I am trying to connect to MLS Rets server in my local wordpress but can't connect.
I also don't know how to use Rets Server and get data from there? Also need some real estate sample data for testing purpose.
Does Anybody have any idea. How can I do that.
Im not familiar with that wordpress plugin but you would get your login information and other details on connecting from the MLS that you are subscribed to. They could potentially have restricted access times or have IP restricted access among other general inconveniences causing you to not be able to connect.
Once connected, if you were looking for sample data then you would set your batch to a few hundred properties or something just to start. Or its possible that the MLS offers a sample set of data or a test server to use in developing your application.
to answer your comment
You have to be a member of one. Multiple Listing Services are organizations that realtors belong to in order to share their listing data through broker reciprocity. There are several hundred MLSes in the US alone and although many of them use the RETS standard (which really shouldnt be considered a 'standard' in the first place) there is absolutely nothing standardized about them beyond a few similarities here and there... im not sure about other countries... There is also a way to become an IDX vendor for MLSes.. This usually involves setup and monthly fees and strict approval processes.. In that case you would be selling your IDX service to a member of the MLS in question. If your not a realtor and just want to display listing data im pretty sure your going to have a hard time getting approved to do so.
You need to Connect RETS Service Provide they will give Credential once you register as agent under that agency and Provide Limited Access for RETS Data Feed once Again you can check your credential working or not using http://retsmd.com or if find any issue i having Script PHRETS and RETS IQ we will discuss if you facing any other issue.
To add to Andrew's answer - to get RETS credentials, you'll not only need to have an agent sign off for you, but you'll also need to get their broker in charge to approve it. Most agents choose to use a third party service that is already setup as a vendor since it can be a months or year long process for a new vendor to get setup and approved. Especially if that vendor doesn't already have standing relationships with other MLSs.
Some MLSs charge vendor fees that can range from $0 to as high as $5000 / month for access.
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I have an application which connect two different APIs & built on the Codeignitor3 PHP framework. Below is the flow.
User register with us.
Users add API key for both the API's platform.
We sync products & order from one API to other API.
Now the questions are:
I need this to be automated, for that I have added a CRON JOB to achieve this & for 1 - 10 users it is working fine.
I want to know the best approach to sync data automatically when My application has more than 500 users. Please note that I need to sync data once a hour per each user.
There are no Webhooks provided so I need to work with API's only.
I am not able to find a suitable and best approach for this So I am posting here.
Kindly suggest
You must give a try of AWS Lambda Service.
currently I'm working on my own, selfwritten Website (from scratch, without any CMS or sh**) and I want to implement a special system for the Commissions I make.
Some people are commissioning me to create 3D Models and other stuff.
Since sometimes my customers are from a different timezone (I'm from germany, most of my customers are from america) communicating over Discord sometimes fails because of that.
So I thought about creating a system to let the customers download their commissioned model as soon as I've uploaded it and sent them a Code to "unlock" the download to it.
I thought this probably could work using Paypal. They get the Code, enters them on my website and gets the information to pay a specific amount I've setup before. After they paid, the download is unlocked.
Any Idea how I could setup something like that?
Thank you in advance!
we have a android project that needs the following objectives:
*we also have a web application for this app that needs to communicate with the same database as the android application
what I have done so far:
a view of a map with a pinpoint on my current Location
mysql db containing information (including latitude and longtitude position)
registration and login
Real Time Database Objectives:
state that people are online or offline(updating a database).
Google Map Objectives:
When I press a button, the map will show other users who are online within a given radius so basically I need to view online people who are near me
Send a message to them [2 ways]
2.1 I send them a message by clicking their icon
2.2 I send everyone[online people within the radius] the message
Questions:
I am currently using php mysql for login/register. Can I use this for a real time database or is there any other way?
is Firebase somehow similar to a hosting site?
if there are other needed information needed, pls inform me, I may not have included information that could help with my questions :)
ill update my question too if I have more questions.
thank you.
I think for your requirements its is more appropriate to use Firebase as it fulfills all your expectations and provides additional features.
