eBay Shopping APIs

eBay Shopping APIs support performance-optimized, lightweight APIs for accessing public eBay data in the Web 2.0 world.

The Shopping API is optimized for response size, speed and usability. Search for eBay items, products and reviews, user info, and popular items and searches. Retrieve public eBay data in a buyer-friendly view, for easy consumption by widgets, search tools, and other buyer-focused applications.

Supported Features

Formats: XML, SOAP, Name Value, JSON

Protocols: HTTP GET (REST) and POST

Current Support

eBay Shopping APIs currently support the following APIs:

Item Search

• FindItems: Simple keyword and SellerID based search for items on eBay
• FindItemsAdvanced: Advanced search for items on eBay via keyword, ProductID, SellerID and several search filters.
• FindProducts: Search for products on eBay via keyword or ProductID.
• FindHalfProducts: Search for Half.com product-related information from the catalog via keywords and category based search.

Item Data

• GetSingleItem: Simplified buyer specific view of item data
• GetItemStatus: Retrieve changing item information towards the end of an auction
• GetShippingCosts: Retrieve item shipping details
• GetMultipleItems: Retrieve multiple item data in a single request. 

User Reputation

• GetUserProfile: Retrieve eBay user profile and feedback information.

eBay Pop!

• FindPopularSearches: Retrieve popular and related search keywords by category or keyword. NEW!
• FindPopularItems: Retrieve popular items by category NEW!

Search

• FindReviewsandGuides: Search for reviews and guides by user, category or ProductID. NEW!

Upcoming Features

More APIs Coming Soon! (See the Product Roadmap for details)

Utilities

• GetCategoryInfo: Retrieve category information including child categories and breadcrumbs.
• GeteBayTime: Retrieve the current eBay Official Time.

Getting Started and Resources

Tutorials

• JavaScript (URL/JSON): Making your first call (FindItems)
• PHP (URL/XML): Making your first call (FindItems)
• PHP (XML/XML): Making your first call (FindItems)
• PHP (URL/XML): Complex searching (FindItemsAdvanced)
• PHP (URL/XML): Getting user information (FindItemsAdvanced/GetUserProfile)
• More Tutorials: Tutorials for other programming languages. »

Tools

• JavaScript Toolkit: Easy access to Shopping APIs via JavaScript libraries
• Flex Toolkit: Build applications or widgets in Flash or Flex

Documentation

• Call Reference: Browse all calls and the fields they use.
• Getting Started Guide: A quick overview of the eBay Shopping API and what you can do with it.
• Release Notes: View enhancements in each release.
• WSDL or XSD: Download the Shopping API definition file.

Support

• Production System Announcements: See the latest system announcements regarding eBay Shopping APIs
• eBay Developer Forums: Free support from your fellow developers and Developer Technical Support
• Developer Support: Choose from paid support offerings, including Support Requests and Live Help.

Access and Rate Limiting

Access to eBay Shopping APIs is over HTTP protocol, and requires an AppID. User-level authentication is not required. eBay Shopping API requests are limited to 5,000 requests per IP per day. To request additional queries, apply for a Compatible Application Check.