eBay API GeteBayDetails request returns 'no password and no token' error

curl, ebay-api, php

Solution

You want to enclose your sandbox token in eBayAuthToken tags within the RequesterCredentials XML tags. So like this

<RequesterCredentials>
<eBayAuthToken> Your token here </eBayAuthToken>
</RequesterCredentials>

That should fix your problem. Make sure you remove the authorisation tags you have that are not working

Problem

I am trying to make a `GeteBayDetails` request to the Trading API so that I can find the acceptable values fields in an bulk `AddFixedPriceItem` call using the lms. I am doing a HTTP Post request using curl. So I am sending the request to the following URL https://api.sandbox.ebay.com/ws/api.dll Headers that I am using are : ``` X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL: 800 X-EBAY-API-SITEID: 3 X-EBAY-API-DEV-NAME: dev_key_here X-EBAY-API-APP-NAME: App_key_here X-EBAY-API-CERT-NAME: Cert_name_here X-EBAY-API-CALL-NAME: GeteBayDetails X-EBAY-API-DETAIL-LEVEL: 0 ``` Request body ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <GeteBayDetailsRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"> <RequestToken>My_Sandbox_user_token</RequestToken> <RequestPassword>my_sandbox_user_password</RequestPassword> <DetailName>ShippingServiceDetails</DetailName></GeteBayDetailsRequest> ``` Response ``` <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <GeteBayDetailsResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents"> <Timestamp>2014-02-14T14:15:50.792Z</Timestamp> <Ack>Failure</Ack> <Errors><ShortMessage>No password and no token.</ShortMessage> <LongMessage>No XML &lt;RequestPassword&gt; or &lt;RequestToken&gt; was found in XML Request.</LongMessage> <ErrorCode>930</ErrorCode> <SeverityCode>Error</SeverityCode> <ErrorClassification>RequestError</ErrorClassification> </Errors> <Version>855</Version> <Build>E855_INTL_API_16631620_R1</Build> </GeteBayDetailsResponse> ``` I dont understand why its asking for a `RequestPassword` and `RequestToken`. I added these into the body, but the API seems to ignore them. Also API's documentation doesn't seem to suggest that I need to use them and I'm not asking for user specific details. Anyone know what's going on? Any suggestions are welcome. Thank you

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