eBay Trading APIVersion 1349
 

SetNotificationPreferences

Use this call to manage notification and alert preferences for a user or an application. Notifications and alerts update users and applications about events on the eBay site, and help reduce the number of times your application needs to make API calls to retrieve information.

Usage Details

SetNotificationPreferences sets up event notifications based on event types and preferences that you specify in the request. A successful request subscribes a user or application to notifications about events on the eBay site.

Before using this call, review the Platform Notifications Guide to understand the requirements and limitations of the Platform Notifications feature.

SetNotificationPreferences is part of eBay Platform Notifications, an optional feature that alerts applications and/or users when certain events occur on the eBay site. This feature is used by two separate eBay services:

Notifications are a great way to get real-time information about events on the eBay site, but you should always use API calls to make sure you are getting the information you need. For example, if you have subscribed to AuctionCheckoutComplete notification, you should also set up periodic polling of GetOrders.

Your application should respond to notifications with a standard HTTP status of 200 OK. After a significant number of unacknowledged notifications, eBay may stop sending notifications to your application.

Testing SetNotificationPreferences

You can test this call in the Sandbox. The preferences that you set in the Sandbox do not apply to Production, so once you have tested the call, you can use the same request to set your preferences in the Production environment.

Related Information

See Platform Notifications Guide.

See also the reference documentation for this call:



Input

See also Samples.

The box below lists all fields that could be included in the call request. To learn more about an individual field or its type, click its name in the box (or scroll down to find it in the table below the box).

See also the Deprecated Objects link above. Fields presented in this color are deprecated, and fields presented in this color are (or soon will be) non-operational.

The XML prototype does not include requester credentials. This is a documentation limitation only (see Standard Requester Credentials for Making Calls).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetNotificationPreferencesRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <!-- Call-specific Input Fields -->
  <ApplicationDeliveryPreferences> ApplicationDeliveryPreferencesType
    <AlertEmail> anyURI </AlertEmail>
    <AlertEnable> EnableCodeType </AlertEnable>
    <ApplicationEnable> EnableCodeType </ApplicationEnable>
    <ApplicationURL> anyURI </ApplicationURL>
    <DeliveryURLDetails> DeliveryURLDetailType
      <DeliveryURL> anyURI </DeliveryURL>
      <DeliveryURLName> string </DeliveryURLName>
      <Status> EnableCodeType </Status>
    </DeliveryURLDetails>
    <!-- ... more DeliveryURLDetails nodes allowed here ... -->
    <DeviceType> DeviceTypeCodeType </DeviceType>
    <PayloadVersion> string </PayloadVersion>
  </ApplicationDeliveryPreferences>
  <DeliveryURLName> string </DeliveryURLName>
  <EventProperty> NotificationEventPropertyType
    <EventType> NotificationEventTypeCodeType </EventType>
    <Name> NotificationEventPropertyNameCodeType </Name>
    <Value> string </Value>
  </EventProperty>
  <!-- ... more EventProperty nodes allowed here ... -->
  <UserData> NotificationUserDataType
    <ExternalUserData> string </ExternalUserData>
    <SMSSubscription> SMSSubscriptionType
      <CarrierID> WirelessCarrierIDCodeType </CarrierID>
      <ErrorCode> SMSSubscriptionErrorCodeCodeType </ErrorCode>
      <ItemToUnsubscribe> ItemIDType (string) </ItemToUnsubscribe>
      <SMSPhone> string </SMSPhone>
      <UserStatus> SMSSubscriptionUserStatusCodeType </UserStatus>
    </SMSSubscription>
    <SummarySchedule> SummaryEventScheduleType
      <EventType> NotificationEventTypeCodeType </EventType>
      <Frequency> SummaryFrequencyCodeType </Frequency>
      <SummaryPeriod> SummaryWindowPeriodCodeType </SummaryPeriod>
    </SummarySchedule>
    <!-- ... more SummarySchedule nodes allowed here ... -->
  </UserData>
  <UserDeliveryPreferenceArray> NotificationEnableArrayType
    <NotificationEnable> NotificationEnableType
      <EventEnable> EnableCodeType </EventEnable>
      <EventType> NotificationEventTypeCodeType </EventType>
    </NotificationEnable>
    <!-- ... more NotificationEnable nodes allowed here ... -->
  </UserDeliveryPreferenceArray>
  <!-- Standard Input Fields -->
  <ErrorLanguage> string </ErrorLanguage>
  <MessageID> string </MessageID>
  <Version> string </Version>
  <WarningLevel> WarningLevelCodeType </WarningLevel>
</SetNotificationPreferencesRequest>
Argument Type Occurrence Meaning
Call-specific Input Fields [Jump to standard fields]
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences ApplicationDeliveryPreferencesType Optional Specifies application-level event preferences that have been enabled, including the URL to which notifications should be delivered and whether notifications should be enabled or disabled (although the UserDeliveryPreferenceArray input property specifies specific notification subscriptions).
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .AlertEmail
anyURI Optional The email address to which eBay sends all application markup and markdown event notifications. When setting the email address, input must be in the format "mailto://youremailaddress@yoursite.com". Note that the AlertEnable field must be set to Enable for alert emails to be sent.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .AlertEnable
EnableCodeType Optional For SetNotificationPreferences: include and set AlertEnable to Enable to receive application markup and markdown alerts, or set to Disable to disable the alerts. If not included, the AlertEnable defaults to its current value.

