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Search |WebMethod|

Search for items.
Possible errors:
"OrderByValidationError" - use of non-existing sort order (OrderBy).
"SearchStringValidationError" - when searching for invalid search words.
"InternalError" - internal error.

Parameters
  1. query, The search query
  2. categoryId, The Id of the category to search in (0 for all categories)
  3. pageNumber, The page to return, starting with 1 for the first page.
  4. orderBy, How the results should be ordered
    Possible values:
    "Relevance" - order by relevance (default).
    "BidsAscending" - order by bid amount ascending.
    "BidsDescending" - order by bid amount descending.
    "PriceAscending" - order by price ascending.
    "PriceDescending" - order by price descending.
    "EndDateAscending" - order by end date ascending.
    "EndDateDescending" - order by end date descending.
Returns

Filled SearchResult object

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /v3/searchservice.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: api.tradera.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://api.tradera.com/Search"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Header>
    <AuthenticationHeader xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <AppId>int</AppId>
      <AppKey>string</AppKey>
    </AuthenticationHeader>
    <ConfigurationHeader xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <Sandbox>int</Sandbox>
      <MaxResultAge>int</MaxResultAge>
    </ConfigurationHeader>
  </soap:Header>
  <soap:Body>
    <Search xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <query>string</query>
      <categoryId>int</categoryId>
      <pageNumber>int</pageNumber>
      <orderBy>string</orderBy>
    </Search>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <SearchResponse xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <SearchResult>
        <TotalNumberOfItems>int</TotalNumberOfItems>
        <TotalNumberOfPages>int</TotalNumberOfPages>
        <Items>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
          <SellerId>int</SellerId>
          <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
          <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
          <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
          <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
          <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
          <NextBid>int</NextBid>
          <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
          <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
          <ItemType>string</ItemType>
          <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
          <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
          <BidCount>int</BidCount>
          <ImageLinks>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
          </ImageLinks>
          <AttributeValues>
            <TermAttributeValues>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
            </TermAttributeValues>
            <NumberAttributeValues>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
            </NumberAttributeValues>
          </AttributeValues>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
        </Items>
        <Items>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
          <SellerId>int</SellerId>
          <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
          <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
          <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
          <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
          <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
          <NextBid>int</NextBid>
          <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
          <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
          <ItemType>string</ItemType>
          <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
          <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
          <BidCount>int</BidCount>
          <ImageLinks>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
          </ImageLinks>
          <AttributeValues>
            <TermAttributeValues>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
            </TermAttributeValues>
            <NumberAttributeValues>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
            </NumberAttributeValues>
          </AttributeValues>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
        </Items>
        <Errors>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Message>string</Message>
        </Errors>
        <Errors>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Message>string</Message>
        </Errors>
      </SearchResult>
    </SearchResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /v3/searchservice.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: api.tradera.com
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Header>
    <AuthenticationHeader xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <AppId>int</AppId>
      <AppKey>string</AppKey>
    </AuthenticationHeader>
    <ConfigurationHeader xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <Sandbox>int</Sandbox>
      <MaxResultAge>int</MaxResultAge>
    </ConfigurationHeader>
  </soap12:Header>
  <soap12:Body>
    <Search xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <query>string</query>
      <categoryId>int</categoryId>
      <pageNumber>int</pageNumber>
      <orderBy>string</orderBy>
    </Search>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <SearchResponse xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
      <SearchResult>
        <TotalNumberOfItems>int</TotalNumberOfItems>
        <TotalNumberOfPages>int</TotalNumberOfPages>
        <Items>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
          <SellerId>int</SellerId>
          <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
          <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
          <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
          <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
          <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
          <NextBid>int</NextBid>
          <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
          <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
          <ItemType>string</ItemType>
          <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
          <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
          <BidCount>int</BidCount>
          <ImageLinks>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
          </ImageLinks>
          <AttributeValues>
            <TermAttributeValues>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
            </TermAttributeValues>
            <NumberAttributeValues>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
            </NumberAttributeValues>
          </AttributeValues>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
        </Items>
        <Items>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
          <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
          <SellerId>int</SellerId>
          <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
          <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
          <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
          <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
          <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
          <NextBid>int</NextBid>
          <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
          <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
          <ItemType>string</ItemType>
          <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
          <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
          <BidCount>int</BidCount>
          <ImageLinks>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
            <ImageLink>
              <Url>string</Url>
              <Format>string</Format>
            </ImageLink>
          </ImageLinks>
          <AttributeValues>
            <TermAttributeValues>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
              <TermAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </TermAttributeValue>
            </TermAttributeValues>
            <NumberAttributeValues>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
              <NumberAttributeValue>
                <Id>int</Id>
                <Name>string</Name>
                <Values xsi:nil="true" />
              </NumberAttributeValue>
            </NumberAttributeValues>
          </AttributeValues>
          <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
        </Items>
        <Errors>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Message>string</Message>
        </Errors>
        <Errors>
          <Code>string</Code>
          <Message>string</Message>
        </Errors>
      </SearchResult>
    </SearchResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /v3/searchservice.asmx/Search?query=string&categoryId=string&pageNumber=string&orderBy=string HTTP/1.1
Host: api.tradera.com
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SearchResult xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
  <TotalNumberOfItems>int</TotalNumberOfItems>
  <TotalNumberOfPages>int</TotalNumberOfPages>
  <Items>
    <Id>int</Id>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
    <SellerId>int</SellerId>
    <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
    <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
    <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
    <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
    <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
    <NextBid>int</NextBid>
    <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
    <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
    <ItemType>string</ItemType>
    <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
    <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
    <BidCount>int</BidCount>
    <ImageLinks>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
    </ImageLinks>
    <AttributeValues>
      <TermAttributeValues>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
      </TermAttributeValues>
      <NumberAttributeValues>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
      </NumberAttributeValues>
    </AttributeValues>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
  </Items>
  <Items>
    <Id>int</Id>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
    <SellerId>int</SellerId>
    <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
    <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
    <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
    <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
    <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
    <NextBid>int</NextBid>
    <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
    <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
    <ItemType>string</ItemType>
    <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
    <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
    <BidCount>int</BidCount>
    <ImageLinks>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
    </ImageLinks>
    <AttributeValues>
      <TermAttributeValues>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
      </TermAttributeValues>
      <NumberAttributeValues>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
      </NumberAttributeValues>
    </AttributeValues>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
  </Items>
  <Errors>
    <Code>string</Code>
    <Message>string</Message>
  </Errors>
  <Errors>
    <Code>string</Code>
    <Message>string</Message>
  </Errors>
</SearchResult>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /v3/searchservice.asmx/Search HTTP/1.1
Host: api.tradera.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

