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+# eBay — Scraping & Data Extraction
+
+Field-tested against ebay.com on 2026-04-18 using `uv run python` with `http_get`.
+Chrome is NOT required — `http_get` returns full HTML on first access.
+
+## Critical: Bot Detection ("Pardon Our Interruption")
+
+eBay's bot detection fires after roughly **5–10 requests per IP in a short window**.
+The block page is ~13 KB, title `"Pardon Our Interruption..."`, and contains no listing data.
+
+**Always check before parsing:**
+```python
+def is_blocked(html):
+    return 'Pardon Our Interruption' in html or len(html) < 20_000
+
+html = http_get("https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=laptop&LH_BIN=1", headers=HEADERS)
+if is_blocked(html):
+    raise RuntimeError("eBay bot-detection triggered — back off and retry later")
+```
+
+**When blocked:** wait at minimum 60–120 seconds before retrying. The block is IP-session-scoped,
+not a hard IP ban; it clears after inactivity.
+
+**Headers required (minimal UA gets blocked faster, full browser UA lasts longer):**
+```python
+HEADERS = {
+    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
+    "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
+    "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8",
+}
+```
+
+A plain `"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0"` also works for the first few requests,
+but the full Chrome UA lasts slightly longer before triggering the block.
+
+## Search URL Structure
+
+```
+https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw={query}&{filters}
+```
+
+Confirmed working URL examples:
+```python
+# Buy It Now only, sorted by lowest price
+"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mechanical+keyboard&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15"
+
+# Auctions only
+"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=vintage+camera&LH_Auction=1"
+
+# New condition only, page 2
+"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=laptop&LH_ItemCondition=1000&_pgn=2"
+```
+
+### Filter Parameters (all confirmed working)
+
+| Parameter | Value | Effect |
+|-----------|-------|--------|
+| `LH_BIN` | `1` | Buy It Now only |
+| `LH_Auction` | `1` | Auctions only |
+| `LH_ItemCondition` | see below | Filter by condition |
+| `_sop` | see below | Sort order |
+| `_pgn` | `2`, `3`, … | Page number (confirmed: returns ~65–88 items/page) |
+| `_ipg` | `25`, `50`, `100`, `200` | Items per page (unconfirmed, standard eBay param) |
+
+### Condition Codes for `LH_ItemCondition`
+
+| Code | Label |
+|------|-------|
+| `1000` | New |
+| `1500` | New Other (open box, no original packaging) |
+| `2000` | Manufacturer Refurbished |
+| `2500` | Seller Refurbished |
+| `2750` | Like New |
+| `3000` | Used |
+| `4000` | Very Good |
+| `5000` | Good |
+| `6000` | Acceptable |
+| `7000` | For parts or not working |
+
+### Sort Codes for `_sop`
+
+| Code | Sort Order |
+|------|-----------|
+| `1` | Best Match (default) |
+| `10` | Ending Soonest |
+| `12` | Newly Listed |
+| `15` | Lowest Price + Shipping |
+| `16` | Highest Price |
+
+### Item Detail URL
+
+```
+https://www.ebay.com/itm/{listing_id}
+```
+
+The listing ID is a plain integer (e.g. `167040158614`). Always strip query parameters
+from extracted URLs — tracking params bloat the URL and are not needed for navigation.
+
+## Search Results: HTML Structure (No JSON-LD)
+
+**JSON-LD is absent on search results pages.** The listing data is embedded in HTML
+with eBay-specific class names. The response is large (~1.5–1.8 MB uncompressed).
+
+### Card Structure
+
+Each result is an `<li>` element with `data-listingid=<id>`. Key elements within each card:
+
+| Data | Pattern |
+|------|---------|
+| Listing ID | `data-listingid=(\d+)` on the `<li>` |
+| Item URL | `href=(https://(?:www\.)?ebay\.com/itm/(\d+))` |
+| Title | `s-card__title` > `su-styled-text primary` > text |
+| Current price | `class=price">\$([0-9,\.]+)<` |
+| Original/list price | `strikethrough[^>]*>\$([0-9,\.]+)` |
+| Image | `class=s-card__image[^>]*src=([^\s>]+)` |
+| Alt title | `img[alt]` in the card (same as product title) |
+
+### Confirmed Extractor (field-tested, 60 items from a single search)
+
+```python
+import re
+
+def extract_search_results(html):
+    """
+    Parse eBay search results HTML into a list of dicts.
+    Returns [] if blocked or no results.
