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Net-eBay-0.12
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NAME

Net::eBay - Perl Interface to XML based eBay API.

VERSION

Version 0.12

SYNOPSIS

Quick summary of what the module does.

Getting Official Time

use Net::eBay;
my $eBay   = new Net::eBay; # look up ebay.ini in $ENV{EBAY_INI_FILE}, "./ebay.ini", "~/.ebay.ini"
my $result = $eBay->submitRequest( "GeteBayOfficialTime", {} );
print "eBay Official Time = $result->{EBayTime}.\n";

Automated bidding

eBay does not allow bidding via eBay API.

Listing Item for sale

use Net::eBay;
use Data::Dumper;

# another way of creating Net::eBay object.
my $ebay = new Net::eBay( {
                             SiteLevel => 'prod',
                             DeveloperKey => '...',
                             ApplicationKey => '...',
                             CertificateKey => '...',
                             Token => '...',
                            } ); 

my $result = $ebay->submitRequest( "AddItem",
                     {
                      DetailLevel => "0",
                      ErrorLevel => "1",
                      SiteId = > "0",
                      Verb => "  AddItem",
                      Category => "14111",
                      CheckoutDetailsSpecified => "0",
                      Country => "us",
                      Currency => "1",
                      Description => "For sale is like new <A HREF=http://www.example.com/jhds/>thingamabob</A>.Shipping is responsibility of the buyer.",
                      Duration => "7",
                      Location => "Anytown, USA, 43215",
                      Gallery => 1,
                      GalleryURL => 'http://igor.chudov.com/images/mark_mattson.jpg',
                      MinimumBid => "0.99",
                      BuyItNowPrice => 19.99,
                      PayPalAccepted => "1",
                      PayPalEmailAddress => "ichudov\@example.com",
                      Quantity => "1",
                      Region => "60",
                      Title => "Igor's Item with Gallery xaxa",
                     }
                   );

 print "Result: " . Dumper( $result ) . "\n";

Result of submitRequest is a perl hash obtained from the response XML using XML::Simple, something like this:

Result: $VAR1 = {
         'Item' => {
                   'Id' => '4503546598',
                   'Fees' => {
                             'FeaturedGalleryFee' => '0.00',
                             'InternationalInsertionFee' => '0.00',
                             'CurrencyId' => '1',
                             'GalleryFee' => '0.25',
                             'AuctionLengthFee' => '0.00',
                             'ProPackBundleFee' => '0.00',
                             'BorderFee' => '0.00',
                             'FeaturedFee' => '0.00',
                             'SchedulingFee' => '0.00',
                             'HighLightFee' => '0.00',
                             'FixedPriceDurationFee' => '0.00',
                             'PhotoDisplayFee' => '0.00',
                             'ListingFee' => '0.55',
                             'BuyItNowFee' => '0.00',
                             'PhotoFee' => '0.00',
                             'GiftIconFee' => '0.00',
                             'SubtitleFee' => '0.00',
                             'InsertionFee' => '0.30',
                             'ListingDesignerFee' => '0.00',
                             'BoldFee' => '0.00',
                             'ReserveFee' => '0.00',
                             'CategoryFeaturedFee' => '0.00'
                           },
                   'StartTime' => '2005-08-30 04:50:47',
                   'EndTime' => '2005-09-06 04:50:47'
                 },
         'EBayTime' => '2005-08-30 04:50:47'
       };

If an error in parsing XML occurs, result will be simply the string that is the text representation of the answer.

EXPORT

new -- creates eBay API. Requires supplying of credentials: DeveloperKey, ApplicationKey, CertificateKey, Token. Net::eBay will not be created until these keys and the token are supplied.

Get them by registering at http://developer.ebay.com and self certifying. Celf certifying is a trivial process of solemnly swearing that you are ready to use their API.

The SiteLevel parameter is also mandatory and can be either 'prod' or 'dev'. prod means to use their production site (being charged real money for listings, etc), and dev means to use eBay sandbox http://sandbox.ebay.com/.

Parameters can be supplied in two ways:

1) As a hash table

2) As a filename (only argument). If filename and hash are missing, Net::eBay makes an effort to fine a ebay.ini file by looking for: $ENV{EBAY_INI_FILE}, ./ebay.ini, ~/.ebay.ini . That's the default constructor.

See SAMPLE.ebay.ini in this distribution.

ebay.ini FILE

ebay.ini is a file that lists ebay access keys and whether this is for accessing eBay production site or its developers' sandbox. Example of the file (see SAMPLE.ebay.ini):

# dev or prod
SiteLevel=prod

# your developer key
DeveloperKey=KLJHAKLJHLKJHLKJH

# your application key
ApplicationKey=LJKGHKLJGKJHG

# your certificate key
CertificateKey=SUYTYWTKWTYIUYTWIUTY

# your token (a very BIG string)
Token=JKHGHJGJHGKJHGKJHGkluhsdihdsriuhfwe87yr8wehIEWH9O78YWERF90HF9UHJESIPHJFV94Y4089734Y
This module was seen times.

FUNCTIONS

new

submitRequest

officialTime

AUTHOR

Igor Chudov, <ichudov@algebra.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-net-ebay@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-eBay. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Igor Chudov, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.