Some sandbox queries returning 0 results

[ma966006]

I'm trying the ebay search api for the first time, and I'm getting strange results using the sandbox, where certain searches are returning 0 results.

These are returning 0 results: 'legos', 'polo shirt', 'usb conrtroller'

'toys' returned 1 result.

'shirts' returned 10 results.

Obviously on eBay there are thousands of results for these searches in 'Used'. Does this have to do with the Sandbox? Is it not returning everything?

api = Connection(domain='svcs.sandbox.ebay.com', config_file='ebay.yaml')
response = api.execute('findItemsAdvanced', {
                                                'keywords': 'shirts',
                                                'itemFilter': [
                                                    {'name':'Condition','value': 3000},
                                                ],
                                                'paginationInput': {
                                                    'entriesPerPage': 100,
                                                    'pageNumber': 1
                                                },
                                             }
                       )

print(response.dict())

[shipscript]

The sandbox has limited items, so don't expect a returned value for all of your searches. You might change the condition from 3000 (used) to 1000 (new) and see if you get different results.

If you are successfully returning a few items without any errors, then try using the production domain instead of the sandbox domain.