| Feature Type: |
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| New Feature |
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| Anticipated Launch Date: |
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| May 2005 |
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| Developer Impact: |
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| Developers can now use the GetCategoryMapping API call to determine which new categories have replaced old categories. |
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| Feature Description: |
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| This new API call is useful when you want to update a listing's primary and secondary category on the client side before you submit the listing. (Alternatively, you can allow eBay to update the categories for you by using the existing CategoryMappingAllowed flag on AddItem.) |
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| This is how it works: If you have defined an item locally and its category ID does not appear in the current category meta-data at the time you submit the listing, call GetCategoryMappings. Look up the item's category ID (the oldID) in the results to find the mapping to the active category (the id). Update the item with the active category ID. (Make sure the item's other properties are consistent with the active category ID.) |
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| Feature Benefits: |
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| It provides an easy way for developers to determine the old to new categoy mapping and update these details on the client side prior to submitting the listings. |
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| More information is available in the Release Notes version 407 . Note: This new call is supported in the SOAP API and the new schema XML API. It is not available in the legacy schema XML API. |
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