For GetNotificationPreferences: this field's value indicates whether application markup and markdown alerts are enabled or disabled.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for future use.
Disable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is disabled, or being blocked from receiving notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is disabled.
Enable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is enabled to receive notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is enabled.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .ApplicationEnable
EnableCodeType Optional This field allows the user to enable or disable Platform Notifications and Client Alerts. Notice that disabling Platform Notifications and Client Alerts will not affect others preferences set in this container.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for future use.
Disable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is disabled, or being blocked from receiving notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is disabled.
Enable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is enabled to receive notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is enabled.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .ApplicationURL
anyURI Optional The URL to which eBay delivers all Platform Notifications and Client Alerts sent to the application. For delivery to a server, the URL must begin with "https://" and must be well formed.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .DeliveryURLDetails
DeliveryURLDetailType Optional,
repeatable: [0..*]
Defines settings for notification URLs (including the URL name in DeliveryURLName). You define settings for up to 25 notification URLs (including the URL name in DeliveryURLName) in separate DeliveryURLDetails containers. Associate a user token with notification URLs by using the token in a SetNotificationPreferences request that specifies the URL name or names in SetNotificationPreferencesRequest.DeliveryURLName. Use comma-separated format to specify multiple URL names in SetNotificationPreferencesRequest.DeliveryURLName. Notifications will be sent to these URL(s) if ApplicationDeliveryPreferencesType.ApplicationEnable is set to Enable.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .DeliveryURLDetails
  .DeliveryURL
anyURI Optional The address of a notification delivery URL. This address applies to the DeliveryURLName within the same ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.DeliveryURLDetails container. For delivery to a server, the URL must begin with "https://" and must be well formed. Use a URL that is functional at the time of the call.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .DeliveryURLDetails
  .DeliveryURLName
string Optional The name of a notification delivery URL. You can list up to 25 instances of DeliveryURLName, and then subscribe these URLs to notifications by listing them in comma- separated format in the DeliveryURLName element outside of ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .DeliveryURLDetails.Status
EnableCodeType Optional The status of a notification delivery URL. This status applies to the DeliveryURLName and delivery URL within the same ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.DeliveryURLDetails container. If the status is disabled, then notifications will not be sent to the delivery URL.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for future use.
Disable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is disabled, or being blocked from receiving notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is disabled.
Enable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is enabled to receive notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is enabled.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .DeviceType
DeviceTypeCodeType Optional The means of receipt of notification. In most cases, it is Platform (typical API calls and web interaction), so this is the default, if not specified. For wireless applications, use SMS. Do not test Client Alerts in production if you are currently using Platform Notifications.

