Sockets help

**jmace** · 11-29-2010, 06:59 PM

So instead of:

PHP Code:


fputs($conn,  "POST /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FileExchangeProgrammaticDownload HTTP/1.1\r\n");
fputs($conn, "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n");
fputs($conn, "User-Agent: My Client App v1.0\r\n");
. . . . .

I should use:

PHP Code:


fputs($conn, $var_with_all_lines_including_file_to_send);

?
I've noticed that when the script "should" work, it just runs for a really long time and never actually does anything. I guess this would be the problem?

**traq** · 11-29-2010, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by jmace

So instead of:

PHP Code:


fputs($conn,  "POST /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FileExchangeProgrammaticDownload HTTP/1.1\r\n");

fputs($conn, "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n");

fputs($conn, "User-Agent: My Client App v1.0\r\n");

. . . . .

I should use:

PHP Code:


fputs($conn, $var_with_all_lines_including_file_to_send);

?

yes.

Originally Posted by jmace

I've noticed that when the script "should" work, it just runs for a really long time and never actually does anything. I guess this would be the problem?

actually, I've run into that before. It may be an issue with your host (many have firewalls that will get in the way of this sort of connection; even though they may advertise that it's allowed. try asking them nicely).

**jmace** · 11-29-2010, 10:00 PM

ARGH!!! I am so close and yet so far away!

Here is my code now:

PHP Code:


<?php



set_time_limit(0);



// GET THE FEED FILE

$options = array(

    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,     // return web page

    CURLOPT_HEADER         => false,    // don't return headers

    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,     // follow redirects

    CURLOPT_ENCODING       => "",       // handle all encodings

    CURLOPT_USERAGENT      => "fun-shop", // who am i

    CURLOPT_AUTOREFERER    => true,     // set referer on redirect

    CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 120,      // timeout on connect

    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 120,      // timeout on response

    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS      => 10,       // stop after 10 redirects

    CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER => false,

);



$ch = curl_init('https://www.mysite.com/pull_feed.php');

curl_setopt_array( $ch, $options );

$contents = curl_exec( $ch );

curl_close( $ch );





//----------------------------------------------------//



//OPEN THE CONNECTION

$conn = fsockopen('ssl://bulksell.ebay.com', 443);



$request = "POST /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FileExchangeUpload HTTP/1.1\r\n";

$request .= "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n";

$request .= "User-Agent: My Client App v1.0\r\n";

$request .= "Host: bulksell.ebay.com\r\n";

$request .= "https://bulksell.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FileExchangeUpload\r\n";

$request .= "Content-type: multipart/form-data;\r\n";

$request .= "boundary=THIS_STRING_SEPARATES\r\n";

$request .= "Content-Length: ".strlen($contents)."\r\n\r\n";

$request .= "--THIS_STRING_SEPARATES\r\n";

$request .= "Content-Disposition: form-data;\r\n name=\"token\" \r\n";

$request .= "SECRET TOKEN HERE\r\n";

$request .= "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"file\";\r\n";

$request .= "filename=\"listings.csv\"\r\n";

$request .= "Content-Type: text/csv\r\n\r\n";

$request .= $contents;

$request .= "--THIS_STRING_SEPARATES\r\n";



// SEND THE REQUEST

fputs($conn, $request);



// GET THE RESULT

while(!feof($conn)) {

    echo fgets($conn, 128);

}



// CLOSE CONNECTION

fclose($conn);



?>

The result is this:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Set-Cookie: dp1=bu1p/QEBfX0BAX19AQA**4ed554d7^; Domain=.ebay.com; Expires=Wed, 28-Nov-2012 21:55:35 GMT; Path=/
Set-Cookie: s=CgAD4ACBM9XLXOTlhMjNmMTgxMmMwYTIzMzk0YjI4OTQyZmZmZmQ2YTGNgGPD; Domain=.ebay.com; Path=/
Set-Cookie: nonsession=CgADKACBWWiLXOTlhMjNmMTgxMmMwYTIzMzk0YjI4OTQyZmZmZmQ2YTEAywABTPQoXzH9XCbM; Domain=.ebay.com; Expires=Tue, 29-Nov-2011 21:55:35 GMT; Path=/
Cache-Control: private
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 755
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:55:35 GMT

<html>
<head>


<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>Upload File Programmatically</title><script language="JavaScript"></script><script language="javascript" src="http://include.ebaystatic.com/js/e695/us/legacy/globals_e6951us.js"> </script><script src="http://include.ebaystatic.com/js/e695/us/legacy/common_functions_e6951us.js"> </script></head>
<body>
An unknown problem interrupted the file transfer. Please try again.<br><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="self.close();return false;">Close</a></body>
</html>

Any more ideas?

