+1 On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM Arun Patidar <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 > > Thanks, > Arun Patidar > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM Mridul Pathak <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > +1 > > > > Thanks, > > Mridul Pathak > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM Anil Patel <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'd like to propose removing the two eBay components, ebay and > ebaystore, > > > on the same grounds we have recently used to retire other dead > > third-party > > > integrations. > > > > > > Both components are built entirely on eBay's old XML Trading API - they > > > call api.ebay.com/ws/api.dll with a pinned compatibility level of 635, > > > which is well over a decade old (eBay is now in the 1400s). eBay marked > > the > > > Trading API as legacy and ended active support for it at the end of > 2021; > > > it gets no further enhancements and is being decommissioned call by > call, > > > and the related Finding and Shopping APIs were switched off entirely in > > > February 2025. eBay's direction now is their REST APIs (Browse, Sell, > > > Taxonomy) with OAuth 2.0. So neither component can actually talk to > live > > > eBay any more without a full rewrite - new API, new auth model, > > essentially > > > a new integration. > > > > > > Our own tree already reflects this. ebaystore has shipped disabled by > > > default (enabled="false") since the 2017 component-loading refactor > > > (OFBIZ-9182), and ebay, while still enabled, targets the same dead > > Trading > > > API. There is no working demo and no practical way to exercise either > > one. > > > > > > > > > This is really the same situation Mridul Pathak cleaned up recently > when > > he > > > removed the defunct tax integrations, Taxware and ZIPsales > (OFBIZ-7936), > > > the deprecated third-party payment gateways (OFBIZ-13446), and the > > > deprecated shipping carrier integrations (OFBIZ-7935 and OFBIZ-13447). > > The > > > eBay components are the same kind of thing - a third-party integration > > > whose backing service is effectively gone - and I think they should > > follow > > > the same path. > > > > > > > > > What prompted this was OFBIZ-3447, an old cosmetic formatting bug on > the > > > ebaystore Export Product Listings page. Rather than fix the layout on a > > > page that is disabled by default and can no longer reach eBay, I'd > rather > > > we retire the components. > > > > > > > > > I'll raise a Jira issue to remove both components - keeping the code in > > git > > > history for anyone who ever needs it - and follow the precedent of > > Mridul's > > > earlier removals. Objections, or reasons to keep them, are of course > > > welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks and Regards > > > Anil Patel > > > CEO > > > HotWax Systems > > > http://www.hotwaxsystems.com > > > > > > -- Thanks and Regards YASHWANT DHAKAD 09098240513
