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APIs for catalogs
The document discusses the eBay catalog, a comprehensive library of structured product information essential for sellers and buyers. It includes functionalities for product searching, item creation, and metadata management through various APIs. The catalog enhances seller efficiency and improves buyer experience by consolidating product details and facilitating comparison shopping.
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APIs for catalogs
- 2. What is theCatalog? The Catalog is everywhere. It is all around us. Even now, in this very room. You can see it when you look out the window. Or when you turn on your television. You can feel it when you go to work… when you go to church.. When you pay your taxes. It is the... What the..?!! You wish! © http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/21613765/
- 3. Catalog You © http://picasaweb.google.com/aruchi Bala © http://picasaweb.google.com/aruchi © http://picasaweb.google.com/aruchi
- 4. Señor Bala Parthasarathy Sr ProductManager, eBay Catalogs
- 5. library of structuredproduct information that can be readily used by you Millions of products
- 7. The iPhone My iPhone That product + Brand = Apple, Condition = Used + Blueprint for= 1234, UPC an Item a Instance of a Product Lives in Item Photo = Y a Lives in + Carrier = AT&T, List Price = $150 +/ Catalog ≡ “Class” in programming Marketplace ≡ “Object” in programming Stock Photo = X, Payment, Shipping, Avg Price = $200 Storefront Return Policy, Etc…
- 8. Sellers Efficiency! Create professional quality Get access to key product both Increase search exposure, data, on listings, quickly and easily, by automatically such and external search engines! eBay as average selling price, etc! Including product details on your item!
- 9. Buyers Comparison shopping! condition, See best deals by item Get detailed Product Descriptions, seller reputation, etc… See all matching search results Reviews, Trends, Accessories, etc! consolidated ininventory! including local one page!
- 11. I need iPhones… lots of them. © http://picasaweb.google.com/aruchi
- 12. Shopping API >>FindProducts Service Input Output - Keywords - Matching Products - Detail Level - Requested Details - Product Identifiers
- 13. <FindProductsRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"> <QueryKeywords> Harry Potter </QueryKeywords> <MaxEntries>2</MaxEntries> <AvailableItemsOnly>true</AvailableItemsOnly> </FindProductsRequest>
- 14. <FindProductsResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"> <Ack>Success</Ack> ... ... <Product> <Title> Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (DVD, 2009, WS) </Title> <DomainName>DVDs</DomainName> <DetailsURL>http://syicatalogs.ebay.com/ws...1:1:1:1399134402</DetailsURL> <ProductID type="Reference">78413115</ProductID> <ProductID type="UPC"> 085391200390 </ProductID> <ItemSpecifics> <NameValueList> <Name>Format</Name> <Value>DVD</Value> </NameValueList> … </ItemSpecifics> <ReviewCount>201</ReviewCount> <StockPhotoURL> http://i.ebayimg.com/00... </StockPhotoURL> … </Product> ...
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- 20. >> AddItem Just specifya product identifier
- 21. <AddItemRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"> ... <Item> <PrimaryCategory> <CategoryID>111422</CategoryID> </PrimaryCategory> <StartPrice>500.0</StartPrice> <ConditionID>1000</ConditionID> ... <ProductListingDetails> <UPC> 885909298594 </UPC> <IncludeStockPhotoURL>true</IncludeStockPhotoURL> <IncludePrefilledItemInformation>true</IncludePrefilledItemInformation> <UseFirstProduct>true</UseFirstProduct> <UseStockPhotoURLAsGallery>true</UseStockPhotoURLAsGallery> </ProductListingDetails> <ReturnPolicy> ... </ReturnPolicy> <ShippingDetails> ... </ShippingDetails> ... </Item> </AddItemRequest>
- 22. UseFirstProduct = True IncludeStockPhotoURL= False IncludePrefilledItemInformation = False
- 23. EPID GUID Avoid listing in two categories Listing with catalog is mandatory in some categories
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- 25. Community members cannow add products
- 26. 1 Web Tool Create products using a simple web interface 2 File Exchange Create products in bulk using eBay a CSV file format Catalog 3 Your Product Service Application API to create products
- 28. 1 Get the metadata needed for product creation (Product Metadata Service : Get Product Metadata) Request your product to be added to the catalog 2 (Product Service : Add Product)
- 29. Creating Items Vs Creating Products 1 Call Item Metadata APIs 1 Call Product Metadata API (Get Category Features, (Get Product Metadata) Get Item Recommendations) 2 2 Call Add Item API Call Add Product API
- 30. <getProductMetadataBulkResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/mar..."> ... <productMetadata> <propertyMetadata> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <propertyName> Brand </propertyName> <dataType> STRING </dataType> <getProductMetadataBulkRequest <stringTypeSpecificInformation> xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/marketplacecatalog/v1/services"> <managedValue> Garmin </managedValue> <productMetadataRequest> <managedValue> TomTom </managedValue> <categoryId> 156955 </categoryId> ... <maximumCharactersAllowed> 100 </maximumCharactersAllowed> </productMetadataRequest> </stringTypeSpecificInformation> </getProductMetadataBulkRequest> <multiValued> false </multiValued> </propertyMetadata> ... <groupProperties> <groupType> GUID_PROPERTIES </groupType> <groupProperty> <propertyName>EAN</propertyName> </groupProperty> <groupProperty> <propertyName>MPN</propertyName> </groupProperty> </groupProperties> </productMetadata> </getProductMetadataBulkResponse>
- 31. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <addProductsRequestxmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marke..."> <addProductRequest> <addProductsResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marke..."> <categoryId> 156955 </categoryId> <ack>Success</ack> <productPropertyValue> <errorMessage/> <propertyName> Title </propertyName> <version>1.3.1</version> <value><text><value> Garmin Nuvi 1490T <timestamp>2011-05-02T20:14:22.569Z</timestamp> With Traffic </value></text></value> </productPropertyValue> <addProducResponse> <productPropertyValue> <errorMessage/> <propertyName> Brand </propertyName> <invocationId>0123456789</invocationId> <status> <value><text><value> Garmin </value></text></value> <statusCode> Success </statusCode> </productPropertyValue> ... <createdEPID> 123456789 </createdEPID> <media> <productSubmissionId> 5000102408 </productSubmissionId> <mediaType> Image </mediaType> </status> <mediaIdentifier> </addProducResponse> <url> http://www.blaaa.com/whatever/garmin1490t.jpg </url> <clientBatchId>54321</clientBatchId> </addProductsResponse> </mediaIdentifier> </media> </addProductRequest> </addProductsRequest>
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- 33. [A] Use TradingAPI >> GetCategoryFeatures [A] Yes, and yes.
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- 38. Thank You! © http://picasaweb.google.com/aruchi Q&A