SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize
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Why am I get the following error, "SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize"?
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Why am I get the following error, "SimpleDeserializer encountered a child element, which is NOT expected, in something it was trying to deserialize"?
Detailed Description
There can be many reasons why you are recieiving this error, but we will focus on just 2 situations:
1. You may be getting this error because the given root element in your request xml document does not match any Element Declarations in eBay Schema.
Answer Title: Error 20170 - Schema XML request error
Answer Link: https://ebaydts.com/eBayKBDetails?KBid=897
2. Another common reason is your <Description> has HTML or XML reserved characters. For a workaround you want to enclose your description using CDATA.
<![CDATA[ description here ]]>
Additional Resources
Description: http://developer.ebay.com/DevZone/XML/docs/Reference/eBay/AddFixedPriceItem.html#Request.Item.Description