Display Items from 14 Different Countries
In example 4, we learned how to display auction items that only have photos. In this example, we'll learn how to set phpBay to search Ebay sites from other countries. phpBay Pro API supports results from 14 different countries. These include:
- United States - siteId=0&language=en-US
- Australia - siteId=15&language=en-AU
- Austria - siteId=16&language=de-AT
- Belgium - siteId=123&language=nl-BE
- Canada - siteId=2&language=en-CA
- France - siteId=71&language=fr-FR
- Germany - siteId=77&language=de-DE
- India - siteId=203&language=en-IN
- Ireland - siteId=205 (no language here??)
- Italy - siteId=101&language=it-IT
- Netherlands - siteId=146&language=nl-NL
- Spain - siteId=186&language=es-ES
- Switzerland - siteId=193&language=de-CH
- United Kingdom - siteId=3&language=en-GB
Why is this important? Many developers like yourself live in countries around the world. This allows for a web site developer in Italy whose site is about Italy to list auction items from Italy. Offering your site visitors the opportunity to bid on items in their home country is good common sense.
Notice in the list above, after each country, there is a siteID= value and a language= value. These are the values we need to set in the phpBay code in order to display products from the given country.
To start off, let's set siteID=71 and language=fr-FR
Then let's set the keyword to: mp3 player
and return 15 results
In the source of this file, where your phpBay code is, this would look like:
$ebay->eb_siteId = "71"; $ebay->eb_language = "fr-FR";
It's that simple! Just change these values to correspond with the values above for any of the countries listed, and not only are you listing items from that country, but the item text is in the language and that currency.
Keep in mind, that many countries do not have as many results for common items that may be available in the USA. That aside, it's a great way to offer local items to your visitors based upon the country your site is in.
View the source code of this file to see the php code used. Click here to view the next example.
The Result
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USB Baladeur Lecteur MP3 Player 2GB 2Go FM Intégré WMA 2,19 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 12:57:04 CEST Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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Casque Sports MP3 2GO Mp3 Lecteur/Player oreillette-B 4,66 EUR (0 Enchère) Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 15:42:19 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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Casque Sports MP3 2GB Mp3 Lecteur/Player oreillette-L 3,99 EUR (0 Enchère) Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 18:02:41 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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Casque Sports MP3 4GB Mp3 Lecteur/Player oreillette-H 13,99 EUR (0 Enchère) Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 19:00:24 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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2GO Car/voiture Mp3 Player FM transmitter SD/USB 2GB 6,99 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 19:34:07 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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2GO USB Charger Car/voiture Mp3 Player FM transmitter 13,99 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 19:35:41 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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DVD,CD,CDR,VCD,SVCD,MP3-player *NEUF* 19,95 EUR (0 Enchère) Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 22:02:58 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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Lecteur Player video LCD MP3 MP4 REC WMA 8GB 1.8" neuf 28,50 EUR (0 Enchère) Auction Ends: Fin: lundi sept.-06-2010 22:08:59 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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USB+SD Car MP3 Player for AUDI-A2, A3, S3, A4, S4,A6 A8 69,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:26:43 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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MP3 car player for VW-Passat/Golf -GAMMA,BETA,MCD,MFD 69,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:28:11 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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MP3 Player for Volkswagen-DELTA,RCD200,RCD300,RNS2,MFD 69,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:28:47 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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MP3 Car player for HONDA-Accord,Civic,FRV,Fit,City 69,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:29:07 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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MP3 Player for MAZDA-M6,M5,M3,MX5,RX8,CX7,MPV,Premacy.. 69,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:30:15 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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USB+SD MP3 Car Player for PEUGEOT 207/307/407/607/807 55,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:31:51 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |
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MP3 player for TOYOTA-Lexus,Camry,Rezi,Corolla,Avensis 69,00 EUR Auction Ends: Fin: mardi sept.-07-2010 2:32:59 CEST Enchérir | Acheter | Ajouter à vos Affaires à suivre |