InventoryUpdateFromXML

A service that adds or updates several items in an auction.

WEBSERVICE  : http://webservices.vortexauction.com/functions.cfc?wsdl
METHOD      : InventoryUpdateFromXML
ARGUMENTS   : AUCTIONEER_ID       [Numeric] Required | Your auctioneer ID
              ACCESS_KEY          [String]  Required | Your web service access key
              AUCTION_ID          [Numeric] Optional | The ID of the target auction
              EXTERNAL_AUCTION_ID [String]  Optional | The external ID of the target auction
              XML_DATA            [String]  Required | The actual data to add or update

NOTE        : 1. You can specify an AUCTION_ID or EXTERNAL_AUCTION_ID, if both then only AUCTION_ID will be used.
              2. If you do not specify an AUCTION_ID or EXTERNAL_AUCTION_ID then the values in the XML file will be used to identify the target auction.

RETURNS     : InventoryUpdateFromXMLResponse
ON FAILURE  : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
              <InventoryUpdateFromXMLResponse>
                  <Error>
                      <Code>[Error code]</Code>
                      <Message>[Error message]</Message>
                  </Error>
              </InventoryUpdateFromXMLResponse>
ON SUCCESS  : <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
              <InventoryUpdateFromXMLResponse>
                  <ItemList>
                      <Item>
                          <External_ID>[External ID of the added or updated item]</External_ID>
                          <Item_ID>[ID of the added or updated item]</Item_ID>
                      </Item>
                      OR
                      <Item>
                          <External_ID>[External ID of the added or updated item]</External_ID>
                          <Error>
                              <Code>[Error code]</Code>
                              <Message>[Error message]</Message>
                          </Error>
                      </Item>
                      ...
                  </ItemList>
              </InventoryUpdateFromXMLResponse>

ERROR CODES : 00 = An unexpected error occured.
              01 = Missing or invalid arguments.
              02 = Invalid auctioneer id and/or access key.
              03 = Could not find specified auction.
              08 = An error occured while processing the XML data.

EXAMPLES    :
              COLDFUSION :
              <cfinvoke webservice="http://webservices.vortexauction.com/functions.cfc?wsdl" method="InventoryUpdateFromXML" returnvariable="result">
                  <cfinvokeargument name="Auctioneer_ID" value="0" />
                  <cfinvokeargument name="Access_Key" value="..." />
                  <cfinvokeargument name="Auction_ID" value="0" />
                  <cfinvokeargument name="External_Auction_ID" value="..." />
                  <cfinvokeargument name="XML_Data" value="..." />
              </cfinvoke>
              <cfdump var=#result# />
              
              PHP :
              class InventoryUpdateFromXML {
                  function InventoryUpdateFromXML($Auctioneer_ID, $Access_Key, $Auction_ID, $External_Auction_ID, $XML_Data) 
                  {
                      $this->Auctioneer_ID = $Auctioneer_ID;
                      $this->Access_Key = $Access_Key;
                      $this->Auction_ID = $Auction_ID;
                      $this->External_Auction_ID = $External_Auction_ID;
                      $this->XML_Data = $XML_Data;
                  }
              }
              $soapClient = new SoapClient("http://webservices.vortexauction.com/functions.cfc?wsdl");
              $params = new InventoryUpdateFromXML(0, "...", 0, "...", "...");     
              $result = $soapClient->InventoryUpdateFromXML($params);
              var_dump($result);