Applicable values:

ClientAlerts
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that buyer/seller notifications will be delivered through the Client Alerts system.
CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for internal or future use.
Platform
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that buyer/seller notifications will be delivered through the Platform Notifications system.
SMS
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that buyer/seller notifications will be delivered through the SMS system to a wireless device.
ApplicationDeliveryPreferences
  .PayloadVersion
string Optional Use this field to specify the API version for all notifications for the calling application. If you do not specify PayloadVersion in SetNotificationPreferences, the API version for notifications will be based on the API version specified in your SetNotificationPreferences call.
DeliveryURLName string Optional Specifies up to 25 ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.DeliveryURLDetails.DeliveryURLName to associate with a user token sent in a SetNotificationPreferences request. To specify multiple DeliveryURLNames, create separate instances of ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.DeliveryURLDetails.DeliveryURLName, and then enable up to 25 DeliveryURLNames by including them in comma-separated format in this field.
EventProperty NotificationEventPropertyType Optional,
repeatable: [0..*]
Characteristics or details of an event such as type, name and value. Currently can only be set for wireless applications.
EventProperty.EventType NotificationEventTypeCodeType Optional The name of the notification event.

Applicable values: See EventType.
EventProperty.Name NotificationEventPropertyNameCodeType Optional Specify property name associated with an particular event.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for future use.
TimeLeft
(in/out) Property name for WatchedItemEndingSoon events, enabling a user to specify a time in minutes before the end of the listing. Acceptable values: 5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 75, and 180. For example, to receive a WatchedItemEndingSoon notification 30 minutes before the item listing ends, specify 30.
EventProperty.Value string Optional Specifies the value for the property.
UserData NotificationUserDataType Optional Specifies user data for notification settings, such as mobile phone number.
UserData.ExternalUserData string Conditional An application subscribing to notifications can include an XML-compliant string, not to exceed 256 characters, which will be returned in the notification payload. The string can contain user-specific information to identify a particular user. Any sensitive information should be passed with due caution and proper encryption.
UserData.SMSSubscription SMSSubscriptionType Conditional User data related to SMS notifications. SMS is currently reserved for future use.
UserData.SMSSubscription
  .CarrierID
WirelessCarrierIDCodeType Optional The wireless carrier ID.

Applicable values: See CarrierID.
UserData.SMSSubscription
  .ErrorCode
SMSSubscriptionErrorCodeCodeType Optional Reason for SMS subscription error (postback from thired-party integrator).

Applicable values: See ErrorCode.
UserData.SMSSubscription
  .ItemToUnsubscribe
ItemIDType (string) Optional ID of item to unsubscribe from SMS notification.
UserData.SMSSubscription
  .SMSPhone
string Optional The wireless phone number to be used for receiving SMS messages. Max length of phone number varies by country.
Max length: varies by country.
UserData.SMSSubscription
  .UserStatus
SMSSubscriptionUserStatusCodeType Optional Registered/Unregistered/Pending.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for internal or future use.

(Not all values in SMSSubscriptionUserStatusCodeType apply to this field.)
UserData.SummarySchedule SummaryEventScheduleType Conditional,
repeatable: [0..*]
User account activity summary alert delivery schedule. Returned if PreferenceLevel is set to UserData in GetNotificationPreferences. See "Working with Platform Notifications" for instructions on "Informational Alerts".
UserData.SummarySchedule
  .EventType
NotificationEventTypeCodeType Conditional The event type associated with this alert.

Applicable values: See EventType.
UserData.SummarySchedule
  .Frequency
SummaryFrequencyCodeType Conditional How often the summary is to be delivered.

Applicable values: See Frequency.
UserData.SummarySchedule
  .SummaryPeriod
SummaryWindowPeriodCodeType Conditional The period of time for which to create a summary.

