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phpebay-api
user3454730
user3454730

Reputation: 281

Unable to create buy it now listing instead of auction using eBay API

I am using the following code from eBay API to create new listings in eBay.

The code, however, only creates auction type listings. I tried not setting start price and only added buy now price, but the result was still an auction listing.

How can I create buy it now items/listings instead?

Here is my PHP code for calling the API's AddItem endpoint:

<?php
/********************************************
addItem.php

Uses eBay Trading API to list an item under
a seller's account.

********************************************/

// include our Trading API constants
require_once 'tradingConstants.php';

// check if posted
if (!empty($_POST)) {

// grab our posted keywords and call helper function
// TODO: check if need urlencode
$title = $_POST['title'];
$categoryID = $_POST['categoryID'];
$startPrice = $_POST['startPrice'];
$pictureURL = $_POST['pictureURL'];
$description = $_POST['description'];

// call the getAddItem function to make AddItem call
  $response = getAddItem($title, $categoryID, $startPrice, $pictureURL, $description);

}

// Function to call the Trading API AddItem
function getAddItem($addTitle, $addCatID, $addSPrice, $addPicture, $addDesc) {

/* Sample XML Request Block for minimum AddItem request
see ... for sample XML block given length*/

// Create unique id for adding item to prevent duplicate adds
$uuid = md5(uniqid());

// create the XML request
$xmlRequest = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>";
$xmlRequest .= "<AddItemRequest xmlns=\"urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents\">";
$xmlRequest .= "<ErrorLanguage>en_US</ErrorLanguage>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<WarningLevel>High</WarningLevel>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Item>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Title>" . $addTitle . "</Title>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Description>" . $addDesc . "</Description>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<PrimaryCategory>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<CategoryID>" . $addCatID . "</CategoryID>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</PrimaryCategory>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<StartPrice>" . $addSPrice . "</StartPrice>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ConditionID>1000</ConditionID>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<CategoryMappingAllowed>true</CategoryMappingAllowed>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<BuyItNowPrice currencyID=\"USD\">" . $addSPrice . "</BuyItNowPrice>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Country>US</Country>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Currency>USD</Currency>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<DispatchTimeMax>3</DispatchTimeMax>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ListingDuration>Days_7</ListingDuration>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ListingType>FixedPriceItem</ListingType>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<PaymentMethods>PayPal</PaymentMethods>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<PayPalEmailAddress>@gmail.com</PayPalEmailAddress>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<PictureDetails>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<PictureURL>" . $addPicture . "</PictureURL>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</PictureDetails>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<PostalCode>05485</PostalCode>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Quantity>1</Quantity>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ReturnPolicy>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ReturnsAcceptedOption>ReturnsAccepted</ReturnsAcceptedOption>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<RefundOption>MoneyBack</RefundOption>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ReturnsWithinOption>Days_30</ReturnsWithinOption>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Description>" . $addDesc . "</Description>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ShippingCostPaidByOption>Buyer</ShippingCostPaidByOption>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</ReturnPolicy>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ShippingDetails>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ShippingType>Flat</ShippingType>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ShippingServiceOptions>";
$xmlRequest .= "<ShippingServicePriority>1</ShippingServicePriority>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ShippingService>USPSMedia</ShippingService>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<ShippingServiceCost>2.50</ShippingServiceCost>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</ShippingServiceOptions>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</ShippingDetails>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<Site>US</Site>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<UUID>" . $uuid . "</UUID>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</Item>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<RequesterCredentials>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<eBayAuthToken>" . AUTH_TOKEN . "</eBayAuthToken>";
  $xmlRequest .= "</RequesterCredentials>";
  $xmlRequest .= "<WarningLevel>High</WarningLevel>";
$xmlRequest .= "</AddItemRequest>";

// define our header array for the Trading API call
// notice different headers from shopping API and SITE_ID changes to SITEID
$headers = array(
'X-EBAY-API-SITEID:'.SITEID,
'X-EBAY-API-CALL-NAME:AddItem',
'X-EBAY-API-REQUEST-ENCODING:'.RESPONSE_ENCODING,
'X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL:' . API_COMPATIBILITY_LEVEL,
'X-EBAY-API-DEV-NAME:' . API_DEV_NAME,
'X-EBAY-API-APP-NAME:' . API_APP_NAME,
'X-EBAY-API-CERT-NAME:' . API_CERT_NAME,
'Content-Type: text/xml;charset=utf-8'
);

// initialize our curl session
$session = curl_init(API_URL);

// set our curl options with the XML request
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $xmlRequest);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// execute the curl request
$responseXML = curl_exec($session);

// close the curl session
curl_close($session);

// return the response XML
return $responseXML;
}
?>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 963

Answers (1)

Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 121

its because you are using the wrong API call, if you want to create buy it now (only) items you should use the "AddFixedPriceItem" Call

you can play around with this call here: https://ebay-sdk.intradesys.com/s/b53b3a3d6ab90ce0268229151c9bde11 it should use nearly the same inputs that you already have.

if you want to create a auction item with buy it now option you can keep calling addItem but you will need to add the "BuyItNowPrice" Object within the ItemObject

Upvotes: 1

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