diff --git a/finding_api.py b/finding_api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ecfad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/finding_api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import requests
+import json
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as b
+import pandas as p
+
+# keywords = input('keyword search: ')
+
+with open('cat_list.txt') as jf:
+    cat_list = json.load(jf)
+finding_service = ['findItemsAdvanced', 'findCompletedItems', 'findItemsByKeywords', 'findItemsIneBayStores', 'findItemsByCategory', 'findItemsByProduct']
+
+pageNumber = list(range(1, 63))
+
+# departments = ["3034","93427"]
+
+def get_ids():
+    itemid_results_list = []
+    for categoryID in cat_list[0:2]:
+        params = {
+            "OPERATION-NAME":finding_service[4],
+            "SECURITY-APPNAME":"scottbea-xlister-PRD-6796e0ff6-14862949",
+            "SERVICE-VERSION":"1.13.0",
+            "RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT":"JSON",
+            "categoryId":categoryID ,
+            "paginationInput.entriesPerPage":"100",
+            "paginationInput.PageNumber":pageNumber[0]
+            }
+        # extract item id here for piping into shopping_test.py
+
+        response = requests.get("https://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1", params=params)
+        data = response.json()
+        pretty_data = json.dumps(data, indent=2)
+        return data
+# can use pandas.json_normalize(custom dict cobbled from respons.json())
+
+
+# Additional problem you will run into when getting labeled data is shoe types and features not in features, accents, styles, categories or subcategories.
+
+# also limited to 5000 calls per day. This leaves you with 500k listings
+
+# If you want to split up each cat equally with their respective maxes then use 62 pages with 100
+# Entries per page. At this amount you'll have the max number of calls you can make on the 
+# shopping api. 
diff --git a/shopping_api.py b/shopping_api.py
index a5c151e..9e1e48d 100644
--- a/shopping_api.py
+++ b/shopping_api.py
@@ -1,37 +1,45 @@
-import requests
 import json
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as b
+import requests
 import pandas as pd
 
+# OPEN CSV AS VARIALBE RIGHT HERE
 with open('cat_list.txt') as jf:
     cat_list = json.load(jf)
-finding_service = ['findItemsAdvanced', 'findCompletedItems', 'findItemsByKeywords', 'findItemsIneBayStores', 'findItemsByCategory', 'findItemsByProduct']
 
-class Finding_api:
+class FindingApi:
+    finding_service = [
+        'findItemsAdvanced', 'findCompletedItems',
+        'findItemsByKeywords', 'findItemsIneBayStores', 'findItemsByCategory',
+        'findItemsByProduct'
+        ]
     pageNumber = list(range(1, 63))
 
     # departments = ["3034","93427"]
 
     def get_ids(self):
         itemid_results_list = []
-        for categoryID in cat_list[0:2]:
-            params = {
-                "OPERATION-NAME":finding_service[4],
-                "SECURITY-APPNAME":"scottbea-xlister-PRD-6796e0ff6-14862949",
-                "SERVICE-VERSION":"1.13.0",
-                "RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT":"JSON",
-                "categoryId":categoryID ,
-                "paginationInput.entriesPerPage":"100",
-                "paginationInput.PageNumber":pageNumber[0]
-                }
-            # extract item id here for piping into shopping_test.py
+        for category_id in cat_list:
+            for i in FindingApi.pageNumber:
+                params = {
+                    "OPERATION-NAME":FindingApi.finding_service[4],
+                    "SECURITY-APPNAME":"scottbea-xlister-PRD-6796e0ff6-14862949",
+                    "SERVICE-VERSION":"1.13.0",
+                    "RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT":"JSON",
+                    "categoryId":category_id,
+                    "paginationInput.entriesPerPage":"100",
+                    "paginationInput.PageNumber":FindingApi.pageNumber[i]
+                    }
+                # extract item id here for piping into shopping_test.py
 
-            response = requests.get("https://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1", params=params)
-            data = response.json()
-            pretty_data = json.dumps(data, indent=2)
-            return data
+                response = requests.get("https://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1", params=params)
+                data = response.json()
+                pretty_data = json.dumps(data, indent=2)
+                itemid_results_list.append(
+        item_id_results = map(str, itemid_results_list))
+        item_id_results = ','.join(item_id_results) # you will have to split this into 20 item lists strings to feed into ItemID param. Consider making a list of str lists.
+        return item_id_results
 
-class Shopping_api:
+class ShoppingApi:
 
     def get_item(self):
 
@@ -46,7 +54,6 @@ class Shopping_api:
 
         response = requests.get("https://open.api.ebay.com/shopping?", params=params)
         data = response.json()
-        pretty_data = json.dumps(data, indent=2)
 
         names = []
         values = []