AuctionFeed

FindItems

Posted on July 13th, 2007 in Applications

FindItems provides a simple keyword and/or SellerID based search for items on eBay. A simple form based application can be viewed in the AuctionFeed PHP Toolkit demo: http://toolkit.auctionfeed.co.uk/index.php/finditems.

Key points to note:

• returns items that contain keywords (query) in the title or by seller ID or both
• maximum of 50 items returned
• items can be sorted by Best Match or end time
• specify seller IDs (optional)
• specify buyer’s postal code (optional)
• exclude seller IDs (optional)

URL Based Queries

Results can also be generated via URL using simple, urlencoded search phrases:

index.php/finditems/index/[Query]

For example to find items using the keyword phrase: ‘auction software’ use:

index.php/finditems/index/auction%20software

Manual links are especially useful for affiliate marketing efforts. Optional fields (see above) can be set in the configuration file.