NAME
eBay::API::SimpleBase - Flexible SDK supporting all eBay web services
DESCRIPTION
This is the base class for the eBay::API::Simple::* libraries that provide support for all of eBay's web services. This base class does nothing by itself and must be subclassed to provide the complete web service support.
- eBay::API::Simple::Merchandising
- eBay::API::Simple::Finding
- eBay::API::Simple::Shopping
- eBay::API::Simple::Trading
- eBay::API::Simple::HTML
- eBay::API::Simple::RSS
GET THE SOURCE
http://code.google.com/p/ebay-api-simple
PUBLIC METHODS
eBay::API::Simple::{subclass}->new()
see subclass for more docs.
- eBay::API::Simple::Merchandising
- eBay::API::Simple::Finding
- eBay::API::Simple::Shopping
- eBay::API::Simple::Trading
- eBay::API::Simple::HTML
- eBay::API::Simple::RSS
execute( $verb, $call_data )
This method should be supplied by the subclass. This one is only here to provide an example. See actual subclass for docs.
Calling this method will make build and execute the api request.
- $verb (required)
-
call verb, i.e. FindItems
- $call_data (required)
-
hashref of call_data that will be turned into xml.
request_agent
Accessor for the LWP::UserAgent request agent
request_object
Accessor for the HTTP::Request request object
request_content
Accessor for the complete request body from the HTTP::Request object
response_content
Accessor for the HTTP response body content
response_object
Accessor for the HTTP::Request response object
response_dom
Accessor for the LibXML response DOM
response_hash
Accessor for the hashified response content
response_json
Not implemented yet.
nodeContent( $tag, [ $dom ] )
Helper for LibXML that retrieves node content
- $tag (required)
-
This is the name of the xml element
- $dom (optional)
-
optionally a DOM object can be passed in. If no DOM object is passed then the main response DOM object is used.
errors
Accessor to the hashref of errors
has_error
Returns true if the call contains errors
errors_as_string
Returns a string of API errors if there are any.
INTERNAL METHODS
api_config
Accessor to a hashref of api config data that will be used to execute the api call.
siteid,domain,uri,etc.api_config_append( $hashref )
This method is used to merge config into the config_api hash
errors_append
This method lets you append errors to the errors stack
PRIVATE METHODS
_execute_http_request
This method performs the http request and should be used by each subclass.
_reset
Upon execute() we need to undef any data from a previous call. This method will clear all call data and is usually done before each execute
_get_request_body
The request body should be provided by the subclass
_get_request_headers
The request headers should be provided by the subclass
_get_request_agent
The request request agent should be used by all subclasses
_get_request_object
The request object should be provided by the subclass
AUTHOR
Tim Keefer <tim@timkeefer.com>
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