+    """
+    if 'Pardon Our Interruption' in html or len(html) < 20_000:
+        return []
+
+    cards = re.split(r'(?=<li[^>]+data-listingid=)', html)
+    results = []
+    seen_ids = set()
+
+    for card in cards[1:]:  # skip preamble before first card
+        # Listing ID (dedup)
+        lid_m = re.search(r'data-listingid=(\d+)', card)
+        if not lid_m:
+            continue
+        listing_id = lid_m.group(1)
+        if listing_id in seen_ids:
+            continue
+        seen_ids.add(listing_id)
+
+        # Item URL (clean, no tracking params)
+        url_m = re.search(r'href=(https://(?:www\.)?ebay\.com/itm/(\d+))', card)
+        item_url = url_m.group(1).split('?')[0] if url_m else None
+
+        # Title from s-card__title
+        title_m = re.search(r's-card__title[^>]*>.*?primary[^>]*>([^<]+)', card, re.DOTALL)
+        title = title_m.group(1).strip() if title_m else None
+
+        # Skip placeholder "Shop on eBay" stub cards
+        if not title or title == 'Shop on eBay':
+            continue
+
+        # Current price
+        price_m = re.search(r'class=(?:["\'])?[a-z- ]*price["\']?>\$([0-9,\.]+)<', card)
+        if not price_m:
+            price_m = re.search(r'price">\$([0-9,\.]+)<', card)
+        price = '$' + price_m.group(1) if price_m else None
+
+        # Original / list price (strikethrough — present when discounted)
+        orig_m = re.search(r'strikethrough[^>]*>\$([0-9,\.]+)', card)
+        original_price = '$' + orig_m.group(1) if orig_m else None
+
+        # Thumbnail image URL
+        img_m = re.search(r'class=s-card__image[^>]*src=([^\s>]+)', card)
+        image = img_m.group(1) if img_m else None
+
+        results.append({
+            'listing_id': listing_id,
+            'url': item_url,
+            'title': title,
+            'price': price,
+            'original_price': original_price,  # None if not on sale
+            'image': image,
+        })
+
+    return results
+```
+
+**Usage:**
+```python
+from helpers import http_get
+import re
+
+HEADERS = {
+    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
+    "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
+}
+
+html = http_get("https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mechanical+keyboard&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15", headers=HEADERS)
+items = extract_search_results(html)
+print(f"{len(items)} items")
+for item in items[:5]:
+    print(f"  {item['listing_id']} | {item['title'][:50]} | {item['price']}")
+# Output (confirmed): 60 items
+# 168219240588 | One Plus Keyboard 81 Pro Winter Bonfire Mecha... | $159.00
+# 167461643107 | Logitech 920-012869 G515 TKL Wired Low Profil... | $49.99
+# 167040158614 | Logitech - PRO X TKL LIGHTSPEED Wireless Mech... | $74.99
+```
+
+## Item Detail Pages: JSON-LD (Reliable)
+
+Item detail pages at `/itm/{id}` serve **two JSON-LD blocks**: `BreadcrumbList` and `Product`.
+The `Product` schema is the most useful — it contains price, condition, availability, brand, images, and return policy.
+
+```python
+import re, json
+
+def extract_item_detail(html):
+    """
+    Extract structured data from an eBay item page.
+    Returns dict or None if blocked.
