eBay Connection

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eBay is a customer relationship management tool.

This topic describes how to authenticate to eBay and configure any necessary connection properties in the eBay connection connector.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the eBay connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

Auth Scheme #

The scheme used for authentication.

OAuth: Set this to perform OAuth authentication.

AuthNAuth: Set to this to perform the traditional Auth’n’Auth authentication method used by the eBay APIs.

Client ID #

The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Client Secret #

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Refresh Token #

The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.

The OAuthRefreshToken property is used to refresh the OAuthAccessToken when using OAuth authentication.

Access Token #

The access token for connecting using OAuth.

The OAuthAccessToken property is used to connect using OAuth. The OAuthAccessToken is retrieved from the OAuth server as part of the authentication process. It has a server-dependent timeout and can be reused between requests.

The access token is used in place of your user name and password. The access token protects your credentials by keeping them on the server.

Dev ID #

Your Developer Id, as registered with the eBay Developers Program.

Site ID #

The Id of the eBay site to which you want to send the request. By default this is 0, (U.S.).

Use Sandbox #

A boolean indicating if you are using a sandbox account.

RuName #

The Redirect URL name used for validation. This property is only needed if you are using the provider to allow other users to access their own data.

You can obtain this by clicking User Tokens from your developer account, clicking Get a Token from eBay via Your Application, and then clicking Add eBay Redirect URL.

Enable SSL #

Option for creating the connection with SSL enabled.

Upload Keystore File #

Option to upload the keystore file.

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.