Applicable values: See SummaryPeriod.
UserDeliveryPreferenceArray NotificationEnableArrayType Optional Specifies events and whether or not they are enabled.
UserDeliveryPreferenceArray
  .NotificationEnable
NotificationEnableType Conditional,
repeatable: [0..*]
In a SetNotificationPreferences call, one NotificationEnable container is used for each notification that the user either wants to subsribe to or disable.

If a UserDeliveryPreferenceArray container is used, at least one NotificationEnable container must be specified.

In a GetNotificationPreferences call, one NotificationEnable container is returned for each notification that the user has set a preference on - enabled or disabled.
UserDeliveryPreferenceArray
  .NotificationEnable
  .EventEnable
EnableCodeType Optional Whether the event is enabled or disabled.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(in/out) Reserved for future use.
Disable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is disabled, or being blocked from receiving notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is disabled.
Enable
(in/out) This enumeration value indicates that an application/URL/device is enabled to receive notifications, or to indicate that a specific notification event is enabled.
UserDeliveryPreferenceArray
  .NotificationEnable.EventType
NotificationEventTypeCodeType Optional The name of the notification event.

Applicable values: See EventType.
Standard Input Fields  
ErrorLanguage string Optional Use ErrorLanguage to return error strings for the call in a different language from the language commonly associated with the site that the requesting user is registered with. Below are some examples from different countries.

ID Country
en_AU Australia
de_AT Austria
nl_BE Belgium (Dutch)
fr_BE Belgium (French)
en_CA Canada
fr_CA Canada (French)
zh_CN China
fr_FR France
de_DE Germany
zh_HK Hong Kong
en_IN India
en_IE Ireland
it_IT Italy
nl_NL Netherlands
en_SG Singapore
es_ES Spain
de_CH Switzerland
en_GB United Kingdom
en_US United States
MessageID string Optional Most Trading API calls support a MessageID element in the request and a CorrelationID element in the response. If you pass in a MessageID in a request, the same value will be returned in the CorrelationID field in the response. Pairing these values can help you track and confirm that a response is returned for every request and to match specific responses to specific requests. If you do not pass a MessageID value in the request, CorrelationID is not returned.

Note: GetCategories is designed to retrieve very large sets of metadata that change once a day or less often. To improve performance, these calls return cached responses when you request all available data (with no filters). When this occurs, the MessageID and CorrelationID fields aren't applicable. However, if you specify an input filter to reduce the amount of data returned, the calls retrieve the latest data (not cached). When this occurs, MessageID and CorrelationID are applicable.
Version string Conditional The version number of the API code that you are programming against (e.g., 1149). The version you specify for a call has these basic effects:
  • It indicates the version of the code lists and other data that eBay should use to process your request.
  • It indicates the schema version you are using.
You need to use a version that is greater than or equal to the lowest supported version.
For the SOAP API: If you are using the SOAP API, this field is required. Specify the version of the WSDL your application is using.

For the XML API: If you are using the XML API, this field has no effect. Instead, specify the version in the X-EBAY-API-COMPATIBILITY-LEVEL HTTP header. (If you specify Version in the body of an XML API request and it is different from the value in the HTTP header, eBay returns an informational warning that the value in the HTTP header was used instead.)

See:
    HTTP headers
    eBay Schema Versioning Strategy
    Lowest Supported Version

WarningLevel WarningLevelCodeType Optional Controls whether or not to return warnings when the application passes unrecognized or deprecated elements in a request.

An unrecognized element is one that is not defined in any supported version of the schema. Schema element names are case-sensitive, so using WarningLevel can also help you remove any potential hidden bugs within your application due to incorrect case or spelling in field names before you put your application into the Production environment.

WarningLevel only validates elements; it doesn't validate XML attributes. It also doesn't control warnings related to user-entered strings or numbers, or warnings for logical errors.

We recommend that you only use this during development and debugging. Do not use this in requests performed in the Production environment.

