eBay Developer Newsletter


September 26 , 2007



	Top Stories



	Shopping API: Three New Finding Calls Retrieve popular items and searches, plus helpful reviews and guides. Read all about it >



	Winners of the PayPal Dev Contest Four killer PayPal apps made the final cut for a total of $30k in prizes. Get inspired >



	JavaSDK: Your API Wish Granted Several excellent suggestions from colorfullegume are now in the JavaSDK. Find out more >



	Technical Alerts and Product News

eBay SDK 523 for Java full release
Developers can download the latest full release of the eBay SDK for Java. The Attributes Library now gives you the option to store attribute metadata locally, and only download updates for a site if a newer version exists on the site. It includes changes based on forum suggestions from colourfullegume and updated wrapper classes and other updates that facilitate your use of new API features. Among the new API features supported in this SDK release is the Custom Item Specifics feature. The Custom Item Specifics feature is easier to use than existing Attributes functionality. For more information, see the new features for API version 523.

eBay SDK 523 for .NET full release
Developers can download the latest full release of the eBay SDK for .NET . This SDK release also contains updated wrapper classes and other updates that facilitate your use of new API features. Among the new API features supported in this SDK release is the Custom Item Specifics feature. The Custom Item Specifics feature is easier to use than existing Attributes functionality. The Attributes Library now gives you the option to store attribute metadata locally, and only download updates for a site if a newer version exists on the site. For information about the changes and a sample, see the Readme file.

Mid-October Category Changes
A number of category changes are coming up in mid-October, including changes in ART, COLLECTIBLES, COMPUTERS & NETWORKING, VIDEO GAMES , and more. If you provide category information in your app, you'll want to do a refresh of changed categories. See Seller Central for details.

product updates

Shopping API: 531
Trading API: 531
Find Reviews & Guides
Find Popular Items & Searches

events

Sep 23-26: AJAXWorld
Sep 30-Oct 3: Adobe MAX

Developer Pulse

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