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I am seeing some strange error responses such as the following:
Why am I getting these and how should I handle these?
Detailed Description
Although rare, these are indications of operational issues on eBay's end.
These errors can happen on any API call and through any available API or SDK which include XML, SOAP and Java SDK & .NET SDK.
Request Type / client | Possible Error |
XML requests | Internal Server Error (500) HTTP/1.1 502 (Bad Gateway) Proxy Error |
SOAP requests Requests from .NET SDK | Client found response content type of 'text/html;charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml' |
Java SDK | org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Premature end of file (502)Proxy Error java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out |
Retry Recommendations:
Most of the times the operational issues are resolved very quickly and you should apply the standard retry mechanism of 3 tries. If possible, wait for a few minutes and retry the calls. If you continue running into these errors, please file a support ticket and report a bug:
https://developer.ebay.com/my/support/tickets
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