Ebay API - How do I get item info for out of stock items

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I'm trying to get item information by searching my ebay store. For example, if I enter this URL, it will search my store for a specific keyword and return info about the item. http://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1?OPERATION-NAME=findItemsByKeywords&SECURITY-APPNAME=MYAPPID&keywords=MYKEYWORD&itemFilter.name=Seller&itemFilter.value=MYEBAYUSERNAME

However, if an item's quantity goes to zero, the item is no longer visible in my ebay store and therefore, won't show any data. How can I get data for all items, even if they are out of stock?

Please note: the data I need to get is the ebay auction number (itemID)

Thank you.

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Is there a specific reason why you are using the finding API for this as opposed to the Trading API? This just seems like a task for GetMyeBaySelling - Isaac Montaine
I don't care which API as long as it works. The url I was using works just fine for what I was doing. I could enter a keyword and get back the itemID. That's what I need to do. Now I need to do the same, but even if the item has a 0 quantity and is not showing up in a search. I don't necesssarily have to use a keyword. All my items have a unique custom label, so if there's a way to use that, that would be fine also. I'll look into GetMyeBaySelling, but I'm not an expert. If you have any code that will work, I'd appreciate it. - CheeseFlavored
I looked into the GetMyEbaySelling feature. I don't think this will work. It does get data for everything in the Active List (which includes items with a zero quantity) but I'm not sure it will work. Here's the ideal situation for me... ebay allows sellers to assign a "custom label" to any item they sell (like a product code or SKU) Each item I have listed has a unique 6 digit custom label. I need to enter a single custom label and get back the itemID associated with that custom label. Anyone have any ideas how to do it? - CheeseFlavored
Ho do you manage your stock? - oxidworks

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If you are listing using the API then "custom label" on the front end of eBay is actually the SKU node in the API. Here is a list of API calls that utilize this node: <SKU>

So if you want to pull one item at a time, all you need to do is use is use the GetItem trading API request. Instead of passing in <ItemID>(string)</ItemID> pass in <SKU>(string)</SKU>, and you will get the ItemID in the return output xml.

But, this is if you want to pull each item one at a time. There is a limit on how many API calls you can make a day.

So, I would suggest using GetMyeBaySelling every so often to download all of your items and store the output to a database. The output for GetMyeBaySelling includes <ItemID>(string)</ItemID> and your custom label as <SKU>(string)</SKU>.

At this point you can write a little front-end WebPage or APP to pull the data you want from the database.