openapi: 3.0.0
info:
title: eBay Account Advertising_eligibility Product_summary API
description: The Account API gives sellers the ability to configure their eBay seller accounts, including the seller's policies (eBay business policies and seller-defined custom policies), opt in and out of eBay seller programs, configure sales tax tables, and get account information.
For details on the availability of the methods in this API, see Account API requirements and restrictions.
contact:
name: eBay Inc,
license:
name: eBay API License Agreement
url: https://go.developer.ebay.com/api-license-agreement
version: v1.9.2
servers:
- url: https://api.ebay.com{basePath}
description: Production
variables:
basePath:
default: /sell/account/v1
tags:
- name: Product_summary
paths:
/product_summary/search:
get:
tags:
- Product_summary
description: 'This method searches for and retrieves summaries of one or more products in the eBay catalog that match the search criteria provided by a seller. The seller can use the summaries to select the product in the eBay catalog that corresponds to the item that the seller wants to offer for sale. When a corresponding product is found and adopted by the seller, eBay will use the product information to populate the item listing. The criteria supported by search include keywords, product categories, and category aspects. To see the full details of a selected product, use the getProduct call.
In addition to product summaries, this method can also be used to identify refinements, which help you to better pinpoint the product you''re looking for. A refinement consists of one or more aspect values and a count of the number of times that each value has been used in previous eBay listings. An aspect is a property (e.g. color or size) of an eBay category, used by sellers to provide details about the items they''re listing. The refinement container is returned when you include the fieldGroups query parameter in the request with a value of ASPECT_REFINEMENTS or FULL.
Example
A seller wants to find a product that is "gray" in color, but doesn''t know what term the manufacturer uses for that color. It might be Silver, Brushed Nickel, Pewter, or even Grey. The returned refinement container identifies all aspects that have been used in past listings for products that match your search criteria, along with all of the values those aspects have taken, and the number of times each value was used. You can use this data to present the seller with a histogram of the values of each aspect. The seller can see which color values have been used in the past, and how frequently they have been used, and selects the most likely value or values for their product. You issue the search method again with those values in the aspect_filter parameter to narrow down the collection of products returned by the call.
Although all query parameters are optional, this method must include at least the q parameter, or the category_ids, gtin, or mpn parameter with a valid value. If you provide more than one of these parameters, they will be combined with a logical AND to further refine the returned collection of matching products.
Note: This method requires that certain special characters in the query parameters be percent-encoded:
(space) = %20 , = %2C : = %3A [ = %5B ] = %5D { = %7B | = %7C } = %7D
This requirement applies to all query parameter values. However, for readability, method examples and samples in this documentation will not use the encoding.
This method returns product summaries rather than the full details of the products. To retrieve the full details of a product, use the getProduct method with an ePID.'
operationId: search
parameters:
- name: X-EBAY-C-MARKETPLACE-ID
in: header
description: 'This method also uses the X-EBAY-C-MARKETPLACE-ID header to identify the seller''s eBay marketplace. It is required for all supported marketplaces, except EBAY_US, which is the default. '
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: aspect_filter
in: query
description: 'An eBay category and one or more aspects of that category, with the values that can be used to narrow down the collection of products returned by this call.
Aspects are product attributes that can represent different types of information for different products. Every product has aspects, but different products have different sets of aspects.
You can determine appropriate values for the aspects by first submitting this method without this parameter. It will return either the productSummaries.aspects container, the refinement.aspectDistributions container, or both, depending on the value of the fieldgroups parameter in the request. The productSummaries.aspects container provides the category aspects and their values that are associated with each returned product. The refinement.aspectDistributions container provides information about the distribution of values of the set of category aspects associated with the specified categories. In both cases sellers can select from among the returned aspects to use with this parameter.
Note: You can also use the Taxonomy API''s getItemAspectsForCategory method to retrieve detailed information about aspects and their values that are appropriate for your selected category.
