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Published: March 20 2008, 1:02:00 PMUpdated: August 23 2022, 5:28:20 AM

I am trying to access the ConvertedCurrentPrice for an Item returned by findItemsAdvanced (Finding API) using JSON.  However, I keep getting back[object Object] for the price.  How do I access the actual value?

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An easy way to determine how to access the values, is to make an HTTP Get call using your browser.  So for instance, consider this request (we are restricting to 2 results for brevity):

http://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1?OPERATION-NAME=findItemsAdvanced&SERVICE-VERSION=1.8.0&paginationInput.entriesPerPage=5&SECURITY-APPNAME=<Your APPID>&RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT=JSON&GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-US&keywords=iPod%20Touch%204g

paste it in a browser like IE or FireFox and it will return a response similar to this (this has been formatted to make it human-readable):

{ "findItemsAdvancedResponse" : [ { "ack" : [ "Success" ],
        "itemSearchURL" : [ "http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=iPod+Touch+4g&_ddo=1&_ipg=2&_pgn=1" ],
        "paginationOutput" : [ { "entriesPerPage" : [ "2" ],
              "pageNumber" : [ "1" ],
              "totalEntries" : [ "31786" ],
              "totalPages" : [ "15893" ]
            } ],
        "searchResult" : [ { "@count" : "2",
              "item" : [ { "autoPay" : [ "true" ],
                    "condition" : [ { "conditionDisplayName" : [ "Used" ],
                          "conditionId" : [ "3000" ]
                        } ],
                    "country" : [ "US" ],
                    "galleryPlusPictureURL" : [ "http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/220772438454_1_0_1.jpg" ],
                    "galleryURL" : [ "http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/myF4Io-h2WPp9fqvoV5mQPA/140.jpg" ],
                    "globalId" : [ "EBAY-US" ],
                    "itemId" : [ "220772438454" ],
                    "listingInfo" : [ { "bestOfferEnabled" : [ "false" ],
                          "buyItNowAvailable" : [ "false" ],
                          "endTime" : [ "2011-04-29T22:34:42.000Z" ],
                          "gift" : [ "false" ],
                          "listingType" : [ "StoreInventory" ],
                          "startTime" : [ "2011-04-19T22:34:42.000Z" ]
                        } ],
                    "location" : [ "Glen Allen,VA,USA" ],
                    "paymentMethod" : [ "PayPal" ],
                    "postalCode" : [ "23059" ],
                    "primaryCategory" : [ { "categoryId" : [ "73839" ],
                          "categoryName" : [ "iPod & MP3 Players" ]
                        } ],
                    "productId" : [ { "@type" : "ReferenceID",
                          "__value__" : "92352708"
                        } ],
                    "returnsAccepted" : [ "true" ],
                    "sellingStatus" : [ { "convertedCurrentPrice" : [ { "@currencyId" : "USD",
                                "__value__" : "182.99"
                              } ],
                          "currentPrice" : [ { "@currencyId" : "USD",
                                "__value__" : "182.99"
                              } ],
                          "sellingState" : [ "Active" ],
                          "timeLeft" : [ "P9DT13H29M54S" ]
                        } ],
                    "shippingInfo" : [ { "expeditedShipping" : [ "true" ],
                          "handlingTime" : [ "2" ],
                          "oneDayShippingAvailable" : [ "false" ],
                          "shipToLocations" : [ "US" ],
                          "shippingServiceCost" : [ { "@currencyId" : "USD",
                                "__value__" : "0.0"
                              } ],
                          "shippingType" : [ "Free" ]
                        } ],
                    "subtitle" : [ "FREE EARBUD+CABLE*FREE SHIPPING *LATEST MODEL*ORIGINAL" ],
                    "title" : [ "Apple iPod Touch 8GB 4th Gen 4G Generation Camera Music" ],
                    "viewItemURL" : [ "http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPod-Touch-8GB-4th-Gen-4G-Generation-Camera-Music-/220772438454?pt=Other_MP3_Players" ]
                  },
                  { "autoPay" : [ "false" ],
                    "condition" : [ { "conditionDisplayName" : [ "Used" ],
                          "conditionId" : [ "3000" ]
                        } ],
                    "country" : [ "US" ],
                    "galleryPlusPictureURL" : [ "http://galleryplus.ebayimg.com/ws/web/170628876270_1_0_1.jpg" ],
                    "galleryURL" : [ "http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/m/m2pxMsrAG4B2zT_MGXXUJxw/140.jpg" ],
                    "globalId" : [ "EBAY-US" ],
                    "itemId" : [ "170628876270" ],
                    "listingInfo" : [ { "bestOfferEnabled" : [ "false" ],
                          "buyItNowAvailable" : [ "false" ],
                          "endTime" : [ "2011-04-20T14:54:55.000Z" ],
                          "gift" : [ "false" ],
                          "listingType" : [ "Auction" ],
                          "startTime" : [ "2011-04-15T14:54:55.000Z" ]
                        } ],
                    "location" : [ "Trenton,TX,USA" ],
                    "paymentMethod" : [ "PayPal" ],
                    "postalCode" : [ "75490" ],
                    "primaryCategory" : [ { "categoryId" : [ "73839" ],
                          "categoryName" : [ "iPod & MP3 Players" ]
                        } ],
                    "productId" : [ { "@type" : "ReferenceID",
                          "__value__" : "92343810"
                        } ],
                    "returnsAccepted" : [ "false" ],
                    "sellingStatus" : [ { "bidCount" : [ "25" ],
                          "convertedCurrentPrice" : [ { "@currencyId" : "USD",
                                "__value__" : "212.5"
                              } ],
                          "currentPrice" : [ { "@currencyId" : "USD",
                                "__value__" : "212.5"
                              } ],
                          "sellingState" : [ "Active" ],
                          "timeLeft" : [ "P0DT5H50M7S" ]
                        } ],
                    "shippingInfo" : [ { "expeditedShipping" : [ "true" ],
                          "handlingTime" : [ "2" ],
                          "oneDayShippingAvailable" : [ "false" ],
                          "shipToLocations" : [ "US" ],
                          "shippingServiceCost" : [ { "@currencyId" : "USD",
                                "__value__" : "15.0"
                              } ],
                          "shippingType" : [ "Flat" ]
                        } ],
                    "title" : [ "Apple iPod touch 4G (32 GB) used for less then 2 weeks" ],
                    "viewItemURL" : [ "http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPod-touch-4G-32-GB-used-less-then-2-weeks-/170628876270?pt=Other_MP3_Players" ]
                  }
                ]
            } ],
        "timestamp" : [ "
2022-08-23T10:38:06.078Z" ],
        "version" : [ "
1.13.0" ]
      } ] }


This shows you that you can access the value of CurrentPrice as follows:

item.sellingStatus.currentPrice.__value__

Similarly, if you want to access the shipping type, it shows you that you need to use the following:

item.shippingInfo.shippingType

 

 

 

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