I am new to api's and ebays api. What i am trying to do is select items from a spacific store on ebay (http://stores.ebay.com/Nu-Tek-Sales : or userID : machinre_nuteksalesparts)
Currently it grabs 3 random items of off ebay. I think that I am using the wrong variable for the userID b/c if i set it to anything, I get the same results. Any help in the right direction would be nice. Thank you
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<?php
// Turn on all errors, warnings and notices for easier PHP debugging
error_reporting(E_ALL);
// Define global variables and settings
$m_endpoint = 'http://svcs.ebay.com/MerchandisingService?'; // Merchandising URL to call
$appid = 'My-account-ID'; // You will need to supply your own AppID
$responseEncoding = 'XML'; // Type of response we want back
// Create a function for the getMostWatchedItems call
function getMostWatchedItemsResults ($selectedItemID = '', $cellColor = '') {
global $m_endpoint;
global $appid;
global $responseEncoding;
// Construct getMostWatchedItems call with maxResults and categoryId as input
$apicalla = "$m_endpoint";
$apicalla .= "OPERATION-NAME=getMostWatchedItems";
$apicalla .= "&SERVICE-VERSION=1.0.0";
$apicalla .= "&CONSUMER-ID=$appid";
$apicalla .= "&RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT=$responseEncoding";
$apicalla .= "&maxResults=3";
$apicalla .= "&userID=machinre_nuteksalesparts";
// Load the call and capture the document returned by eBay API
$resp = simplexml_load_file($apicalla);
// Check to see if the response was loaded, else print an error
if ($resp) {
// Set return value for the function to null
$retna = '';
// Verify whether call was successful
if ($resp->ack == "Success") {
// If there were no errors, build the return response for the function
$retna .= "<h1>Top 3 Most Watched Items in the ";
$retna .= $resp->itemRecommendations->item->primaryCategoryName;
$retna .= " Category</h1> \n";
// Build a table for the 3 most watched items
$retna .= "<!-- start table in getMostWatchedItemsResults --> \n";
$retna .= "<table width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"5\" border=\"0\"><tr> \n";
// For each item node, build a table cell and append it to $retna
foreach($resp->itemRecommendations->item as $item) {
// Determine which price to display
if ($item->currentPrice) {
$price = $item->currentPrice;
} else {
$price = $item->buyItNowPrice;
}
// For each item, create a cell with imageURL, viewItemURL, watchCount, currentPrice
$retna .= "<td valign=\"bottom\"> \n";
$retna .= "<img src=\"$item->imageURL\"> \n";
$retna .= "<p><a href=\"" . $item->viewItemURL . "\">" . $item->title . "</a></p>\n";
$retna .= 'Watch count: <b>' . $item->watchCount . "</b><br> \n";
$retna .= 'Current price: <b>$' . $price . "</b><br><br> \n";
$retna .= "</td> \n";
}
$retna .= "</tr></table> \n<!-- finish table in getMostWatchedItemsResults --> \n";
} else {
// If there were errors, print an error
$retna = "The response contains errors<br>";
$retna .= "Call used was: $apicalla";
} // if errors
} else {
// If there was no response, print an error
$retna = "Dang! Must not have got the getMostWatchedItems response!<br>";
$retna .= "Call used was: $apicalla";
} // End if response exists
// Return the function's value
return $retna;
} // End of getMostWatchedItemsResults function
// Display the response data
print getMostWatchedItemsResults('', '');
?>
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userID is not a valid input for the getMostWatchedItems call.
Instead, you will need to use FindItemsAdvanced and use an item filter for seller ID. See
http://developer.ebay.com/Devzone/finding/CallRef/findItemsAdvanced.html
and
http://developer.ebay.com/Devzone/finding/CallRef/types/ItemFilterType.html