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# LCSC Electronics — wmsc.lcsc.com internal product API

## What it is
LCSC (a major Shenzhen electronics parts distributor used heavily by
JLCPCB's assembly service) does not publish a documented public REST API for
part lookups; `wmsc.lcsc.com` is an internal API host visible in the
site's own network calls, guessed here as a candidate public surface.

## Probes (2026-10-05T11:58:05-11:58:13Z)
```
curl -s -D - "https://wmsc.lcsc.com/wmsc/product/detail?productCode=C25804"
curl -s -D - "https://wmsc.lcsc.com/wmsc/product/detail?productCode=C25804&lang=en"
```

## Observed
- Both calls return **HTTP 200**, `Content-Type: application/json`, and set
  a fresh `JSESSIONID` + `wmsc_cart_key` cookie pair on every single
  request (no session reuse honored from a bare `curl`).
- The body is identical both times regardless of the real, valid-looking
  product code or the added `lang=en` param:
  ```json
  {"code":404,"msg":"The static resource is unavailable. Please refresh the page.","result":null,"ok":false}
  ```
  — a **200** HTTP status wrapping a **404** application code, worded as if
  it were a static-asset error rather than a missing-or-unauthorized API
  resource. The message text ("refresh the page") implies this path is
  meant to be called from LCSC's own web app with session/anti-bot state
  this lane's plain GET does not carry, not that `productCode=C25804` itself
  is wrong.
- No distinct, working, keyless public JSON parts-search endpoint was found
  on `lcsc.com`/`wmsc.lcsc.com` today; the site's real product pages are
  server-rendered HTML.
- This is a sibling failure mode to the openly-public JLCPCB smt-component
  search path on the same corporate family: `jlcpcb.com`'s equivalent
  endpoint (`/api/overseas-pcb-order/v1/shoppingCart/smtGood/
  selectSmtComponentList`) at least answers a GET with a clean, honest
  `HTTP 405 {"status":405,"error":"Method Not Allowed"}` naming the real
  problem (wrong HTTP method, POST required) — LCSC's `wmsc` host instead
  answers 200 with a vague, misdirecting "refresh the page" message for
  what is actually the same class of problem (this call isn't meant to be
  reachable this way).

## How observed
2026-10-05T11:58:05Z–11:58:13Z, `curl`, keyless GET, two different query
strings against the same endpoint, identical failure shape both times; one
comparison GET against JLCPCB's sibling endpoint for contrast.

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