node.js Sample for eBay Trading API

The below code sample shows how to make an HTTP POST call using node.js to execute GetItem API call.

You need to replace the text "INSERT_YOUR_USER_TOKEN" with your production user token and insert a valid ItemID.

var xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>'+
'<GetItemRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">'+
'<RequesterCredentials>'+
'<eBayAuthToken>INSERT_YOUR_USER_TOKEN</eBayAuthToken>'+
'</RequesterCredentials>'+
'<DetailLevel>ReturnAll</DetailLevel>'+
'<ItemID>361119561371</ItemID>'+
'</GetItemRequest>';

var https = require('https');

var options = {
host: "api.ebay.com",
path: "/ws/api.dll",
method: "POST",
headers: {
'X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL': '1235',
'X-EBAY-API-CALL-NAME': 'GetItem',
'X-EBAY-API-SITEID':'0',
'Content-Type' : 'text/xml',
'Content-Length':xml.length
}
};

var req = https.request(options, function (res)
{
console.log("statusCode: ", res.statusCode);
console.log("headers: ", res.headers);

res.on('data', function (d)
{
process.stdout.write(d);

});

});

req.write(xml);
req.end();

req.on('error', function (e)
{
console.error('error=======', e);
}
);