I use a basic website builder to build websites locally. I have both a real
estate agent and a car dealer that want websites. I thought oodle would be a
good way to manage listings... Ie, they would be able to enter in oodle and
somehow could i get a code to bring their listings only to their respesctive
sites?

Jules,

What kind of integration do you have in mind? the API is not something you
simply install; there are several ways to integrate it.

You can send me an email at info@... with your email, and we can talk
about what you need and how I could help you.

Thanks,

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "jad619" <dalsey@...> wrote:
>
> Greetings, I not sure if anyone here are seeking work but i would like to ask
for a good referral to install Oodle API to my current site.
http://www.equipmentready.com
>
> I know i can go to freelancer and other sites to locate individuals but since
this topic is specifically for what i need, i thought i would seek here.
>
> Please don't get offended. thanks.
>
> Jules
>
> dalsey@...
>

Hello,
is there a way to retrieve advertisements that have no price? I know I can
filter on prices, but they always seem to exclude the ads that have no price at
all.

This started to happen in the past 1-2 weeks. We are getting errors when calling
the API: http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings

"The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseHeader Detail=CR
must be followed by LF"

This is like 1 out of 5 requests. Please look into this asap. Thanks!

Greetings, I not sure if anyone here are seeking work but i would like to ask
for a good referral to install Oodle API to my current site.
http://www.equipmentready.com

I know i can go to freelancer and other sites to locate individuals but since
this topic is specifically for what i need, i thought i would seek here.

Please don't get offended. thanks.

Jules

dalsey@...

Is thre a cript to dload in the dloads page?


I have the .xml code but what do i use to call it?  I think im missing more than
described in the example's page.

Afternoon All

I'm trying to write a request which only returns elements from one source, eg
Thomson Local.  I can get the request searching if I use thomsonlocal as part of
the query (q) but this returns thomason local ads and thomason local businesses
but not just one.

             $request =
"http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=TEST&region=UK&radius=".$radius."&loca\
tion=".$location."&category=".$category."&start=".$start."&attributes=&refinemen\
ts=full&dimensions=listing_source_ThomsonLocal.com&q=".$search;

I've tried adding in the dimensions but this seams to be ignored.

Any ideas ?

Cheers

Stu

Okay so I can query one Oodle ID (your example:
http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=TEST&region=usa&q=1525753337).

How can I create a query string of multiple listing ID's?  Say I have 6 items
found on Oodle I want to showcase in widget format using the Oodle API.  How can
I use the q parameter to pull in and target 6 ID's?  I attempted a few
variations with no success; only able to target one...

I'm sure I'm doing something wrong - any help would be appreciated!
Kim

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "wuhanjay" <jrcallicott@...> wrote:
>
> I was reading the docs and it said they "ask" for more than 1000, which is a
lot more than we have being a new site.
>
> I was going to see if this is absolute or just a recommendation.
>
What kind of site is it?
Go to http://www.garagesalestracker.com they may be able to work something out
with you.

Never mind - got it working with:

&sort=ctime_reverse

Worked perfectly :)

Cheers

Andy

Hi,

I'm trying to grab content from the API (as a "filler" for our sites classified
section)

However, it doesn't seem to be returning in date order. I'm using:

http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=MY_KEY_HERE&region=boston&category=job&\
&attributes=employee_type_part_time

Can anyone explain how to sort it by date?

TIA

Andy

I was reading the docs and it said they "ask" for more than 1000, which is a lot
more than we have being a new site.

I was going to see if this is absolute or just a recommendation.

Hi,

   I'm looking to add Oodle classifieds to our site and would like them
to appear *as the example page shows"Embedded" Results. I haven't a clue
how to parse the results into html... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here are the results I would like to show:

http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=~MY API
KEY~&region=usa&category=sale/pet/dog&q=german%20shepherd

Thanks in advance!
Jillian

www.GermanShepherdPlanet.com


*

TriQ Classifieds is a classified ads search tool designed for the BlackBerry®
handheld devices. Powered by Oodle service, this tool pulls together over 40
million listings daily from more than 80,000 sources. With just a few clicks,
users in Canada, U.S., UK, Ireland and India could explore their local
classifieds including real estate, autos, jobs, tickets, services, pets and lots
more.

Major features include:
1. Keyword search
2. Advanced search by specifying location, category and sorting criteria
3. Access original posting from the sources
4. Share ads with friends via email
5. Track advertiser s location through BlackBerry map
6. Bookmark up to 20 classifieds into personal folder.

If you are BlackBerry user, you could purchase this cool application from RIM
App World at just $2.99.

Hello,

I'm new to implementation of API concent and this is my first.

Able to Send requests and get responses and present them into html page. But
every time my request is returning only 10 listings for any category/Location.
May I know how to get listings for each query.