query=string&categoryId=string&pageNumber=string&orderBy=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SearchResult xmlns="http://api.tradera.com">
  <TotalNumberOfItems>int</TotalNumberOfItems>
  <TotalNumberOfPages>int</TotalNumberOfPages>
  <Items>
    <Id>int</Id>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
    <SellerId>int</SellerId>
    <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
    <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
    <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
    <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
    <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
    <NextBid>int</NextBid>
    <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
    <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
    <ItemType>string</ItemType>
    <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
    <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
    <BidCount>int</BidCount>
    <ImageLinks>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
    </ImageLinks>
    <AttributeValues>
      <TermAttributeValues>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
      </TermAttributeValues>
      <NumberAttributeValues>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
      </NumberAttributeValues>
    </AttributeValues>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
  </Items>
  <Items>
    <Id>int</Id>
    <ShortDescription>string</ShortDescription>
    <BuyItNowPrice>int</BuyItNowPrice>
    <SellerId>int</SellerId>
    <SellerAlias>string</SellerAlias>
    <MaxBid>int</MaxBid>
    <ThumbnailLink>string</ThumbnailLink>
    <SellerDsrAverage>double</SellerDsrAverage>
    <EndDate>dateTime</EndDate>
    <NextBid>int</NextBid>
    <HasBids>boolean</HasBids>
    <IsEnded>boolean</IsEnded>
    <ItemType>string</ItemType>
    <ItemUrl>string</ItemUrl>
    <CategoryId>int</CategoryId>
    <BidCount>int</BidCount>
    <ImageLinks>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
      <ImageLink>
        <Url>string</Url>
        <Format>string</Format>
      </ImageLink>
    </ImageLinks>
    <AttributeValues>
      <TermAttributeValues>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
        <TermAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <string>string</string>
            <string>string</string>
          </Values>
        </TermAttributeValue>
      </TermAttributeValues>
      <NumberAttributeValues>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
        <NumberAttributeValue>
          <Id>int</Id>
          <Name>string</Name>
          <Values>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
            <decimal>decimal</decimal>
          </Values>
        </NumberAttributeValue>
      </NumberAttributeValues>
    </AttributeValues>
    <LongDescription>string</LongDescription>
  </Items>
  <Errors>
    <Code>string</Code>
    <Message>string</Message>
  </Errors>
  <Errors>
    <Code>string</Code>
    <Message>string</Message>
  </Errors>
</SearchResult>

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