McMaster-Carr Extension

Description

This is a browser extension that allows for quick access to McMaster-Carr's online catalog with some fun features. This is a fan made project and is not affiliated with McMaster-Carr.

Main Features:
- Random-view a random set of products in the McMaster catalog with the click of a button (This references an array of URLs pulled from one of McMaster's sitemap XML files with over 57,000 unique URLs for browsing their online catalog. While this doesn't get you the resolution that individual part numbers would, it's still a blast to see the vast scope of product offerings from McMaster this way.)
- Search-search for a product or part number directly in the extension
- CAD Download-enter a part number and automatically download the desired filetype, file names can be customized to be more useful than the default names
- Make Label-enter a part number and automatically generate a label for that part that you can print, with label formats for laser/inkjet and thermal printers
- Part Detail Table-copy an automatically formatted table with part detail information from a product page, for use with creating purchase orders and bill of material documents

I have always enjoyed browsing through the vast catalog of industrial supply products that McMaster-Carr offers. I wanted a way to see the full range of product offerings they have and thought that a "random" button of some kind would be fun. As I started developing the extension for that task I decided to start adding more functionality like the search bar and label maker. I am no coding expert so there are likely many improvements that can be made to the code for efficiency and such - feel free to contribute to the project through GitHub! I'm just happy to be having fun with the learning process.