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Shopping flow URLs
WebSphere Commerce shopping flow URLs are organized by subsystem.
Trading subsystem URLs
The Trading subsystem includes all logic and data relevant to negotiating or determining the price and associated quantity of an individual product or set of products. In particular, this area deals with the auctioning of goods and services, contracts, and RFQs (Requests for quotes).
Auction URLs
WebSphere Commerce supports the following auction URLs:
ProcessOpenCryBids
Invoked by the WebSphere Commerce scheduler every minute to process pending open cry bids. This URL is called by scheduler. No display page will return.

ProcessOpenCryBids URL

Invoked by the WebSphere Commerce scheduler every minute to process pending open cry bids. This URL is called by scheduler. No display page will return.

URL structure

http:// host_name/path/: The fully qualified name of your WebSphere Commerce Server and the configuration path

Parameter Values

None

Example

This example invokes the auction monitor to maintain the auctions at the site.


http://
myhostname/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProcessOpenCryBids

Behavior

Checks for current auctions in the AUCTION table that have the AUTYPE column set to 'O' (Open cry).
For each open cry auction, the command processes any pending bids in the BID table for which the BIDSTATUS column is set to 'A' (active).

Exception Conditions

None.