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| NEW FEATURE |
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| Anticipated Launch Date: |
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| June '07 (Live now) |
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| A suite of faster, more responsive APIs that makes searching on eBay significantly faster and allows developers to easily create buying applications. Developers can use this new platform to easily build buying applications using client-side platforms. . |
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| Feature Description: |
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eBay Shopping APIs offer simple, lightweight access to public eBay data. Use eBay Shopping APIs to search for eBay items, products and reviews, user info, and popular items and searches. This initial release supports the following APIs –
Item Search
FindItems – Simple keyword and SellerID based search for items on eBay
Item Data
GetSingleItem – Simplified buyer specific view of item data
GetShippingCosts – Retrieve item shipping details
GetItemStatus – Retrieve changing item information towards the end of an auction.
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| Shopping APIs have been optimized for performance, response size, and usability. It provides support for multiple output formats including : XML, SOAP, Name/Value, JSON ( with callback) with support for HTTP GET and POST protocols. Check out the product page for more details. This listing upgrade allows sellers to showcase their listing with a large Gallery photo right on to the search results page, thereby, drawing more attention to their items and further increase its exposure. |
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| eBay Shopping Web Services v2 |
More APIs coming soon...(August/September)
Search
FindItemsAdvanced – Advanced search for items on eBay via keyword, ProductID, SellerID and several search filters
FindProducts – Search for products on eBay via keyword or ProductID
FindReviewsandGuides – Search for reviews and guides by user, category or ProductID
GetMultipleItems – Retrieve multiple item data in a single request.
eBay Pop!
GetPopularSearches – Retrieve popular and related search keywords by category or keyword
GetPopularItems - Retrieve popular items by category
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Member Search
GetUserProfile – Retrieve eBay user profile and feedback information
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Utilities
GetCategoryInfo - Retrieve category information including child categories and breadcrumbs.
GeteBayItem - Retrieve the current eBay Official Time.