Applicable values:

High
(in) The WarningLevel value is set to High if the user wishes to receive warnings when the application passes unrecognized or deprecated elements in an API call request. Setting the WarningLevel value to High is not recommended in a production environment. Instead, it should only be used during the development/debugging stage.
Low
(in) The WarningLevel value is set to Low if the user does not wish to receive warnings when the application passes unrecognized or deprecated elements in an API call request. This is the default value if WarningLevel is not specified in the call request.

See Warning Level.



Output

See also Samples.

The box below lists all fields that might be returned in the response. To learn more about an individual field or its type, click its name in the box (or scroll down to find it in the table below the box).

See also the Deprecated Objects link above. Fields presented in this color are deprecated, and fields presented in this color are not returned (or soon will not be returned) or are not operational (or soon will be non-operational).

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetNotificationPreferencesResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <!-- (No call-specific Output fields) -->

  <!-- Standard Output Fields -->
  <Ack> AckCodeType </Ack>
  <Build> string </Build>
  <CorrelationID> string </CorrelationID>
  <Errors> ErrorType
    <ErrorClassification> ErrorClassificationCodeType </ErrorClassification>
    <ErrorCode> token </ErrorCode>
    <ErrorParameters ParamID="string"> ErrorParameterType
      <Value> string </Value>
    </ErrorParameters>
    <!-- ... more ErrorParameters nodes allowed here ... -->
    <LongMessage> string </LongMessage>
    <SeverityCode> SeverityCodeType </SeverityCode>
    <ShortMessage> string </ShortMessage>
  </Errors>
  <!-- ... more Errors nodes allowed here ... -->
  <HardExpirationWarning> string </HardExpirationWarning>
  <Timestamp> dateTime </Timestamp>
  <Version> string </Version>
</SetNotificationPreferencesResponse>
Return Value Type Occurrence Meaning
(No call-specific fields)
Standard Output Fields  
Ack AckCodeType Always A token representing the application-level acknowledgement code that indicates the response status (e.g., success). The AckCodeType list specifies the possible values for the Ack field.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(out) Reserved for internal or future use.
Failure
(out) This value indicates that the call request processing failed.
Success
(out) This value indicates that the call request was processed successfully without any issues.
Warning
(out) This value indicates that the call request was successful, but processing was not without any issues. These issues can be checked in the Errors container, that will also be returned when one or more known issues occur with the call request.

(Not all values in AckCodeType apply to this field.)

Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Build string Always This refers to the specific software build that eBay used when processing the request and generating the response. This includes the version number plus additional information. eBay Developer Support may request the build information when helping you resolve technical issues.
CorrelationID string Conditionally Most Trading API calls support a MessageID element in the request and a CorrelationID element in the response. If you pass in a MessageID in a request, the same value will be returned in the CorrelationID field in the response. Pairing these values can help you track and confirm that a response is returned for every request and to match specific responses to specific requests. If you do not pass a MessageID value in the request, CorrelationID is not returned.

Note: GetCategories is designed to retrieve very large sets of metadata that change once a day or less often. To improve performance, these calls return cached responses when you request all available data (with no filters). When this occurs, the MessageID and CorrelationID fields aren't applicable. However, if you specify an input filter to reduce the amount of data returned, the calls retrieve the latest data (not cached). When this occurs, MessageID and CorrelationID are applicable.
Errors ErrorType Conditionally,
repeatable: [0..*]
A list of application-level errors (if any) that occurred when eBay processed the request.
Errors.ErrorClassification ErrorClassificationCodeType Conditionally API errors are divided between two classes: system errors and request errors.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(out) Reserved for internal or future use.
RequestError
(out) An error has occurred either as a result of a problem in the sending application or because the application's end-user has attempted to submit invalid data (or missing data). In these cases, do not retry the request. The problem must be corrected before the request can be made again. If the problem is due to something in the application (such as a missing required field), the application must be changed. If the problem is a result of end-user data, the application must alert the end-user to the problem and provide the means for the end-user to correct the data. Once the problem in the application or data is resolved, resend the request to eBay with the corrected data.
SystemError
(out) Indicates that an error has occurred on the eBay system side, such as a database or server down. An application can retry the request as-is a reasonable number of times (eBay recommends twice). If the error persists, contact Developer Technical Support. Once the problem has been resolved, the request may be resent in its original form.

Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Errors.ErrorCode token Conditionally A unique code that identifies the particular error condition that occurred. Your application can use error codes as identifiers in your customized error-handling algorithms.

See Errors By Number.

Errors.ErrorParameters ErrorParameterType Conditionally,
repeatable: [0..*]
This optional element carries a list of context-specific error variables that indicate details about the error condition. These are useful when multiple instances of ErrorType are returned.
Errors.ErrorParameters
  [ attribute ParamID ]
string Conditionally This optional element carries a list of context-specific error variables that indicate details about the error condition. These are useful when multiple instances of ErrorType are returned.
Errors.ErrorParameters.Value string Conditionally This is the value of the request parameter noted in the ParamID attribute. So, if the ParamID value was ItemID, the value in this field would be the actual value of that ItemID.
Errors.LongMessage string Conditionally A more detailed description of the condition that raised the error.
Errors.SeverityCode SeverityCodeType Conditionally Indicates whether the error is a severe error (causing the request to fail) or an informational error (a warning) that should be communicated to the user.

Applicable values:

CustomCode
(out) Reserved for internal or future use.
Error
(out) The request that triggered the error was not processed successfully. When a serious application-level error occurs, the error is returned instead of the business data.

If the source of the problem is within the application (such as a missing required element), change the application before you retry the request.
  • If the problem is due to end-user input data, please alert the end-user to the problem and provide the means for them to correct the data. Once the problem in the application or data is resolved, you can attempt to re-send the request to eBay.
  • If the source of the problem is on eBay's side, An application can retry the request as-is a reasonable number of times (eBay recommends twice). If the error persists, contact Developer Technical Support. Once the problem has been resolved, the request may be resent in its original form.


See the Error handling section of the Making a Trading API call guide for more information.
Warning
(out) The request was processed successfully, but something occurred that may affect your application or the user. For example, eBay may have changed a value the user sent in. In this case, eBay returns a normal, successful response and also returns the warning.

When a warning occurs, the error is returned in addition to the business data. In this case, you do not need to retry the request (as the original request was successful). However, depending on the cause or nature of the warning, you might need to contact either the end user or eBay to effect a long term solution to the problem to prevent it from reoccurring in the future.

Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Errors.ShortMessage string Conditionally A brief description of the condition that raised the error.
HardExpirationWarning string Conditionally Expiration date of the user's authentication token. Only returned within the 7-day period prior to a token's expiration. To ensure that user authentication tokens are secure and to help avoid a user's token being compromised, tokens have a limited life span. A token is only valid for a period of time (set by eBay). After this amount of time has passed, the token expires and must be replaced with a new token.
Timestamp dateTime Always This value represents the date and time when eBay processed the request. The time zone of this value is GMT and the format is the ISO 8601 date and time format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.SSSZ). See the Time Values section in the eBay Features Guide for information about this time format and converting to and from the GMT time zone.

Note: GetCategories and other Trading API calls are designed to retrieve very large sets of metadata that change once a day or less often. To improve performance, these calls return cached responses when you request all available data (with no filters). When this occurs, this time value reflects the time the cached response was created. Thus, this value is not necessarily when the request was processed. However, if you specify an input filter to reduce the amount of data returned, the calls retrieve the latest data (not cached). When this occurs, this time value does reflect when the request was processed.
Version string Always The version of the response payload schema. Indicates the version of the schema that eBay used to process the request. See the Standard Data for All Calls section in the eBay Features Guide for information on using the response version when troubleshooting CustomCode values that appear in the response.



Detail Controls


DetailLevel

This call does not support varying Detail Levels. You do not need to pass DetailLevel in the request.



Samples

New to making API calls? Please see Making a Call.

