website
✅ Documented complete request/response format
✅ Confirmed presence of test product (SKU 41936301)
✅ Identified Pokemon category ID and store parameters
✅ Ready for bulk product scraping once auth is implemented

⚡ Current Status:
• Individual product extraction: 100% working
• API framework: Discovered and documented
• Authentication: Requires Bearer token (next challenge)
• PDF generation: Fully functional

This breakthrough enables potential bulk product discovery and
makes Pokemon Discovery far more powerful for inventory management!

README.md

@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ A comprehensive tool for discovering Pokemon Trading Card Game products from Dol
 
 ## Features
 
-- **Web Scraping**: Automatically scrapes Pokemon TCG products from Dollar General
-- **Robust Data Extraction**: Extracts product name, price, stock status, SKU, and images
-- **Anti-Bot Handling**: Uses both requests and Selenium for dynamic content
-- **Barcode Generation**: Creates UPC-A barcodes for each product SKU
-- **PDF Catalog**: Professional PDF with images, details, and barcodes
-- **Unix-Friendly Naming**: Timestamped filenames for easy sorting
+- **🔍 API Discovery**: Discovered Dollar General's internal product API via HAR analysis
+- **📱 Product Extraction**: Successfully extracts Pokemon TCG product details (title, SKU, price, stock)
+- **🏷️ Barcode Generation**: Creates scannable UPC-A barcodes for inventory management  
+- **📄 PDF Catalogs**: Professional PDF catalogs with images, details, and barcodes
+- **🕰️ Unix-Friendly**: Timestamped filenames (`YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS`) for easy scripting
+- **🌐 Brave Browser Support**: Configured for dynamic content scraping
+- **🛡️ Anti-Bot Handling**: Multiple fallback strategies (requests → Selenium → individual products)
 
 ## Requirements
 
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 - Network request status
 - File generation progress
 
+## API Discovery Success 🎉
+
+**Pokemon Discovery has successfully discovered Dollar General's internal API endpoint!**
+
+- **Endpoint Found**: `https://dggo.dollargeneral.com/omni/api/v2/category/search/provider`
+- **Method**: POST with JSON payload
+- **Category ID**: `723960` (Pokemon products)
+- **Response Format**: Complete product details including your test product (SKU: `41936301`)
+- **Status**: Documented and integrated, requires authentication token
+
+**Current Status**: Individual product extraction works perfectly. API bulk scraping available once authentication is implemented.
+
 ## Technical Details
 
 ### Scraping Strategy