Kevin
Well-known member
Just wondering if I've re-invented the wheel or not. I'm doing a widget to display eBay items with the links built for the EPN tracking codes and the items displayed are retrieved using the eBay finder API. The end result, for example, is that if you're viewing a thread about the movie Phantasm then you'll see eBay listings specifically related to the movie, if you're viewing a thread about the TV show Tales of the Gold Monkey then you'll see eBay listings specifically related to the TV show, and if you're on a generic page like the forum home then you'll see eBay items that were found when searching for a set of specific keywords defined in the ACP.
I haven't come across any other XF dynamic eBay ads and I'm starting to see why. It's not just a matter of having an EPN account, you also need to define an application in the eBay developers program and, based on your number of daily hits, you'll likely run into the API daily query limits which will require to then also apply for an increase for your application.
So now I'm just really curious about whether anybody else has done dynamic eBay ads for their XF installs and, if so, what approach did you take? Or is everybody else just doing static links?
I haven't come across any other XF dynamic eBay ads and I'm starting to see why. It's not just a matter of having an EPN account, you also need to define an application in the eBay developers program and, based on your number of daily hits, you'll likely run into the API daily query limits which will require to then also apply for an increase for your application.
So now I'm just really curious about whether anybody else has done dynamic eBay ads for their XF installs and, if so, what approach did you take? Or is everybody else just doing static links?