Query I'm using:
http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=TEST&region=chicago&category=vehicle

Thanks
Srikanth

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "sajeevak" <sajk@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Geeks...
>
> Im totally new to the API scene and now have got the API key ready to go.. My
site is based on joomla and I checked with the devoloprer about the
compatibility and its good news.
>
> Im sorry but I have no idea how to import classifieds on to my url as im not
trained on joomla or on otherwise.
>
> can please someone help me pls.. i really need to get the oodle added on to my
site
>
> regards.
>
> saj
>

It is easy now with the new API version 2.  You don't need to parse xml rpc
anymore.  Read this http://developer.oodle.com/listings,

---- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "Steve B" <sbaker@...> wrote:

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "Leonard Sixt" <lsixt@> wrote:
>
> Hey thanks... I'm new to the group, just started playing with the code a
> bit.
>
> Noticed that if I use the URL method, I get
> different results (not in terms of listings, but
> in terms of XML tags returned) than if I use the API code.

Right.  As I mentioned in my previous post, the information is similar
between the two APIs, but grouped differently.  This includes using
slightly different names for certain things.

In that respect, the new API is not simply a "URL-based" version of
the old API.  In other words, we did not say "move all the XML-RPC
stuff up to the URL, but keep the response exactly the same."

API v2 was built from the ground up to be simpler, easier, and faster.
This includes changing both the request structure and the response
structure.

> One other item, the tags in the XML "elements" is
> repeated under "listings" and again under "images"...
> this is a bit problematic for parsing.

Hmm, your XML parser should be able to slurp similarly named nodes
into an array.  Don't see how that would be a problem.

But in any case, you mentioned earlier that you're using PHP.  If so,
we've got something extra special for you in the new API: you can
avoid XML parsing entirely.

On the new API, add "&format=php_serial" to your call.  That will
return the data in a serialized PHP format.  Unserialize that and --
boom -- everything is already parsed for you.

I encourage anyone using PHP to try this:

-----------------------------
<?php

$url =
'http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=TEST&region=sf&format=php_serial';
$response = file_get_contents($url);
$data = unserialize($response);

print '<pre>';
print_r($data);
print '</pre>'

?>
-----------------------------

You'll see that the first listing is in $data['listings'][0], the
second listing is in $data['listings'][1].  You don't have to worry
about any XML parsing.

It doesn't get much easier than that and it's only available on the
new API.  :-)

Hope that helps!

-Steve Baker
Sr. Software Engineer
Oodle, Inc.

--- End forwarded message ---

and read this:

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "somaali" <asifkhan0021@...> wrote:

As you already study oodle REST API it will return an XML
you should have to use CURL to get this XML after this you
have to parse this XML into an array and display the listing

define('HOSTNAME', 'http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?');
$path = "key=TEST&region=usa&category=housing/rent&start=1&num=50";

$url = HOSTNAME.$path;

$session = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($session, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

$xml1 = curl_exec($session);

$data=simplexml_load_string($xml1);
var_dump($data);

i think it will give you start

and if you find some new then inform me.ok thank

--- End forwarded message ---

Hi Geeks...

Im totally new to the API scene and now have got the API key ready to go.. My
site is based on joomla and I checked with the devoloprer about the
compatibility and its good news.

Im sorry but I have no idea how to import classifieds on to my url as im not
trained on joomla or on otherwise.

can please someone help me pls.. i really need to get the oodle added on to my
site

regards.

saj

I have contacted oodle a couple of times to get them to intregrate there full
classified listings inot my websites classified listings according to there page
they have developers tht would do this but there is no way to get ahold of
anyone from oodle  any suggestions

Hello

I've tried to get classified ad's on my web page using Curl and I can't get
anything to work, Please Help!

Thank You,
Max C.

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, PerSquareFeet <msahajwani@...> wrote:

> If I have the listing ID for a particular
> classified posting, is it possible to query
> the API using that listing ID? How can I do that?

Hi Manish!  There is.  You can just set the listing id as the "q" parameter on
the API call.  For example:

http://api.oodle.com/api/v2/listings?key=TEST&region=usa&q=1525753337

You'll still need to set the 'key' and 'region' parameters.  You can just make
the 'region' value to be a country (in the example above, you can see that it's
"usa").

Anyway, that should help you out!  Good luck!

-Steve Baker
Sr. Software Engr
Oodle, Inc.

--- In oodleapi@yahoogroups.com, "cadetboy001" <cadetboy001@...> wrote:
>
> Is there a problem with the zip search, my
> results that are retrieved are all the same
> despite the zip code. The code I have worked
> perfectly for about two weeks, I made no
> changes to it and suddenly it started behaving
> weird.

No known problems right now with zip search.  I'm not sure I fully understand
your question.

Are you saying that no matter what zip code you put in, you always get the same
set of results?

Can you email api@... with an example of the API request that appears to
be working incorrectly?

> Is the exclude filter working as yet?

The 'exclude_sources' parameter is mostly functional again.  We have a bug right
now where it doesn't quite work for all possible values, but in about 95% of the
cases, it does.

Specifically, listing sources that are also classifieds partners of ours (for
example, 'walmart', 'military', 'myspace', etc) don't get excluded properly with
that parameter at this moment.  We're working on that and a fix should be out
and live within a week.

But as I mentioned, for the vast majority of values you pass in,
'exclude_sources' should now wipe them out when you specify that.

If it's not working for you, send an email to api@... with an example of
the API request that's not working correctly and I'll do what I can to assist
you!

-Steve Baker
Sr. Software Engr
Oodle, Inc.