| eBay Country-Sites List |
A Google spreadsheet listing all eBay country-sites handled by ePN and eBay Developer, with a variety of helpful parameters for eBay Developers and affiliates. |
| the list | more info: eBay Dev thread |
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| ISO-8601 Time-Duration Parsing |
eBay's API returns 'TimeLeft' data in ISO 8601 format that requires parsing by the developer for easy reading by the end-user. Fortunately, eBay Star Developer Award winner ElZorro has done the legwork already on this and offered up a couple of comprehensive regex patterns to parse the data for us in one fell swoop. (Thanks, Joe!) |
| at: eBay Dev thread |
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| ePN Tool IDs |
ToolIDs are components of ePN affiliate links that designate how the link was generated. |
| at: ePN Blog | new Tool ID for APIs, at: ePN Blog |
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| ePN Affiliate Link Query String Parameters |
ePN released an explanation of the URL query string parameters found in the new (post- May-2009) affiliate link format, such as in links created from Link Generator. |
| at: ePN Forum | at: ePN Blog |
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| ePN Reporting API Specs |
ePN offers functionality that allows you to login to any ePN page by appending your login credentials to the URL. This is meant for scripting access to ePN so that you can obtain reports/data in an automated manner. |
| in the ePN Help Manual |
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| cURLfriend() |
A wrapper function I wrote to make it easier to make eBay Shopping API and Trading API (and possibly some other XML-based web services) calls using the PHP library cURL. |
| the code | more info: eBay Dev thread |
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| eBay Daily Deals URLs |
Links for eBay Daily Deals for all 4 supported country-sites: web, RSS, XML. Also included: links for Fashion Vault and Motors Parts Deals. |
| the list |
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| eBay Slot Machines |
Yup. |
| photos |
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| Geolocation: IP-to-Country |
If you're doing any kind of custom geolocation/geotargeting, IPinfoDB.com offers a very solid solution to lookup a user's country based on their IP address. They offer both an API and downloadable DB, free of charge. |
| at: IPinfoDB.com | thanks to: Al's Software |
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| Geotargeting: IP-to-ePN |
ePN's consultancy R.O.Eye created this XML feed (mini-API) that will return the nearest ePN program for the IP address you send in via your API call request URL. Also returned is the actual country, with 2-digit ISO code, and an ePN custom banner ID. |
| at: R.O.Eye |
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| eBay Category IDs via Download |
ePN's consultancy R.O.Eye created a downloadable Microsoft Excel file containing the multi-level eBay category tree for all ePN programs. |
| download at: R.O.Eye Labs | info at: R.O.Eye Blog | more info at: ePN Blog |
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