Re: ebay api with delphi 2007

redmond.richard@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello people,

How to use the ebay api with Delphi 2007.
I don't find any information about it.
Advices, tips, links are welcome.

Thanks,
Richard.

Richard:

There are several API's you can use for eBay. You can use their SOAP,
XML, REST, or .Net SDK. You must decide which to use. Their developer
forums are filled with many examples and info; unfortunately, there is
very little info for Delphi developers. After a great deal of research
and effort, I finally decided on the XML API (I did not want to do
..Net).

Working with their API is rather complex and involved. Even though it
is heavily documented, it can be somewhat arcane and difficult to
figure out and understand. Since there is very little support for
Delphi, you will not get much help from their developer forums.

The .Net SDK maybe the easiest since it has support for all of the
things you may want to do with eBay. For example: Uploading item
pictures directly to eBay is supported with the .Net SDK, but not with
the XML API. There are ways around all of this naturally, but you have
to figure it out and understand how to make it work.

Working with some of their attributes for listing an item is no trivial
task. Defining a return policy for example requires you to match
attribute codes and values. I have never found a listing of those
attribute codes and values anywhere so I had to improvise a bit to find
those values and make it work properly.

I tried the SOAP API and as I said, I choose to go with the XML API. I
never did try the .Net API simply because I did not want a .Net
application although I did run some of their .Net demos.

My Delphi 2007 for WIN32 application is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay faster
than any of the .Net demos or even eBay?s own Blackthorne application.
So you are on the right track with Delphi 2007.

Good luck. If you have any more questions, please let me know.

Tom Martin
Delphi Centurion
http://www.delphicenturion.blogspot.com/


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