getCategoryTraits

Retrieves full information about all item traits for a given category. For example, in the "Comic Books" category, applicable item traits might include "Year Published," "Publisher," and "Condition." This information can be used when posting or editing an item, or item traits can be applied as filters to narrow down search results.

getCategoryTraits Input

getCategoryTraitsis a non-secure request with the following URL and HTTP header requirements:

The name for your request should be getCategoryTraitsRequest.

So, for example, here is the Ruby code to submit your request:

require "json"
require "net/http"

# Open connection to api.bonanza.com over port 443
http = Net::HTTP.new("api.bonanza.com", 443)
http.use_ssl = true
http.post(
  "/api_requests/standard_request", # The path we're posting to
  "getCategoryTraitsRequest=your_serialized_JSON_data", # The data being posted
  { 'X-BONANZLE-API-DEV-NAME' => 'abcdef123456' } # The HTTP header, which gives your dev_id
)

Here are the available input parameters that can be serialized into JSON:

getCategoryTraits Output

The name for the output returned from this request is getCategoryTraitsResponse. So, after parsing the serialized response into JSON, you can access the data with something like:

my_json_hash['getCategoryTraitsResponse']

Here are all the possible output parameters:

getCategoryTraits Examples

• PHP example