We have been manually been keying Amazon orders into our system and would like to automate it. However, I can't seem to figure out how to go about it. Their documentation is barely there.
There is:
Amazon Inventory Management (AIM) API: That is supposed to manage orders and inventory
Event Notification Service (ENS) API: Get order notifications
Seller Central SOAP API: Upload inventory and manage orders
Amazon Marketplace Web Service (Amazon MWS): Manage inventory and orders
So hich do I use? Using REST instead of SOAP is very much preferred. Can anyone point me out some better documentation/examples?
AIM and SOAP are historical APIs. The best choice is MWS, which supports all features of AIM and SOAP (i.e. all listing activity, inventory reports, order reports, order acknowledgement and cancellations, refunds, settlement reports).
MWS is also well documented at mws.amazon.com, and example client libraries are provided for Java, C# and PHP. For feed and report formats, you should refer to Seller Central Help pages for all formats (unless you are a Marketplace seller, in which case the help pages are accessible from your seller account page).
You may also want to peruse www.amazonservices.com
Finally, here's a link to the SOA-GuideToXML.pdf document, which describes the details of the XML feeds and reports, as well as the overall workflow:
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/rainier/help/tutorials/SOA-GuideToXML.pdf
I think Amazon's API is a confusing mess to deal with. I just wrote a simple tool to extract data from my Amazon wishlist and it was far harder than it should have been.
I would guess that you want to use the Marketplace service, but I could be wrong. If you're dealing with PHP, there is a PHP API that you might find helpful - Tarzan (link disabled - this package is apparently no longer available)
Here is a Amazon forum for that should help: http://www.amazonsellercommunity.com/forums/forum.jspa?forumID=32, and a PDF overview
If you (obviously not reffering to YOU) don't feel comfortable with web services and API calling (communication). You can download a flat file from Sellercentarl.amazon with your order information, and use an import method to enter the whole file at once, without retyping any info. Obviously the exact pricess would depend on What system you are trying to enter these orders into.
Good Luck!
I realize they have an API but some of
the questions I have wouldn't be
answered by it, and it would be great
to receive feedback from others who
have integrated it before.
I basically am working with a web site where visitors may choose to sell a used item to the site owner.
If the user decides to sell, he can enter in the specifications of the item and be given a quote. Then he'll proceed to enter in his address, which I assume I'll have to verify using the Fedex API before or during the part where it creates a shipping label.
So assuming the address is verified, it looks like the script in the API I have to interact with is /Ship/Ground/Domestic/ShipGroundDomestic.php5 ( since we will not integrate any other type of shipment type yet ).
Is this is the script that actually creates the shipment and charges the account setup, assuming all goes well it returns a xml response with the status?
Since it's SOAP based - I realize there are options for a pdf and png shipping label type, it looks like it generates the label but where is it actually stored, is it just temporary?
In the script it specifies options for a API Key, password, account #, and Meter # - so I would have to actually know the site owners credentials, since it charges for creating shipments/labels I can't use a normal account that doesn't have a CC setup, can I?
I can't actually test anything without contacting them and telling them to make my account go into test mode? Or is there an extra parameter for test mode?
I should store all shipments in a local database to pull them up, right? Or should I solely rely on Fedex for storing all the information? If I use a local database I can map shipments to users and use a Fedex provided script to look up the delivery status so I would think I have to do that.
If I were to have a feature that automatically emailed customers with status updates of a delivery, I would have to use some type of cron job to look and see if there were any updates made, I can't do this any other way?
If you are using the the Fedex Web Services API you get a test key by going to https://www.fedex.com/wpor/wpor/editConsult.do
(You may need to be already signed in).
The label it generates it just dumps into the current directory. That is obviously not acceptable for production code, since it does not even generate a unique file name, but the php file is example code. Modify the code they give to do whatever you want with the returned label.
You would want a local database.
Why would you want to send users updates? Is there any reason they cannot just use the tracking number and look it up themselves? I mean it would be possible to call the tracking API periodically and generate emails, but do users really want these emails?