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diff --git a/b1gfoot b/b1gfoot
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+ _     _        __             _   
+| |__ / | __ _ / _| ___   ___ | |_ 
+| '_ \| |/ _` | |_ / _ \ / _ \| __|
+| |_) | | (_| |  _| (_) | (_) | |_ 
+|_.__/|_|\__, |_|  \___/ \___/ \__|
+         |___/   
+
+electronics CAD symbol+footprint management tools and repository server.
+
+vaporware/proposal, no actual code
+
+### Basic Features
+
+- imports/exports Eagle XML, KiCad, and gEDA formats
+- search/query interface
+- basic component categorization ontology
+- "smart" pattern matching and mapping to standard symbols/footprints
+- complete JEDEC library
+- render to PNG and SVG
+- HTTP JSON and XML API for easy application interfacing
+
+### Extra Features
+
+- wiki-like interface for communal editing of info
+- other (ISO?) sybol/footprint/package ontologies
+- import/export Orcad, Altium, etc
+- render to PDF
+- scrape symbols and pinouts datasheet pdfs (at least some manufacturers?)
+- synchronization between repositories (local/remote)
diff --git a/octopart.go b/octopart.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+    "net/http"
+)
+
+/*
+Routines to make (cached) API calls to Octopart and merge results into BOM
+LineItems.
+*/
+
+var pricingSource *OctopartClient
+
+type OctopartClient struct {
+    ApiKey string
+    RemoteHost string
+    client *http.Client
+}
+
+func NewOctopartClient(apikey string) *OctopartClient {
+    oc := &OctopartClient{ApiKey: apikey,
+                          RemoteHost: "https://www.octopart.com"}
+    oc.client = &http.Client{}
+    return oc
+}
+
+func openPricingSource() {
+    pricingSource = NewOctopartClient("")
+}
+
+func (*oc OctopartClient) apiCall(method string, params map[string]string) (map[string]interface, error) {
+    paramString := "?apikey=" + oc.ApiKey
+    for key := range params {
+        paramString += "&" + key + "=" + params[key]
+    }
+    resp, err := oc.client.Get(oc.RemoteHost + "/api/v2/" + method)
+
+    // resp as json, or interpret as error
+    return 
+}
+
+func (*oc OctopartClient) GetMarketInfo(mpn, manufacturer string) (map[string]interface, error) {
+
+}
+
+func (*oc OctopartClient) GetPricing(method string, params map[string]string) (map[string]interface, error) {
+
+}