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Application programming interface for integrating third-party programs with the eBay platform

supports a Developers Program, providing registered developers an which lets custom applications query the eBay in format or REST-style json format, and perform actions within the eBay platform.

The API features include:

  • Submitting items for listing
  • Listing eBay categories
  • Viewing information about listed items
  • Getting high bidder information for items you are selling
  • Retrieve lists of items a particular user is currently selling
  • Retrieve lists of items a particular user has bid on
  • Display eBay listings on other sites
  • Leaving feedback about other users

Related resources (, and as well as documentation) can be found at https://go.developer.ebay.com.

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Is it possible to get the eBay Category List via an API programmatically?

My goal is to get a list of eBay categories programmatically. It appears that the GetCategories method is only available from the Trading API. If I understand correctly, there is user interaction required to log into the Trading…
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Ebay API: Connection between "Developer Account" and "Ebay Account"

A am just beginning to familiarize myself with the eBay RESTFUL API, forgive me this basic question, but I found no answer yet. I have an eBay account since many years ago. I registered a developer account (same eMail address) recently, and I got…
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EBay API Call Get Seller Transactions not Returning Seller Feedback Rating

I'm using the GetSellerTransactionsCall from eBay Trading API to obtain transaction from an eBay Seller. According to eBay Documentation this call is suppose to return a Seller object which contains a UserType with the following data: Seller…
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PHP eBay API GeteBayOfficialTime call returns 'Unsupported API call' error

I am trying to pull a seller list from eBay and every time I run this code, I get the error The API call "GeteBayOfficialTime" is invalid or not supported in this release I'm running this on a Mac with Zend Server. Request in…
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Unable to add item on eBay API due to Item Specific Type missing

We are getting the following error when calling the eBay AddItemRequest API The item specific Type is missing. Add Type to this listing, enter a valid value, and then try again.21919303
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ebay API - get UPC's from list of auctions

there are certain items on ebay that have UPC in their description. for example CDs and other media have a field in the actual description of the item called UPC and books have ISBN right in the description. is it possible to programmatically…
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get end user tokens for eBay restful in Python

currently I am using eBay Trading API with Python. Thanks to: https://github.com/timotheus/ebaysdk-python I used https://github.com/luke-dixon/django-ebay-accounts to get tokens for user. Now, I would like to use Restful API…
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eBay API request error: 'Invalid access token. Check the value of the Authorization HTTP request header.'

I've registered as a developer with eBay and created an app. I generated an Oauth (not Auth'n'Auth) Using Postman to generate a simple request (image) and recieving an error for token invalidity Error: Invalid access token. Check the value of the…
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how to use python xml.etree.ElementTree to parse eBay API response?

I am trying to use xml.etree.ElementTree to parse responses from eBay finding API, findItemsByProduct. After lengthy trial and error, I came up with this code which prints some data: import urllib from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET appID =…
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How to add brand to existing eBay item?

In my application I would like add Brand and MPN to existing eBay item via API on C#, so, I run code: string eCommerceID = (dr["eCommerceID"] ?? "").ToString().Trim(); string upc = (dr["UPC"] ?? "").ToString().Trim(); string…
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Get all items with all details in XML format

I am trying to get all items using the ebay API in XML format. See the below code for the same. require_once('config/ebay_config.php'); require_once('helpers/eBaySession.php'); session_start(); //SiteID must also be set in the Request's XML //SiteID…
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eBay API 'Invalid auction currency' error

I'm trying to add eBay listing through their API using SDK (ebaysdk-python). I run tests on sandbox.ebay.co.uk with Trading API Sandbox. I am selling my products on eBay.co.uk and I want specify price in GBP. Products are shipped from Poland. With…
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ebay scheduled listing time mismatch

Creating a schedule listing in ebay from application. while scheduling, application is showing users pc date time and user will give a time relative to his pc time / local time. but while the item is scheduled, the time doesn't remain same. how to…
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eBay API get all products using getSellerList call without start and end time

I am trying to get all products from a user's ebay account, but when I run my code I am only getting a few hundred. I can confirm there are 2 000 products. How can I pull all products without using the start and end time and date parameters? If I…
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eBay API PHP & XML parse error when item's name contains ampersand

I have been testing my PHP app to list items on eBay using their Trading API. I have been having success in my testing but I just came accross some items with ampersand in the title. This error keeps getting returned. XML Error Text: "; nested…
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