In gsimchoni/ebayr: R wrapper to the ebay Finding API

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ATTENTION: It seems like ebay has decided to shut down its open API, in October-November 2018. This repo will be kept here for educational purposes only. It was fun while it lasted.

ebayr - R wrapper to the ebay Finding API

This package allows you to search ebay for live items using keywords, a category or both. It is a wrapper for the ebay Finding API, specifically the "findItemsAdvanced" call. You can use it after you sign up at https://go.developer.ebay.com/ and get a valid token (a.k.a AppID).

Install:

devtools::install_github("gsimchoni/ebayr")

Load:

library(ebayr)

Set ebay token:

setEbayToken("YOUR_EBAY_TOKEN")

Search by keywords:

search_ebay("elvis costume")

library(tibble)
res <- readRDS("C:/SDAD_materials/readmeResults.RData")
res$keywords

Search by category (a.k.a Browse):

search_ebay(categoryName = "Video Game Consoles")

res$category

Search by both keywords and category:

search_ebay("Yahtzee", categoryName = c("Nonfiction", "Board & Traditional Games"))

res$both

Search the UK site for new large size Fruit of the Loom women's T-shirts from top rated sellers at a max price of 10 pounds:

res <- search_ebay("women's t-shirts",
                   site = "UK",
                   condition = "New",
                   listingType = "FixedPrice",
                   topRatedSellerOnly = TRUE,
                   priceRange = c(0, 10),
                   aspectFilter = list(
                     Brand = "Fruit of the Loom",
                     Size = "L"
                     )
                   )

res[, c("title", "price", "currency")]

res$uk[, c("title", "price", "currency")]

Search the German site for black women's handbags, ask for the 200 most expensive results:

res <- search_ebay("Damentaschen",
                   site = "DE",
                   sortOrder = "PricePlusShippingHighest",
                   nResults = 200,
                   aspectFilter = list(
                     Farbe = "Schwarz"
                     )
                   )

res[, c("title", "price", "currency")]

res$de[, c("title", "price", "currency")]

The possibilities are endless, though ebay APIs have even more.

You should probably read ebay's API Reference and API license and make sure you adhere to the rules.

Also note that the rate limit of the API wrapped here is 5,000 requests a day, each request can bring up to 100 results (ebay items).

For more possibilities see the search_ebay function documentation, and read this blog post.

gsimchoni/ebayr documentation built on May 27, 2019, 8:45 a.m.