Before asking the question, I'm an admitted novice with the SDK and all of it is a struggle for me right now, in addition, I think I may not fully understand the policies/limits of Ebay yet. I'm not sure what is "allowed" or "proper" so I don't get blocked for improper use (like too many calls or something like that).
The question: Can you call for a request inside a loop of another request, similar to MySQL/PHP when you first request the ID's and them loop over them to return the details?
Example: I would want to look up targeted ebay-motors sellers, return a set number or keyword search group of listings from those sellers. (I believe the SDK handles this as one request - ItemFilter SellerID / Keywords)
Then, for each listing I'd want the listed compatible vehicles for each listing (this being the "2nd" loop/request per listing).
This is my "logic" (or lack there of) to get the result I want. If I can't use loops but I can "join" listing to compatibles like a spreadsheet might look, that would work too.
//Two responses?..one from each request
$response = $service->findItemsAdvanced($request);
// how to get compatibles from item id in request/response 1 ?//
$response2 = $service-> /* ??? */ ($request2);
// Iterate over the items returned in the response.
foreach ($response->searchResult->item as $item) {
//an easy var name for reference
var mylistId = $item->itemId,
// lets the see the ID's //
printf(
"(%s) %s\n",
$item->itemId,
$item->title
);
//maybe the request and response is in the loop???
// $requestTWO = get compatibles linked to mylistId
// $responseTWO = return compatibles
foreach ($responseTWO->searchResult->item as $compats) {
// print new responses
printf(
"(%s) %s\n",
$compats->make,
$compats->model,
$compats->year
);
}
This seems like overkill to have a new request for more details.
The Finding service does not return the compatibility information that you need. For each item that is returned you will have to make a separate call to GetSingleItem in Shopping service.
<?php
require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
use \DTS\eBaySDK\Sdk;
use \DTS\eBaySDK\Constants;
use \DTS\eBaySDK\Finding;
use \DTS\eBaySDK\Shopping;
$sdk = new Sdk([
'credentials' => [
'devId' => 'DEV ID',
'appId' => 'APP ID',
'certId' => 'CERT ID',
],
'globalId' => Constants\GlobalIds::MOTORS
]);
/**
* Create the service objects.
*/
$finding = $sdk->createFinding([
'apiVersion' => '1.13.0'
]);
$shopping = $sdk->createShopping([
'apiVersion' => '981'
]);
/**
* Create the finding request.
*/
$findingRequest = new Finding\Types\FindItemsAdvancedRequest();
/**
* Ask for items from these sellers. You specify up to 100 sellers.
*/
$itemFilter = new Finding\Types\ItemFilter();
$itemFilter->name = 'Seller';
$itemFilter->value = [
'brakemotive76',
'primechoiceautoparts'
];
$findingRequest->itemFilter[] = $itemFilter;
/**
* You can optionally narrow the search down further by only requesting
* listings that match keywords or categories.
*/
//$request->keywords = 'Brake Pads';
//$request->categoryId = ['33560', '33561'];
/**
* eBay can return more than one page of results.
* So just start at page 1 to begin with.
*/
$findingRequest->paginationInput = new Finding\Types\PaginationInput();
$pageNum = 1;
do {
$findingRequest->paginationInput->pageNumber = $pageNum;
$findingResponse = $finding->findItemsAdvanced($findingRequest);
// Handle any errors returned from the API.
if (isset($findingResponse->errorMessage)) {
foreach ($findingResponse->errorMessage->error as $error) {
printf(
"%s: %s\n\n",
$error->severity=== Finding\Enums\ErrorSeverity::C_ERROR ? 'Error' : 'Warning',
$error->message
);
}
}
if ($findingResponse->ack !== 'Failure') {
/**
* For each item make a second request to the Shopping service to get the compatibility information.
*/
foreach ($findingResponse->searchResult->item as $item) {
$shoppingRequest = new Shopping\Types\GetSingleItemRequestType();
$shoppingRequest->ItemID = $item->itemId;
/**
* We have to tell the Shopping service to return the comaptibility and item specifics information as
* it will not by default.
*/
$shoppingRequest->IncludeSelector = 'ItemSpecifics, Compatibility';
$shoppingResponse = $shopping->getSingleItem($shoppingRequest);
if (isset($shoppingResponse->Errors)) {
foreach ($shoppingResponse->Errors as $error) {
printf(
"%s: %s\n%s\n\n",
$error->SeverityCode === Shopping\Enums\SeverityCodeType::C_ERROR ? 'Error' : 'Warning',
$error->ShortMessage,
$error->LongMessage
);
}
}
if ($shoppingResponse->Ack !== 'Failure') {
$item = $shoppingResponse->Item;
print("\n$item->Title\n");
if (isset($item->ItemSpecifics)) {
print("\nThis item has the following item specifics:\n\n");
foreach ($item->ItemSpecifics->NameValueList as $nameValues) {
printf(
"%s: %s\n",
$nameValues->Name,
implode(', ', iterator_to_array($nameValues->Value))
);
}
}
if (isset($item->ItemCompatibilityCount)) {
printf("\nThis item is compatible with %s vehicles:\n\n", $item->ItemCompatibilityCount);
foreach ($item->ItemCompatibilityList->Compatibility as $compatibility) {
foreach ($compatibility->NameValueList as $nameValues) {
if ($nameValues->Name != '') {
printf(
"%s: %s\n",
$nameValues->Name,
implode(', ', iterator_to_array($nameValues->Value))
);
}
}
printf("Notes: %s \n", $compatibility->CompatibilityNotes);
}
}
}
}
}
$pageNum += 1;
} while ($pageNum <= $findingResponse->paginationOutput->totalPages);