Gixen API released (use at your own risk for now)

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

So the first version of Gixen API is now functional (mirror users only can use it). In absence of proper documentation (I'm hoping someone else will make it), here is a short manual:

All API calls connect to the standard SSL port, and must begin with https://www.gixen.com/api.php?username=actualusername&password=actualpassword&, followed by the list of parameters expressed as

samhale123 · Guest

Hi there;
My output is : htt p://sam06.tfcph.com/ebay.php

I don't know why it is like that. Is it because there are two |#!#|'s between the status and the item title?

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

Sorry, my mistake.

At the beginning of each line there is "<br />" and then "|#!#|", and after that the item number. Your code probably doesn't account for an extra "|#!#|" before the item number.

Mario.

Guest · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:13 pm Post subject:

I get error ERROR (101): COULD NOT LOG IN

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Bristol, UK

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

Guest · Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

I have a mirror subcription & I can login into gixen.

My password contains !# I would guess this is the problem...

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Bristol, UK

nochkin · Guest

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:

I am working on a PHP page and I get the login error. I have a mirror subscription, and the address I am trying to open in PHP works fine when I copy and paste it into the browser address bar.

I have enabled php_openssl.dll in my PHP config file. I am using Windows XP and IIS

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

What is the exact error message / code you get?

mike_shore · Guest

The error message is:

ERROR (101): COULD NOT LOG IN

Thanks for the quick response.

mike_shore · Guest

I guess it would take extra CPU cycles to grab the current bid from the eBay site, but it would be helpful to include that in the "listsnipesmain" function. Thank you.

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Bristol, UK

mike_shore · Guest

Hi Cupid, thank you for the feedback. I came to the same conclusion after my post and realized I don't need an API as I can simply scrape the info right off the eBay site.

Keith · Guest

Hi Mario,

Could you add Purge Completed to the API interface would be useful to delete ended items...

Would be great if you could implement this Wink

Thanks,
Keith

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

Keith, do you mean the autosnipe script or API?
I didn't think *anyone* was still using the API.

Keith · Guest

Hi,

Yes mario, I am using the API interface for getting my pending snipes would be nice to clear the ended/out-sniped/won ect.. before upd-ating list.

Thanks,
Keith

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

Well, this is such a pleasant surprise for me Keith that I implemented it right away.

For purging items you need to add a get variable purgecompleted=1 to the api call, in addition to username & password.

Please let me know if you have any problems.

Snu · Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 12

Keith · Guest

Hi Mario,

Thanks! had to do a separate call to purge and list but all working fine.

api.php?username=lol&password=lol&purgecompleted=1

Keith

Cyberfox · Guest

Greetings,
Just to confirm; everything is GET, right?

-- Morgan

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

Cyberfox · Guest

Greetings,
Re: SSL - I know; the base API U(RL) in the initial post is...H(TTPS). (After various attempts to post the name of the protocol, and provide a link below to my project, and various other problems posting.)

I don't have SSL cert verification turned on though right now (so it'll talk SSL, but not validate that it's the right server). I'll probably have to bundle the appropriate cert files with the library.

I'm building a Ruby library to talk to Gixen ( github.com/cyberfox/gixen ), so I can offer syncing with it as a feature. It's an open source library, although I haven't picked a particular license for it.

-- Morgan

Cyberfox · Guest

Greetings,
In order to build my library so I can test it w/o hitting your servers, I built a mock up of all the various API call responses. I've got the output for the initial set (snipe, delete snipe, listsnipesmain, listsnipesmirror), although the only error I'm aware of is 101 - could not log in.

The output / response for the purge operation isn't shown, though. What does that respond with?

Also, does it purge skipped entries, or just done entries?

Are there any other documentable error conditions beyond 101 - could not log in? For example, if you can't load the item number from eBay, does it return an error? If you don't have any entries, but you try to delete a snipe, does it respond with an error, or pretend to succeed? If you purge and there's nothing to purge, what does it return?

I believe my library implementation is basically done, but purely testing against mock responses, based on your description of the protocol. Next I get to test it against your server. Smile

-- Morgan

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

Hey Morgan, I am delighted that you took to do this task. I will help in any way possible (feel free to email also when needed). Here are the codes:

ERROR (501): SSL REQUIRED
ERROR (100): COULD NOT LOG IN
ERROR (101): COULD NOT LOG IN
ERROR (1001): GIXEN DOWN
ERROR (111): NON SUBSCRIBER
ERROR (115): GIXEN ACCOUNT SUSPENDED
ERROR (771): DELETE QUERY FAILED
ERROR (772): DELETE QUERY FAILED
ERROR (131): USERNAME NOT SPECIFIED
ERROR (132): PASSWORD NOT SPECIFIED
ERROR (133): MAXIMUM BID NOT SPECIFIED
ERROR (201): MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SNIPES EXCEEDED
ERROR (202): ITEM ALREADY PRESENT
ERROR (203): COULD NOT GET INFO FOR ITEM
ERROR (301): COULD NOT ADD SNIPE: AUCTION NUMBER OR MONEY FORMAT INVALID
ERROR (302): COULD NOT ADD SNIPE TO MIRROR
ERROR (304): COULD NOT ADD SNIPE TO MIRROR
ERROR (401): EMPTY USERNAME OR EMPTY PASSWORD
ERROR (241): DELETE QUERY FAILED
ERROR (242): DELETE QUERY FAILED

OK COMPLETEDPURGED
OK <item_id> DELETED
OK <item_id> ADDED
OK MAIN LISTED
OK MIRROR LISTED

Some codes are different for the same error (it helps me debug when problems are reported). As for purged items - whatever is in the past will be purged, sniped or skipped.

Cyberfox · Guest

Greetings,
Sweet; I'll dig into the errors and probably try to bring them into the library after dinner, so they're recognized better.

I ran a bunch of tests, and outside of a simple newline stripping error on my part, everything else looks good. I fixed that and pushed it up to the github project ( github.com/cyberfox/gixen ).

It's a Ruby implementation, but it makes it really easy.

Just:

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686

juangrande · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject:

Yes, THANK YOU, Morgan! I have wanted to use JBidWatcher to use the Gixen API for a very long time! Mario will also be delighted to be able to tell his users to use JBidWatcher instead of asking Gixen to track auction data.
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GixenTestAcc · Guest

<html><body>ERROR (101): COULD NOT LOG IN

I am registered and have a mirror subscription...

I can login through the website???

don't know what is going on anyone?

juangrande · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:56 am Post subject:

If you are still having trouble logging in, please post to the Support forum: it is monitored more closely.
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mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 2686