My api/xml is working fine with returning auctions ending from present until 10 days but is not working for listings ending after 10 days:
Here is how I am downloading results:
public string DownLoad(string url)
{
// used to build entire input
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
// used on each read operation
byte[] buf = new byte[32768];
try
{
// prepare the web page we will be asking for
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)
WebRequest.Create(url);
// execute the request
HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)
request.GetResponse();
// we will read data via the response stream
Stream resStream = response.GetResponseStream();
string tempString = null;
int count = 0;
do
{
// fill the buffer with data
count = resStream.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length);
// make sure we read some data
if (count != 0)
{
// translate from bytes to ASCII text
tempString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buf, 0, count);
// continue building the string
sb.Append(tempString);
}
}
while (count > 0); // any more data to read?
}
catch (Exception)
{
timer1.Enabled = false;
progressBar1.Visible = false;
msg.ForeColor = Color.Red;
msg.Text = "Please try after some time !!!";
msg.Visible = true;
}
// print out page source
// MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString());
return sb.ToString();
}
I am not really sure what is your problem, I tried the same API with the time difference less than 10 days and more than 10 days.
Less than 10 days
http://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1?OPERATION-NAME=findItemsByCategory
&SERVICE-VERSION=1.11.0
&SECURITY-APPNAME=ENTER-APP-ID-HERE
&RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT=XML
&categoryId=307
&paginationInput.entriesPerPage=100
&paginationInput.pageNumber=1
&outputSelector=CategoryHistogram&sortOrder=EndTime&itemFilter%280%29.name=MinPrice&itemFilter%280%29.value=0.01&itemFilter%281%29.name=MaxPrice&itemFilter%281%29.value=10000
&itemFilter%282%29.name=ListingType&itemFilter%282%29.value=AuctionWithBIN&itemFilter%283%29.name=LocatedIn&itemFilter%283%29.value=US
&itemFilter%284%29.name=EndTimeFrom&itemFilter%284%29.value=2011-08-06T07:52:48.000Z
&itemFilter%285%29.name=EndTimeTo&itemFilter%285%29.value=2011-08-10T07:52:48.000Z
More than 10 days
http://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1?OPERATION-NAME=findItemsByCategory
&SERVICE-VERSION=1.11.0
&SECURITY-APPNAME=ENTER-APP-ID-HERE
&RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT=XML
&categoryId=307
&paginationInput.entriesPerPage=100
&paginationInput.pageNumber=1
&outputSelector=CategoryHistogram&sortOrder=EndTime&itemFilter%280%29.name=MinPrice&itemFilter%280%29.value=0.01&itemFilter%281%29.name=MaxPrice&itemFilter%281%29.value=10000
&itemFilter%282%29.name=ListingType&itemFilter%282%29.value=AuctionWithBIN&itemFilter%283%29.name=LocatedIn&itemFilter%283%29.value=US
&itemFilter%284%29.name=EndTimeFrom&itemFilter%284%29.value=2011-08-06T07:52:48.000Z
&itemFilter%285%29.name=EndTimeTo&itemFilter%285%29.value=2011-08-30T07:52:48.000Z
Try it out, it should work.
PS: For me. both of your statements don't work, I get this:
<findItemsByCategoryResponse><ack>Failure</ack><errorMessage><error><errorId>12</errorId><domain>Marketplace</domain><severity>Error</severity><category>Request</category><message>Invalid date/time value.</message><subdomain>Search</subdomain><parameter>END_TIME_FROM</parameter></error><error><errorId>12</errorId><domain>Marketplace</domain><severity>Error</severity><category>Request</category><message>Invalid date/time value.</message><subdomain>Search</subdomain><parameter>END_TIME_TO</parameter></error></errorMessage><version>1.11.0</version><timestamp>2011-08-06T00:28:25.501Z</timestamp></findItemsByCategoryResponse>
Update:
eBay does not allow any auctions to last more than 10 days. So, if you try to find an auction from: 8/24 to 8/30, where current date us: 8/08, you will not find anything. Because if an auction is listed today, at max, a seller can put it up for sale is till 08/18.
Replace AuctionWithBIN with StoreInventory to get results from stores which has listings more than 10 days.