Note: Some item IDs, user IDs, or other data in these samples might no longer be active on eBay. If necessary, you can substitute current eBay data in your requests.

Sample: Basic Call

Sets alert and notification preferences.

Description

Seller m***************r sets her notification preferences so that she can get SOAP notifications emailed to her when her listings undergo events. She wants notifications that confirm her items are listed and that tell her when a buyer has bid on a listed item, that an auction has ended, and that the buyer has left feedback on the sale.

Input

XML format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SetNotificationPreferencesRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <RequesterCredentials>
    <eBayAuthToken>A*******3</eBayAuthToken>
  </RequesterCredentials>
  <ApplicationDeliveryPreferences>
    <AlertEmail>mailto://a****@*****************.com</AlertEmail>
    <AlertEnable>Enable</AlertEnable>
    <ApplicationEnable>Enable</ApplicationEnable>
    <ApplicationURL>https://m****************.com</ApplicationURL>
    <DeviceType>Platform</DeviceType>
  </ApplicationDeliveryPreferences>
  <UserDeliveryPreferenceArray>
    <NotificationEnable>
      <EventType>BidReceived</EventType>
      <EventEnable>Enable</EventEnable>
    </NotificationEnable>
    <NotificationEnable>
      <EventType>Feedback</EventType>
      <EventEnable>Enable</EventEnable>
    </NotificationEnable>
    <NotificationEnable>
      <EventType>EndOfAuction</EventType>
      <EventEnable>Enable</EventEnable>
    </NotificationEnable>
    <NotificationEnable>
      <EventType>ItemListed</EventType>
      <EventEnable>Enable</EventEnable>
    </NotificationEnable>
  </UserDeliveryPreferenceArray>
</SetNotificationPreferencesRequest>

Output

XML format.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SetNotificationPreferencesResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <Timestamp>2019-11-06T22:45:39.924Z</Timestamp>
  <Ack>Success</Ack>
  <Version>1127</Version>
  <Build>E1127_CORE_APINOTIFY_19078619_R1</Build>
</SetNotificationPreferencesResponse>



