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Published: April 05 2007, 11:45:00 PMUpdated: November 28 2020, 3:35:55 PM
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Is there a way to get a user's favorite searches?
Summary
The GetMyeBayBuying call can be used to get the full URL for a user's favorite searches.
On the eBay site, a user's favorite searches can be found in their MyeBayFavoriteSearches.
Detailed Description
Here is the GetMyeBayBuying request that will return a user's favorite searches:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GetMyeBayBuyingRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
<Version>505</Version>
<RequesterCredentials>
<eBayAuthToken>token</eBayAuthToken>
</RequesterCredentials>
<FavoriteSearches>
<Include>true</Include>
<MaxResults>10</MaxResults>
</FavoriteSearches>
</GetMyeBayBuyingRequest>
Here is a snippet of the GetMyeBayBuying response showing the favorite searches URLs:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<GetMyeBayBuyingResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
...
<FavoriteSearches>
<TotalAvailable>2</TotalAvailable>
<FavoriteSearch>
<SearchName>ipod</SearchName>
<SearchQuery>http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?catref=C5&from=R9&fstype=1&sacategory=-1&satitle=ipod&socolumnlayout=3&sorecordsperpage=50&sosortorder=1&sosortproperty=1&sotextsearched=2</SearchQuery>
</FavoriteSearch>
<FavoriteSearch>
<SearchName>xbox</SearchName>
<SearchQuery>http://search.ebay.com/ws/search/SaleSearch?catref=C5&floc=&from=R9&fss=0&fstype=1&saaff=afdefault&sacategory=-1&sacurrency=0&saslc=&saslop=1&satitle=xbox&socolumnlayout=3&sorecordsperpage=50&sosortorder=1&sosortproperty=1&sotextsearched=2&sotrtype=&sotrvalue=</SearchQuery>
</FavoriteSearch>
</FavoriteSearches>
</GetMyeBayBuyingResponse>
Version Info
The XML snippet above was based on the versions specified below:
| API Schema Version | 505 |
Additional Resources
- Documentation: GetMyeBayBuying