+    """
+    if 'Pardon Our Interruption' in html:
+        return None
+
+    ld_blocks = re.findall(r'application/ld\+json[^>]*>(.*?)</script>', html, re.DOTALL)
+    product = None
+    breadcrumbs = []
+
+    for ld_str in ld_blocks:
+        try:
+            d = json.loads(ld_str.strip())
+        except Exception:
+            continue
+
+        if d.get('@type') == 'Product':
+            product = d
+        elif d.get('@type') == 'BreadcrumbList':
+            breadcrumbs = [i.get('name') for i in d.get('itemListElement', [])]
+
+    if not product:
+        return None
+
+    offers = product.get('offers', {})
+    if isinstance(offers, list):
+        offers = offers[0]
+
+    # Schema.org condition URL -> human label
+    CONDITION_MAP = {
+        'NewCondition':          'New',
+        'UsedCondition':         'Used',
+        'RefurbishedCondition':  'Refurbished',
+        'DamagedCondition':      'For Parts / Not Working',
+        'LikeNewCondition':      'Like New',
+        'VeryGoodCondition':     'Very Good',
+        'GoodCondition':         'Good',
+        'AcceptableCondition':   'Acceptable',
+    }
+    cond_url = offers.get('itemCondition', '')
+    cond_key = cond_url.split('/')[-1]  # e.g. "RefurbishedCondition"
+    condition = CONDITION_MAP.get(cond_key, cond_key)
+
+    # List price from priceSpecification (only present when there's a "was" price)
+    price_spec = offers.get('priceSpecification', {})
+    list_price = price_spec.get('price') if price_spec.get('name') == 'List Price' else None
+
+    # Shipping (first destination)
+    shipping_details = offers.get('shippingDetails', [])
+    if shipping_details:
+        shipping_val = shipping_details[0].get('shippingRate', {}).get('value', '')
+        shipping = 'Free' if str(shipping_val) in ('0', '0.0') else f"${shipping_val}"
+    else:
+        shipping = None
+
+    # Return policy
+    return_policies = offers.get('hasMerchantReturnPolicy', [])
+    return_days = return_policies[0].get('merchantReturnDays') if return_policies else None
+
+    return {
+        'listing_id': offers.get('url', '').split('/itm/')[-1],
+        'name': product.get('name'),
+        'brand': product.get('brand', {}).get('name') if isinstance(product.get('brand'), dict) else product.get('brand'),
+        'price': offers.get('price'),
+        'list_price': list_price,     # was-price, None if no discount shown
+        'currency': offers.get('priceCurrency'),
+        'availability': offers.get('availability', '').split('/')[-1],  # e.g. "InStock"
+        'condition': condition,
+        'condition_url': cond_url,
+        'shipping': shipping,
+        'return_days': return_days,
+        'images': product.get('image', []),
+        'gtin13': product.get('gtin13'),
+        'mpn': product.get('mpn'),
+        'color': product.get('color'),
+        'breadcrumbs': breadcrumbs,
+    }
+```
+
+**Field-tested on item 167040158614:**
+```python
+html = http_get("https://www.ebay.com/itm/167040158614", headers=HEADERS)
+detail = extract_item_detail(html)
+# {
+#   'listing_id':   '167040158614',
+#   'name':         'Logitech - PRO X TKL LIGHTSPEED Wireless Mechanical Gaming Keyboard - 920-012118',
+#   'brand':        'Logitech',
+#   'price':        74.99,
+#   'list_price':   '219.99',
+#   'currency':     'USD',
+#   'availability': 'InStock',
+#   'condition':    'Refurbished',
+#   'shipping':     'Free',
+#   'return_days':  30,
+#   'images':       ['https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/vwsAAeSwEcFpw~hW/s-l1600.jpg', ...],  # 5 images
+#   'gtin13':       '097855189066',
+#   'mpn':          '920-012118',
+#   'color':        'Black',
+#   'breadcrumbs':  ['eBay', 'Electronics', 'Computers/Tablets & Networking', ...],
+# }
+```
+
+### Item Specifics from `ux-textspans` (complementary to JSON-LD)
+
+The `ux-textspans` elements in item pages contain additional data not in JSON-LD,
+including seller name, feedback %, items sold, detailed condition text, and all item specifics.
+
+```python
+import re
+
+def extract_ux_textspans(html):
+    """Return list of all ux-textspans text values from an item page."""
+    return [m.group(1) for m in re.finditer(r'ux-textspans[^>]*>([^<]+)</span>', html)]
+
+# From item 167040158614 (confirmed):
+# Index [3]  -> item title
+# Index [4]  -> subtitle / seller tagline
+# Index [5]  -> seller name ("Logitech")
+# Index [6]  -> seller feedback count ("(20742)")
+# Index [7]  -> seller feedback % ("99.6% positive")
+# Index [10] -> current price ("US $74.99")
+# Index [12] -> list price ("US $219.99")
+# Index [33] -> condition label ("Excellent - Refurbished")
+# Index [36] -> quantity sold ("45 sold")
+# Pairs from [105] onward: item specifics as label/value pairs
+```
+
+## Pagination
+
+Use `_pgn=N` (confirmed working, returns ~65–88 items per page):
+```python
+for page in range(1, 4):
+    url = f"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=laptop&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&_pgn={page}"
+    html = http_get(url, headers=HEADERS)
+    if is_blocked(html):
+        break
+    items = extract_search_results(html)
+    print(f"Page {page}: {len(items)} items")
+    # IMPORTANT: add delay between pages to avoid bot detection
+    time.sleep(3)
+```
+
+**Rate-limit safe pattern**: 3–5 second delay between requests. Beyond ~10 rapid requests
+in a session, eBay returns "Pardon Our Interruption" for all subsequent requests from that IP.
