The underlying process of placing a call to the API is conceptually quite simple. First, your program sends an XML string to eBay with the name of the API call and any additional required fields. Here’s an example XML request for the GetSearchResults function:
<?xml version=’1.0′ encoding=’iso-8859-1′?>
<request>
<RequestUserId>my_user_id</RequestUserId>
<RequestPassword>my_password</RequestPassword>
<ErrorLevel>1</ErrorLevel>
<DetailLevel>0</DetailLevel>
<Verb>GetSearchResults</Verb>
<SiteId>0</SiteId>
<Query>![CDATA[*abbey road*]]</Query>
</request>
eBay then responds with more XML, from which your [...]
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How the eBay API Works
November 11th, 2009 by rakadewa
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November 11th, 2009 by rakadewa
eBay is more than just a web site. It’s a platform upon which you can build your own applications and with which you can extend your business.
The eBay API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of functions you can integrate with your applications to communicate directly with eBay. Use the API to retrieve details about [...]
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