ebaypi is a wrapper package for the eBay Developer API. It helps streamline the import of listing information from active and completed eBay listings.
The core functionality focuses on the “Finding API” which is for importing listing information:
search_ebay()import data for active or completed listings from eBay
This package requires that the user has an eBay Developers account and an eBay AppId (token). Go to the eBay Developer page to sign up for an account.
Install the package directly from GitHub:
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jdegregorio/ebaypi")library(ebaypi)
# Set token
set_ebay_token(keyring::key_get("ebay_api"))
# Make a search
df.items <- search_ebay(
"babe ruth baseball card",
type = "completed",
item_filters = list(
MinPrice = 50,
MaxPrice = 10000
)
)
tidyr::pivot_longer(df.items[1,], -rank, names_to = "attribute", values_to = "value")
#> # A tibble: 42 x 3
#> rank attribute value
#> <int> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 1 itemId 163882681803
#> 2 1 title 1959 Fleer #2 Ted Williams (w/Ted's Idol~
#> 3 1 globalId EBAY-US
#> 4 1 primaryCategory.categor~ 213
#> 5 1 primaryCategory.categor~ Baseball Cards
#> 6 1 galleryURL https://thumbs4.ebaystatic.com/m/m5x9VEX~
#> 7 1 viewItemURL https://www.ebay.com/itm/1959-Fleer-2-Te~
#> 8 1 paymentMethod PayPal
#> 9 1 autoPay false
#> 10 1 postalCode 907**
#> 11 1 location Cerritos,CA,USA
#> 12 1 country US
#> 13 1 shippingInfo.shippingSe~ 0.0
#> 14 1 shippingInfo.shippingTy~ Free
#> 15 1 shippingInfo.shipToLoca~ Worldwide
#> 16 1 shippingInfo.expeditedS~ false
#> 17 1 shippingInfo.oneDayShip~ false
#> 18 1 shippingInfo.handlingTi~ 1
#> 19 1 sellingStatus.currentPr~ 184.95
#> 20 1 sellingStatus.converted~ 184.95
#> 21 1 sellingStatus.sellingSt~ EndedWithSales
#> 22 1 listingInfo.bestOfferEn~ true
#> 23 1 listingInfo.buyItNowAva~ false
#> 24 1 listingInfo.startTime 2019-09-28T06:53:10.000Z
#> 25 1 listingInfo.endTime 2019-11-10T21:20:42.000Z
#> 26 1 listingInfo.listingType StoreInventory
#> 27 1 listingInfo.gift false
#> 28 1 listingInfo.watchCount 1
#> 29 1 returnsAccepted true
#> 30 1 condition.conditionId 2750
#> 31 1 condition.conditionDisp~ Like New
#> 32 1 isMultiVariationListing false
#> 33 1 topRatedListing true
#> 34 1 sellingStatus.bidCount <NA>
#> 35 1 listingInfo.buyItNowPri~ <NA>
#> 36 1 listingInfo.convertedBu~ <NA>
#> 37 1 productId <NA>
#> 38 1 charityId <NA>
#> 39 1 subtitle <NA>
#> 40 1 secondaryCategory.categ~ <NA>
#> 41 1 secondaryCategory.categ~ <NA>
#> 42 1 galleryPlusPictureURL <NA>For complete API documention, please see the eBay Developer API Webpage.