Is it a web service interface to ebay what you are after, and storing some details locally ? If it is I'm not sure that extending the DAL is the right way to go. If you just want to interface to query ebay, look at http://developer.ebay.com/DevZone/shopping/docs/Concepts/ShoppingAPIGuide.html
On Tuesday, October 30, 2012 1:08:24 PM UTC+13, howesc wrote: > > i'm not claiming to be an expert here....but.... > > each database connector is a class, for example, my current favorite: > > class GoogleDatastoreAdapter(NoSQLAdapter): > > > so i suspect you can create an Adapter class and use it with the DAL with > little or no modifications to DAL.py. I've not tried it myself, but i > suggest you look at the base adapters and try creating your custom class. > then see if you can plug it into the dal. > > good luck! > > cfh > > On Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:19:08 PM UTC-7, guruyaya wrote: >> >> Say I would like to create a project that uses eBay as a database. One of >> the things I'm dreaming of, is making ad hook storage engine, for the >> purpose of reading eBay listings. I'm not looking to hack DAL for this >> purpose (and make upgrades hard), but to extend DAL, and use it's built ins >> to search eBay. Is there a way to add a storage engine, without changing >> DAL code? >> >> Thanks in advance >> YAYA >> > --
