# Datafeed in rails

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datafeed-in-rails/188195>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 7, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datafeed-in-rails/188195 "2010-05-07T12:41:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datafeed-in-rails/188195/1 "2010-05-07T12:41:23Z")

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Hi,  
I have to built a search functionality in which whenever the user types  
“shoes” then my search result will give him an information about the  
most of online shoppers like (Amazon, ebey) who are selling the shoes  
with their corresponding prices.  
Is anyone knows how should I get the information from these online  
shoppers?

Any help appreciated.  
Thanks  
Mike

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datafeed-in-rails/188195/2 "2010-05-07T12:53:02Z")

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Amazon provides an API for this sort of thing. I think eBay does as  
well.

I do not know if there is a gem for this, or if you would have to use  
one  
for each service.

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**Author:** ![miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@miked](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/miked)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/datafeed-in-rails/188195/3 "2010-05-07T13:10:33Z")

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Is there a way through which I can get the information from single  
server?  
Like “[http://www.datafeedfile.com/](http://www.datafeedfile.com/)” which gives the information from  
different merchants.  
Peter H. wrote:

> Amazon provides an API for this sort of thing. I think eBay does as  
> well.
> 
> I do not know if there is a gem for this, or if you would have to use  
> one  
> for each service.