Merchandising API Class

The Merchandising API provides developers with an easy way to surface available items and products on eBay that provide good value or are otherwise popular with eBay buyers. Shopping portals and widgets can use the API and create applications that engage users with contextually relevant products and items.

Usage

from ebaysdk import merchandising
api = merchandising(appid="YOUR_APPID")
api.execute('getMostWatchedItems', {'maxResults': 10})
print api.response_dict()

Usage With YAML

Place a YAML file in your home or /etc/ directory and reference that filename when constructing the object. The default YAML filename is "ebay.yaml". If you use this name it will automatically get picked up.

from ebaysdk import merchandising
api = merchandising(config_file='myfile.yaml')
api.execute('getMostWatchedItems', {'maxResults': 10})
print api.response_dict()

Sandbox Usage

from ebaysdk import merchandising
api = merchandising(domain='svcs.sandbox.ebay.com', appid="YOUR_APPID")
api.execute('getMostWatchedItems', {'maxResults': 10})
print api.response_dict()

Public Methods

merchandising(**kwargs)

Keyword arguments to merchandising() constructor

domain        -- API endpoint (default: svcs.ebay.com)
config_file   -- YAML defaults (default: ebay.yaml)
debug         -- debugging enabled (default: False)
warnings      -- warnings enabled (default: False)
uri           -- API endpoint uri (default: /MerchandisingService)
appid         -- eBay application id
siteid        -- eBay country site id (default: EBAY-US)
compatibility -- version number (default: 1.0.0)
https         -- execute of https (default: False)
proxy_host    -- proxy hostname
proxy_port    -- proxy port number
timeout       -- HTTP request timeout (default: 20)
parallel      -- ebaysdk parallel object
response_encoding -- API encoding (default: XML)
request_encoding  -- API encoding (default: XML)

execute(verb, data)

Execute the HTTP request.

api.execute('getMostWatchedItems', {'maxResults': 20})

error()

Returns a string of the HTTP call errors

if api.error():
    print "has errors: %s" % api.error()

response_dom()

Return a DOM object (xml.dom.minidom) of the HTTP response content.

response_dict()

Return a dictionary of the HTTP response content.

response_content()

Returns the string content from HTTP response call.

response_soup()

Returns a BeautifulSoup object of the response

response_code()

Returns the HTTP response code.

response_status()

Returns the HTTP response status

API Use Cases

• Improved Buying Experience
• Increase Affiliate Commission Revenue
• Optimize Your Selling Strategy

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More Examples

see samples