Change History

Change Date Description
1323
2018-08-25
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): The following seven notification event enumerated values were deprecated: OrderInquiryClosed, OrderInquiryOpened, INRBuyerOpenedDispute, OrderInquiryProvideShipmentInformation, OrderInquiryEscalatedToCase, INRBuyerClosedDispute, and INRSellerRespondedToDispute.
0991
2016-10-21
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): The following five new notification event types were added: OrderInquiryOpened, OrderInquiryReminderForEscalation, OrderInquiryProvideShipmentInformation, OrderInquiryClosed, and OrderInquiryEscalatedToCase.
0929
2015-06-26
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.BuyerCancelRequested (added): This new enumeration value indicates that a buyer has requested an order cancellation.
0909
2015-02-16
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (doc change): Clarified in the docs that the 'ItemClosed' notification is triggered when a fixed-price listing ends with or without sales. Clarified that the 'AuctionCheckoutComplete' notification is also applicable to fixed-price listings and not just auctions.
0885
2014-07-29
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): M2MMessageStatusChange notification added. This notification is sent to a subscribed buyer or seller (or application) when a member-to-member (M2M) message is either deleted or marked as read in the InBox.
0855
2013-12-31
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): EBNOrderPickedUp and EBNOrderCanceled notifications added. These notifications are sent to a subscribed merchant (or application) when an eBay Now order has been picked up (from the store by an eBay Now valet) or canceled, respectively.
0853
2013-12-05
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): PaymentReminder notification added. This notification is sent to a subscribed buyer (or application) when that buyer has yet to pay for their order.
0817
2013-03-27
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): ShoppingCartItemEndingSoon notification added. This notification is sent to the subscribed buyer (or application) when the listing for an unpurchased item in the buyer's cart is about to end.
0771
2012-04-25
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.RefundSuccess (added): Notification sent to a subscribed DE/AT seller when a refund for an order going through the new eBay payment process is successful.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.RefundFailure (added): Notification sent to a subscribed DE/AT seller when a refund for an order going through the new eBay payment process fails.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.UnmatchedPaymentReceived (added): Notification sent to the subscribed DE/AT seller when the buyer's EFT payment for an order does not match the original amount at order creation time.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnClosed (added): Notification sent to the subscribed buyer and seller when an eBay return is closed.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnCreated (added): Notification sent to the subscribed buyer and seller when an eBay return is created.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnDelivered (added): Notification sent to the subscribed buyer and seller when the item associated with the return is received by the seller.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnEscalated (added): Notification sent to the subscribed buyer and seller when an eBay return is escalated to an eBay Buyer Protection case.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnRefundOverdue (added): Notification sent to the subscribed seller when the seller's refund to the buyer is overdue.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnSellerInfoOverdue (added): Notification sent to the subscribed buyer and seller when seller information (Return Merchandise Authorization number and/or alternative return shipping address) due to the buyer is overdue.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnShipped (added): Notification sent to the subscribed buyer and seller when the item associated with the return is return shipped from the buyer back to the seller.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReturnWaitingForSellerInfo (added): Notification sent to the subscribed seller when an eBay return is waiting for the seller to provide an Return Merchandise Authorization number and/or an alternative return shipping address to the buyer.
0731
2011-07-20
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReadyForPayout (added): New Seller Payout notification sent to a German or Austrian seller when eBay has released the hold on a seller's funds.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ReadyToShip (added): New Seller Payout notification sent to a German or Austrian seller when the buyer has paid for the order.
0687
2010-09-15
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPAppealedCase (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPClosedAppeal (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPClosedCase (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPEscalatedCase (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPMyPaymentDue (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPMyResponseDue (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPOtherPartyResponseDue (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.EBPPaymentDone (added): New eBay Buyer Protection notification.
0685
2010-08-1
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.MyMessagesAlertMessage (deprecated): Only returned for versions lower than 685. Replaced by MyMessagesHighPriorityMessage.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.MyMessagesAlertMessageHeader (deprecated): Only returned for versions lower than 685. Replaced by MyMessagesHighPriorityMessageHeader.
0677
2010-07-07
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.MyMessagesHighPriorityMessage (added): New notification.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.MyMessagesHighPriorityMessageHeader (added): New notification.
0601
2009-01-21
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemMarkedPaid (added): New User Alert notifications added for buyers.
0583
2008-09-17
  • NotificationUserDataType.ExternalUserData (added): String that can be returned with notification payload.
0569
2008-06-11
  • DeviceTypeCodeType.ClientAlerts (added): Switches delivery protocol from Platform Notifications to Client Alerts.
0567
2008-05-28
  • ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.DeliveryURLDetails (added): Container for delivery URL information.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType (modified): Inaccurate note that call does not work in Sandbox removed.
0553
2008-02-20
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemAddedToWatchList (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.FeedbackLeft (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.FeedbackReceived (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.BestOfferPlaced (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.BestOfferDeclined (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.CounterOfferReceived (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.BidPlaced (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.BidReceived (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemWon (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemLost (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemSold (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemRemovedFromWatchList (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemUnsold (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.FeedbackStarChanged (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemAddedToBidList (added): New notification added.
  • NotificationEventTypeCodeType.ItemRemovedFromBidList (added): New notification added.
0535
2007-10-17
  • ApplicationDeliveryPreferences.PayloadVersion (added): The API version for all notifications for the calling application.
0435
2005-11-16
  • (modified) Use of notifications in the production environment is no longer restricted to certain membership tiers.
0425
2005-9-7
  • (added) Additional ItemNotReceived notifications can be subscribed to using SetNotificationPreferences. See "INR (ItemNotReceived) Notifications" for information on the ItemNotReceived notifications.
0423
2005-8-24
  • (added) Additional MyMessages notifications can be subscribed to using SetNotificationPreferences. See "MyMessages Notification" for information on the MyMessages notifications.