+
+## APIs (All Require Auth or Are Dead)
+
+| API | Status | Notes |
+|-----|--------|-------|
+| Finding API (svcs.ebay.com) | **Dead** — HTTP 500 | Was free/JSONP, no longer works |
+| Browse API (api.ebay.com) | **Requires OAuth** — HTTP 400 | Needs eBay developer account + token |
+| Shopping API (open.api.ebay.com) | **Requires token** | Returns `"Token not available"` error |
+| RSS feed (`_rss=1`) | **Blocked same as HTML** | Returns "Pardon Our Interruption" when rate-limited |
+
+**Bottom line**: There is no public unauthenticated eBay API in 2026. Use HTML scraping.
+
+## Practical Workflow
+
+### Scrape a search and follow top items
+
+```python
+import re, json, time
+from helpers import http_get
+
+HEADERS = {
+    "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36",
+    "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
+}
+
+def is_blocked(html):
+    return 'Pardon Our Interruption' in html or len(html) < 20_000
+
+# Step 1: Search
+html = http_get(
+    "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mechanical+keyboard&LH_BIN=1&_sop=15&LH_ItemCondition=1000",
+    headers=HEADERS
+)
+if is_blocked(html):
+    raise RuntimeError("Rate limited — wait 60-120s and retry")
+
+items = extract_search_results(html)
+print(f"Found {len(items)} items")
+
+# Step 2: Fetch details for top results (with delay)
+details = []
+for item in items[:5]:
+    time.sleep(3)
+    detail_html = http_get(item['url'], headers=HEADERS)
+    if is_blocked(detail_html):
+        print(f"Blocked on item {item['listing_id']}, stopping")
+        break
+    detail = extract_item_detail(detail_html)
+    if detail:
+        details.append(detail)
+        print(f"  {detail['name'][:50]} | {detail['price']} {detail['currency']} | {detail['condition']}")
+```
+
+## Gotchas
+
+- **"Pardon Our Interruption" is not a CAPTCHA** — it's eBay's bot-detection interstitial. It doesn't require solving — just wait and back off. `'captcha'` does NOT appear in the blocked page.
+
+- **No JSON-LD on search results** — The `application/ld+json` blocks that Amazon and other sites embed are absent from eBay search pages. Parse the HTML using regex on `s-card` class names.
+
+- **JSON-LD IS on item pages** — Two blocks: `BreadcrumbList` and `Product`. The `Product` block is authoritative. Use the regex `r'application/ld\+json[^>]*>(.*?)</script>'` (note the `[^>]*` before `>` — eBay doesn't use `type="..."` quote style consistently in all contexts).
+
+- **Duplicate listing IDs in the HTML** — Each card's listing ID appears 2–3 times (image link, title link, watch button). Always deduplicate using a `seen_ids` set when splitting on `data-listingid`.
+
+- **Placeholder cards ("Shop on eBay")** — The first card slot may be a promoted/placeholder card with title `"Shop on eBay"` and listing ID `"123456"`. Filter these out.
+
+- **Item URLs have tracking params** — Raw extracted URLs look like `https://www.ebay.com/itm/167040158614?_skw=...&epid=...&hash=...&itmprp=...`. Always strip to `itm/{id}` with `.split('?')[0]`.
+
+- **`www.ebay.com` vs `ebay.com`** — Some item URLs in search results omit `www.`. Normalize with `url.replace('//ebay.com/', '//www.ebay.com/')`.
+
+- **Search response is large** — Uncompressed HTML is 1.5–1.8 MB per page. The `http_get` helper handles gzip transparently, so the actual transfer is much smaller, but parsing a 1.8 MB string is slow. Use `re.split` on card boundaries rather than an HTML parser for speed.
+
+- **`_sop` sort and `LH_ItemCondition` require full browser-like UA** — Requests with just `"Mozilla/5.0"` (minimal UA) return empty results for these parameters more quickly than full Chrome UA. Always use the full UA string.
+
+- **Condition in JSON-LD is a schema.org URL** — `offers.itemCondition` returns `"https://schema.org/RefurbishedCondition"`, not a human label. Split on `/` and map the last segment using `CONDITION_MAP` (see `extract_item_detail` above).
+
+- **`list_price` only present when discounted** — `offers.priceSpecification` only appears in JSON-LD when eBay shows a "List Price" comparison. Check `price_spec.get('name') == 'List Price'` before using.
+
+- **Seller data is NOT in JSON-LD** — `d.get('seller')` returns `None` on item pages. The seller name, feedback %, and items sold count are only in `ux-textspans` elements in the HTML body.