I tried contacting ebay support, and they were no help. They just bounced me around for an hour and then told me they don't offer support for these issues. . . .

**traq** · 11-30-2010, 02:18 AM

how big is $contents ? maybe it's just taking a long time and something interrupted the connection. Your response doesn't seem to indicate anything else. How many times have you tried (this version) (and did you always get the same response)?

Also, should there be a line feed after $contents (before --THIS_STRING_SEPARATES)?

**jmace** · 11-30-2010, 04:19 PM

Thank you for continuing to help me, traq. You've been a great help so far.

The $contents variable isn't that big. In my last test, it was 2490 characters. Files that other people are sending the same way are easily 50 times that size.

Here is the whole request that is being sent. I have played around with it, trying to add new lines in different places and such, but so far no luck. I doesn't matter how many times I try, I get the same error.

POST /ws/eBayISAPI.dll?FileExchangeUpload HTTP/1.1
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: My Client App v1.0
Host: bulksell.ebay.com
https://bulksell.ebay.com/ws/eBayISA...ExchangeUpload
Content-type: multipart/form-data;
boundary=THIS_STRING_SEPARATES
Content-Length: 2490
--THIS_STRING_SEPARATES
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="token"
MY_TOKEN_GOES_HERE
--THIS_STRING_SEPARATES
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file";
filename="listings.csv"
Content-Type: text/csv
*Action(SiteID=US|Country=US|Currency=USD|Version=403|CC=UTF-8),"*Category","*Title","Subtitle","*Description","*ConditionID","PicURL","*Quantity","*Format","*StartPrice","BuyItNowPrice","*Duration","ImmediatePayRequired" ,"*Location","GalleryType","PayPalAccepted","PayPalEmailAddress","PaymentInstructions","StoreCategory","ShippingDiscountProfileID","ShippingService-1:Option","ShippingService-1:Cost","ShippingService-1:Priority","ShippingService-1:ShippingSurcharge","ShippingService-2:Option","ShippingService-2:Cost","ShippingService-2:Priority","ShippingService-2:ShippingSurcharge","*DispatchTimeMax","CustomLabel","*ReturnsAcceptedOption","RefundOption","ReturnsWithinOption","ShippingCostPaidBy","AdditionalDetails","Sh ippingType","PackageType","PackageDepth","PackageLength","PackageWidth","WeightMajor","WeightMinor","WeightUnit","ShippingCarrierUsed","ShipFromZipCode"
"Add","52762","Noel Mouse Costume Mascot Medium","","This Noel Mouse w/Santa Coat & Hat Christmas Costume Mascot is merry as Santa\'s entourage and helper at your next Christmas corporate parade, Christmas play or Christmas theme park display. Our Noel Mouse w/Santa Coat & Hat Christmas Costume Mascot is created with a sewn and sculptured suit, matching head, two mittens and two shoe covers. ","1000","http://www.mysite.com/show_image.php?im=/img/01/01822a.jpg&nowater=1&size=500x500","1","FixedPrice","1195.00","","GTC","","77586","","1","ebay@mysite.com","","","","UPSGround","","","","","","","","1","01/01822AMD","ReturnsNotAccepted","","","","","Calculated","LargePackage","20","14","6","30","0","lb","UPSGround","77586"

--THIS_STRING_SEPARATES

**traq** · 11-30-2010, 08:19 PM

I'm afraid I don't know, then...

Have you talked to your host (your host, not ebay) about socket connections (if they're allowed/ need any special configurations)? That's the only thing I can think of, at this point.

**jmace** · 11-30-2010, 08:40 PM

Thank you again for all of your help. I guess I'm either not going to be able to do this or I'll have to pray someone on ebay decides to help me. (The latter doesn't seem likely, given their lack of help so far. :-p)

**traq** · 12-01-2010, 02:21 AM

I'm sorry to ask again, but I think you may have misunderstood what I'm asking.

I'm not suggesting you ask ebay for help; I'm suggesting you ask your web host if there is anything (settings, firewalls, etc.) that may be interfering with the connections. If you've already done so, sorry - I missed it. But if you haven't, you should. Your host, and how they've configured your server, is a big piece of this puzzle.

**jmace** · 12-01-2010, 10:16 PM

No, your last post wasn't ambiguous-- I understood it. I've already talked to my web host and nothing should be keeping this code from working. Besides, I have a similar script that is sending feeds to Amazon, and it works perfectly fine in that context.

My comment was that I don't know of anything else that I can do for this script. Apparently it just isn't going to work.

**traq** · 12-02-2010, 12:35 AM

ok, then. good luck, I hope you can figure it out!

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