For anyone that needs to know this for ColdFusion…
I previously had to rename zip files to .gz and pass them through Ebay’s API (http://developer.ebay.com/devzone/file-transfer/CallRef/uploadFile.html).
This is one of the more poorly documented and arcane pieces of this process. This morning, our bulk insertions were failing with the “evil payload” error (I paraphrase). Now, it would seem, contrary to an Indian developer on Ebay’s developer forums, that the File Transfer Service does accept plain old zip files without tricking the system with a .gz extension. We’ll see how long this one lasts. I had hoped to automate a number of these functions but have held off precisely because of this sort of thing.
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