diff --git a/ebay_api.py b/ebay_api.py
index 16aa3ac..59e17b3 100644
--- a/ebay_api.py
+++ b/ebay_api.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import pdb
 from io import StringIO
 import numpy as np
 import concurrent.futures
@@ -62,43 +63,50 @@ class FindingApi:
             # but may not be necessary anyways if you can eleminate dupes. TODO Still need to fix to work. Results are likely better than new items w/ shitty brands and pics
             "sortOrder":"StartTimeNewest",
             "itemFilter.name":"HideDuplicateItems", # this isn't working or is only working per page
-            "itemFilter.value":'true'
+            "itemfilter.value":'true'
             }
 
-        while len(ids) < target_idspc:
+        while len(ids) < target_idspc: # target_ids(per category)
             try:
+                print(len(ids))
+                print(params['paginationInput.PageNumber'])
+                input('press enter to continue')
                 response = requests.get("https://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1",
-                    params=params, timeout=7)
+                    params=params, timeout=24)
                 response.raise_for_status()
 
             except requests.exceptions.RequestException: # appears this works need to be able to continue where you left off or use better timeout?
-                print('connection error') #TODO DECIDE HOW TO HANDLE EXCEPTION
+                print('connection error')
                 return ids
-            data = response.json()
+            try:
+                data = response.json()
 
-            for item in data['findItemsByCategoryResponse'][0]['searchResult'][0]['item']:
-                if item not in ids:
+                for item in data['findItemsByCategoryResponse'][0]['searchResult'][0]['item']:
+#                if item not in ids:
                     ids.append(item['itemId'][0])
 
-            ids = list(set(ids))
-            i += 1
-            params = {
-                "OPERATION-NAME":self.service,
-                "SECURITY-APPNAME":cfg.sec['SECURITY-APPNAME'],
-                "SERVICE-VERSION":"1.13.0",
-                "RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT":"JSON",
-                "categoryId":category_id,
-                "paginationInput.entriesPerPage":"100",
-                "paginationInput.PageNumber":i,
-                "itemFilter(0).name":"Condition",
-                "itemFilter(0).value":"Used", # recommended is conditionId instead but for some reason that doesn't work either
-                # but may not be necessary anyways if you can eleminate dupes. TODO Still need to fix to work. Results are likely better than new items w/ shitty brands and pics
-                "sortOrder":"StartTimeNewest",
-                "itemFilter.name":"HideDuplicateItems", # this isn't working or is only working per page
-                "itemFilter.value":'true'
-                }
+#                ids = list(set(ids))
+                i += 1
+                params = {
+                    "OPERATION-NAME":self.service,
+                    "SECURITY-APPNAME":cfg.sec['SECURITY-APPNAME'],
+                    "SERVICE-VERSION":"1.13.0",
+                    "RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT":"JSON",
+                    "categoryId":category_id,
+                    "paginationInput.entriesPerPage":"100",
+                    "paginationInput.PageNumber":i,
+                    "itemFilter(0).name":"Condition",
+                    "itemFilter(0).value":"Used", # recommended is conditionId instead but for some reason that doesn't work either
+                    # but may not be necessary anyways if you can eleminate dupes. TODO Still need to fix to work. Results are likely better than new items w/ shitty brands and pics
+                    "sortOrder":"StartTimeNewest",
+                    "itemFilter.name":"HideDuplicateItems", # this isn't working or is only working per page
+                    "itemfilter.value":'true'
+                    }
+            except (AttributeError, KeyError):
+                print('AttributeError or KeyError. Exiting')
+                return ids
 
-        return ids
+        return ids, data
 
 # TODO add some other options to finding call api such as for possibly filtering for used items only. This might give you a better dataset for training. Or maybe a mixture of new and used. Maybe 
 # try and come up with a way to mathematically determine your odds of maximizing the number of pictures in your training set while reducing the number of useless images. Say for example, if you took a