The syntax for the aspect_filter parameter is as follows (on several lines for readability; categoryId is required):
aspect_filter=categoryId:category_id,
aspect1:{valueA|valueB|...},
aspect2:{valueC|valueD|...},.
A matching product must be within the specified category, and it must have least one of the values identified for every specified aspect.
Note: Aspect names and values are case sensitive.
Here is an example of an aspect_filter parameter in which 9355 is the category ID, Color is an aspect of that category, and Black and White are possible values of that aspect (on several lines for readability):
GET https://api.ebay.com/commerce/catalog/v1_beta/product_summary/search?
aspect_filter=categoryId:9355,Color:{White|Black}
Here is the aspect_filter with required URL encoding and a second aspect (on several lines for readability):
GET https://api.ebay.com/commerce/catalog/v1_beta/product_summary/search?
aspect_filter=categoryId:9355,Color:%7BWhite%7CBlack%7D,
Storage%20Capacity:%128GB%7C256GB%7D
Note: You cannot use the aspect_filter parameter in the same method with either the gtin parameter or the mpn parameter. For implementation help, refer to eBay API documentation at https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/commerce/catalog/types/catal:AspectFilter'
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: category_ids
in: query
description: ' Important: Currently, only the first category_id value is accepted.
One or more comma-separated category identifiers for narrowing down the collection of products returned by this call.
Note: This parameter requires a valid category ID value. You can use the Taxonomy API''s getCategorySuggestions method to retrieve appropriate category IDs for your product based on keywords.
The syntax for this parameter is as follows:
category_ids=category_id1,category_id2,.
Here is an example of a method with the category_ids parameter:
GET https://api.ebay.com/commerce/catalog/v1_beta/product_summary/search?
category_ids=178893
Note: Although all query parameters are optional, this method must include at least the q parameter, or the category_ids, gtin, or mpn parameter with a valid value.
If you provide only the category_ids parameter, you cannot specify a top-level (L1) category. '
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: fieldgroups
in: query
description: 'The type of information to return in the response.
Important: This parameter may not produce valid results if you also provide more than one value for the category_ids parameter. It is recommended that you avoid using this combination.
Valid Values:
ASPECT_REFINEMENTS — This returns the refinement container, which includes the category aspect and aspect value distributions that apply to the returned products. For example, if you searched for Ford Mustang, some of the category aspects might be Model Year, Exterior Color, Vehicle Mileage, and so on. FULL — This returns all the refinement containers and all the matching products. This value overrides the other values, which will be ignored.MATCHING_PRODUCTS — This returns summaries for all products that match the values you provide for the q and category_ids parameters. This does not affect your use of the ASPECT_REFINEMENTS value, which you can use in the same call.MATCHING_PRODUCTS'
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: gtin
in: query
description: A string consisting of one or more comma-separated Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) that identify products to search for. Currently the GTIN values can include EAN, ISBN, and UPC identifier types. 200 50
required: false
schema:
type: string
- name: mpn
in: query
description: A string consisting of one or more comma-separated Manufacturer Part Numbers (MPNs) that identify products to search for. This method will return all products that have one of the specified MPNs. *) are not allowed. iPhone,256GB), the query returns products that have iPhone AND 256GB."iPhone ipad" or "iPhone, ipad"), the query ignores any commas and returns products that have iPhone OR iPad.50
format: int32
next:
type: string
description: 'This field is reserved for internal or future use. '
offset:
type: integer
description: This field is reserved for internal or future use.
format: int32
prev:
type: string
description: 'This field is reserved for internal or future use. '
productSummaries:
type: array
description: Returned if the fieldGroups query parameter was omitted from the request, or if it was included with a value of MATCHING_PRODUCTS or FULL. This container provides an array of product summaries in the current result set for products that match the combination of the q, category_ids, and aspect_filter parameters that were provided in the request. Each product summary includes information about the product's identifiers, product images, aspects, the product page URL, and the getProduct URL for retrieving the product details.
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProductSummary'
refinement:
description: Returned only if the fieldGroups query parameter was included in the request with a value of ASPECT_REFINEMENTS or FULL.