The following tutorials have been written specifically for the Trading API:
| Tutorial | Description | Complete Source Code |
|---|---|---|
| Perl: XML API: Making your first call (GeteBayOfficialTime) | This tutorial illustrates the basics of executing a call in the eBay Trading Web Services (Trading API) via Perl—specifically, the GeteBayOfficialTime call. | N/A |
| C#: SOAP API: Making your first call (GeteBayOfficialTime) | This tutorial walks you through the basics of executing a call—specifically, the GeteBayOfficialTime call—for the eBay SOAP API. The GeteBayOfficialTime call is the simplest call in the API. It can be used to synchronize the time in your system with eBay official time or as a simple way to verify whether you are communicating with the eBay API servers. | N/A |
| Java: SOAP API: Making your first call (GeteBayOfficialTime) | This best practice shows you how code your Java application to authenticate to the SOAP API, using the ApiContext, ApiAccount, and ApiCredential classes in the eBay SDK for Java to set up communication. You then make the call through ApiCall, using the execute or executeByApiName methods. Both methods take a SOAP API request and return a SOAP API response. | CallJsdk.zip |
| C#: SOAP API: Making your first call (GetUser) | (Code only) AuthSample shows how to authenticate directly to the SOAP API from a C#.NET application. It calls GetUser. | AuthSample.zip |
| Getting Started with a PHP Bidding/Buying Application | The objective of this tutorial is to write a PHP sample that enables bidding and buying on eBay. | PHP_PlaceOfferGS_TradingShopping.zip |
To see tutorials for other eBay products, visit the Tutorials page on the eBay Developers Program site.
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