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I want to send a message to eBay customers (via eBay messenger) after they have purchased an item. I am selling digital codes for xbox one and making an auto delivery system. I’ve seen this done before so I know it’s possible.

I’ve been looking into it and I’ve came across AddMemberMessageAAQToPartner but I don’t know how to use this in PHP. The only supported API’s on the website are Java and C#, for some reason eBay doesn’t use PHP.

I have already made PayPal IPN so I know when a customer buys a product, I can use this to send an email but I’d rather send a direct eBay message.

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  1. You can take a look at eBay’s documentation for AddMemberMessageAAAQToPartner to get a look at a sample of the XML request and whatever parameters are available.

    All you need to do is generate an XML string and then POST it to eBay’s API endpoint using cURL. There are some headers that you’ll need to pass for API credentials, but that’s all covered eBay’s general “Making a Call” documentation.

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  2. I have created a SDK that enables people to use the eBay API in their PHP projects. If you are familiar with Composer it can be installed with,

    php composer.phar require dts/ebay-sdk-trading   
    

    The example below shows how the SDK can be used to call AddMemberMessageAAQToPartner. More information about the SDK is also available.

    <?php
    /**
     * Include the SDK by using the autoloader from Composer.
     */
    require __DIR__.'/vendor/autoload.php';
    
    /**
     * The namespaces provided by the SDK.
     */
    use DTSeBaySDKConstants;
    use DTSeBaySDKTradingServices;
    use DTSeBaySDKTradingEnums;
    use DTSeBaySDKTradingTypes;
    
    /**
     * Create the service object with the following configuration.
     *
     * authToken  The token that authenticates your request on behalf of a user. 
     *            For this example it will be for the seller. 
     *            See the eBay guide for more information on tokens.
     *            http://developer.ebay.com/devzone/guides/ebayfeatures/Basics/Tokens.html
     *
     * apiVersion The API version that your application supports.
     *            Since this can change see the release notes to obtain the current version.
     *            http://developer.ebay.com/DevZone/XML/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
     *
     * siteId     The numerical id for the site that you want to send the request to.
     *            For this example it will be the site that the seller is registered on.
     *            A complete list of IDs can be found at,
     *            http://developer.ebay.com/devzone/finding/Concepts/SiteIDToGlobalID.html 
     *
     * sandbox    Optional configuration. Set to true to use the sandbox API. 
     *            If this option is not included or is set to false the production API will be used.
     * 
     * For more configuration options see http://devbay.net/sdk/guides/trading/
     *
     */
    $service = new ServicesTradingService(array(
        'authToken' => 'AUTH TOKEN',
        'apiVersion' => '903',
        'siteId' => ConstantsSiteIds::US,
        'sandbox' => true
    ));
    
    /**
     * Create the request object.
     *
     * Note how the properties on the object match those found in the documentation 
     * for AddMemberMessageAAQToPartner.
     *
     * http://developer.ebay.com/DevZone/xml/docs/Reference/ebay/AddMemberMessageAAQToPartner.html
     */
    $request = new TypesAddMemberMessageAAQToPartnerRequestType();
    /**
     * The id of the listing that the message is regarding.
     */
    $request->ItemID = 'ITEM ID';
    
    $request->MemberMessage = new TypesMemberMessageType();
    $request->MemberMessage->QuestionType = EnumsQuestionTypeCodeType::C_GENERAL;
    /**
     * The eBay ID of the buyer that the message is for.
     * Note that the API allows you to send the same message to multiple buyers.
     * Multiple request values are handled as arrays by the SDK hence using [] when specifying the buyer.
     */
    $request->MemberMessage->RecipientID[] = 'EBAY ID';
    $request->MemberMessage->EmailCopyToSender = true;
    $request->MemberMessage->Subject = 'A test message';
    $request->MemberMessage->Body = 'This is a test message';
    
    /**
     * Send the request.
     */
    $response = $service->addMemberMessageAAQtoPartner($request);
    
    /**
     * Display any errors or warnings that the API may have returned.
     */
    if (isset($response->Errors)) {
        foreach ($response->Errors as $error) {
            printf("%s: %sn%snn",
                $error->SeverityCode === EnumsSeverityCodeType::C_ERROR ? 'Error' : 'Warning',
                $error->ShortMessage,
                $error->LongMessage
            );
        }
    }
    
    if ($response->Ack !== 'Failure') {
      print("Message sentn");
    }
    
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