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.NET sample in C# for UploadSiteHostedPictures
Detailed Description
This C# example demonstrates how make a call to UploadSiteHostedPictures to upload a picture to eBay Picture Servers.
Note - This example is for sandbox, the use of a picutre URL, for Site 0 (US), using a button click for windows forms
/* string token = "your token here"; string SandboxURL = "https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/ws/api.dll"; string PictureURL = "your Picture URL here"; string DevID = "your DevID here"; string AppID = "your AppID here"; string CertID = "your CertID here"; string payload = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?> " + "<UploadSiteHostedPicturesRequest xmlns=\"urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents\">" + "<ExternalPictureURL>" + PictureURL + "</ExternalPictureURL>" + "<RequesterCredentials><eBayAuthToken>" + token + "</eBayAuthToken></RequesterCredentials>" + "</UploadSiteHostedPicturesRequest>"; HttpWebRequest req = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(SandboxURL); HttpWebResponse resp = null; //Add the request headers req.Headers.Add("X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL", "803"); req.Headers.Add("X-EBAY-API-SITEID", "0"); req.Headers.Add("X-EBAY-API-CALL-NAME", "UploadSiteHostedPictures"); req.Headers.Add("X-EBAY-API-DEV-NAME", DevID); req.Headers.Add("X-EBAY-API-APP-NAME", AppID); req.Headers.Add("X-EBAY-API-CERT-NAME", CertID); //set the method to POST req.Method = "POST"; //Convert the string to a byte array byte[] postDataBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(payload); int len = postDataBytes.Length; req.ContentLength = len; //Post the request to eBay System.IO.Stream requestStream = req.GetRequestStream(); requestStream.Write(postDataBytes, 0, len); requestStream.Close(); try { // get response and write to console resp = (HttpWebResponse)req.GetResponse(); StreamReader responseReader = new StreamReader(resp.GetResponseStream(), Encoding.UTF8); string output = responseReader.ReadToEnd(); resp.Close(); XmlDocument xmlResponse = new XmlDocument(); xmlResponse.LoadXml(output); //string response = xmlResponse.ToString(); //process response //show them how to get the full url and specify that in the AddItem request } catch (Exception ex) { //handle exception } |
Here is a sample response that you will get:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <UploadSiteHostedPicturesResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"> <Timestamp>2012-12-31T18:24:49.224Z</Timestamp ><Ack>Success</Ack> <Version>803</Version> <Build>E803_CORE_BUNDLED_15615944_R1</Build> <PictureSystemVersion>2</PictureSystemVersion> <SiteHostedPictureDetails> <PictureSet>Standard</PictureSet> <PictureFormat>JPG</PictureFormat> <FullURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_1.JPG?set_id=8800005007</FullURL> <BaseURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_</BaseURL> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_0.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>72</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>96</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_1.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>300</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>400</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_2.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>150</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>200</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_12.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>375</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>500</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_14.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>48</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>64</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_35.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>225</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>300</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <PictureSetMember> <MemberURL>http://i.ebayimg.sandbox.ebay.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/$(KGrHqFHJBMFBWFogSKOBQ4dh)!)tQ~~60_39.JPG</MemberURL> <PictureHeight>24</PictureHeight> <PictureWidth>32</PictureWidth> </PictureSetMember> <ExternalPictureURL>http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/r/j/rjb333/PittsburghSteelers_Electric.jpg</ExternalPictureURL> <UseByDate>2013-03-01T18:24:47.037Z</UseByDate> </SiteHostedPictureDetails> </UploadSiteHostedPicturesResponse>" |
Version Info
The code example above was based on the versions specified below:
API Schema Version | 803 |