ebay.rb

def self.get_search_results(query)
            # API request variables
            endpoint = 'http://svcs.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1';  # URL to call
            version = '1.0.0';  # API version supported by your application
            appid = 'YOUR APP ID';  # Replace with your own AppID
            globalid = 'EBAY-US';  # Global ID of the eBay site you want to search (e.g., EBAY-DE)
            safequery = URI.encode(query);  # Make the query URL-friendly

            # Construct the findItemsByKeywords HTTP GET call 
            apicall = "#{endpoint}?";
            apicall += "OPERATION-NAME=findItemsByKeywords";
            apicall += "&SERVICE-VERSION=#{version}";
            apicall += "&SECURITY-APPNAME=#{appid}";
            apicall += "&GLOBAL-ID=#{globalid}";
            apicall += "&keywords=#{safequery}";
            apicall += "&paginationInput.entriesPerPage=25"; 
        
            res = ""

            open( apicall ).each { |s| res << s }
            prices = []
            
            
            doc = Hpricot.parse(res)
            (doc/:item).each do |x|
                
                divider = 1
                get_count = (x/:title).inner_html.scan(/[0-9]/).first
                p "#{(x/:title).inner_html}"
                if !get_count.nil?
                    divider = get_count.to_i
                end
                prices << (x/:sellingstatus/:currentprice).inner_html.to_f/divider
            end
            
            prices
        end