Browse API API

Overview

The Browse API has the following resources: item_summary: Lets shoppers search for specific items by keyword, GTIN, category, charity, product, or item aspects and refine the results by using filters, such as aspects, compatibility, and fields values.  (Experimental) search_by_image: Lets shoppers search for specific items by image. You can refine the results by using URI parameters and filters. item: Lets you retrieve the details of a specific item or all the items in an item group, which is an item with variations such as color and size and check if a product is compatible with the specified item, such as if a specific car is compatible with a specific part. Provides a bridge between the eBay legacy APIs, such as Finding, and the RESTful APIs, which use different formats for the item IDs.  (Experimental) shopping_cart: Provides the ability for eBay members to see the contents of their eBay cart, and add, remove, and change the quantity of items in their eBay cart.   Note: This resource is not available in the eBay API Explorer. The item_summary, search_by_image, and item resource calls require an Application access token. The shopping_cart resource calls require a User access token.

Browse API is a shopping API from ebay.com. Requests are authenticated with OAuth. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 11 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication

OAuth

HTTPS

Yes

CORS

Unknown

Category

Shopping

Base URL

https://api.ebay.com/buy/browse/v1

Version

v1.1.0

Endpoints

11

OpenAPI

Specification ↗

Spec updated

2020-11-02

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

curl -X GET "https://api.ebay.com/buy/browse/v1/item/" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"

const response = await fetch("https://api.ebay.com/buy/browse/v1/item/", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.ebay.com/buy/browse/v1/item/",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())

Endpoints

Questions