GetDispute

Use this call to retrieve the details of a specific dispute. This call retrieves Unpaid Item, Item Not Received, and Significantly Not As Described disputes, as well as canceled order line items (transactions). However, this call does not retrieve Item Not Received and Significantly Not As Described disputes created by buyers through the eBay Resolution Center. The Resolution Center is part of the eBay Buyer Protection program. As a seller, it is a good practice to call getUserCases of the Resolutions API in order to capture all cases/disputes in which you are involved. If you do call getUserCases, look at the caseId.type value in each caseSummary node. If the case type is EBP_INR or EBP_SNAD, you must subsequently call getEBPCaseDetail of the Resolutions API to retrieve details on a specific case. For all other case types, you must subsequently call GetDispute to retrieve details on a specific dispute, or GetUserDisputes to retrieve details on multiple disputes.

GetDispute returns the following type of dispute information:

Seller and buyer IDs
The dispute explanation, state, status, and type
Any messages in the dispute thread
Whether the seller is currently eligible for a Final Value Fee credit
Resolution types or reasons if the dispute has been resolved

For broader concepts and instructions, see Unpaid Item Disputes and Resolving Buying Issues.

Usage Details

If you know the DisputeID of a specific dispute, you can use GetDispute to retrieve the information for that dispute. You must call GetDispute on the same site on which the dispute was opened.

The call returns a Dispute container which contains various information on that specific dispute, including values for DisputeCreditEligibility, DisputeExplanation, DisputeReason, DisputeRecordType, DisputeState, and DisputeStatus. It also returns the SellerUserId and BuyerUserId, as well as the time the dispute was created and last modified. Response details include the following:

Each message added to the dispute appears in a DisputeMessage container that provides the MessageSource and MessageText. In addition to the BuyerUserID and SellerUserID values, MessageSource can have a value of eBay, since an eBay can add messages relating to the dispute administration.
The Item container supplies information about the disputed item. It includes an ItemID, a Site element describing the site where the item was listed, the Title under which the item was listed, the Quantity of items purchased, the price of the item (CurrentPrice), and the CurrencyID that applied at the time the buyer committed to purchasing the item.
A value for DisputeRecordType, which specifies the type of dispute as either UnpaidItem or ItemNotReceived.
When the dispute is resolved, the response contains one or more DisputeResolution elements.
The DisputeState value in the response is useful when you want to call AddDisputeResponse.
The DisputeCreditEligibility element shows whether or not the dispute is currently eligible for credit (note that this element does not state whether a credit will ultimately will be issued to the seller).

In most cases, the seller must wait 7 days for the buyer to respond after opening the dispute; thus, the value of DisputeCreditEligibility is InEligible during that time. There are exceptions to this rule. For example, if the buyer is not a registered user or if the buyer requested shipment to a country that the seller does not ship to. In these cases, the value may be Eligible immediately after the dispute was opened.

If you have an ItemID value and you need to retrieve a TransactionID, you can call GetItemTransactions or GetSellerTransactions. When you obtain the TransactionID, store it in your application so you do not have to make repeated calls to GetDispute.

Testing GetDispute

You can test GetDispute in the Sandbox. To test this call:

Set up at least one buyer and one seller in the Sandbox environment.
Create an order line item (have the seller list an item and the buyer confirm a purchase, but not make an actual payment).
Call GetItemTransactions with the ItemID to get a TransactionID.
Let the order line item age at least 7 days. (Alternately, you can open a Support Ticket and, for a fee, eBay will artificially age your listing for you.)
Create a dispute with AddDispute.
Call GetDispute on the dispute to see if you can get a dispute record.
Add several comments to the dispute with AddDisputeResponse.
Call GetDispute on the dispute again. Check if you can see the comments added to the dispute.
Close the dispute with AddDisputeResponse. Call GetDispute again to retrieve the dispute. Check that the dispute state is closed.

Related Information

See:
    Unpaid Item Disputes
    Buyer Disputes
    Getting Details About a Dispute

See also the reference documentation for this call:

GetUserDisputes - Requests a list of disputes the requester is involved in as buyer or seller. eBay Money Back Guarantee Item Not Received and Return cases are not returned with this call.

Input

Output

See also Samples.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GetDisputeResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <!-- Call-specific Output Fields -->
  <Dispute> DisputeType
    <BuyerUserID> UserIDType (string) </BuyerUserID>
    <DisputeCreatedTime> dateTime </DisputeCreatedTime>
    <DisputeCreditEligibility> DisputeCreditEligibilityCodeType </DisputeCreditEligibility>
    <DisputeExplanation> DisputeExplanationCodeType </DisputeExplanation>
    <DisputeID> DisputeIDType (string) </DisputeID>
    <DisputeMessage> DisputeMessageType
      <MessageCreationTime> dateTime </MessageCreationTime>
      <MessageID> int </MessageID>
      <MessageSource> DisputeMessageSourceCodeType </MessageSource>
      <MessageText> string </MessageText>
    </DisputeMessage>
    <!-- ... more DisputeMessage nodes allowed here ... -->
    <DisputeModifiedTime> dateTime </DisputeModifiedTime>
    <DisputeReason> DisputeReasonCodeType </DisputeReason>
    <DisputeRecordType> DisputeRecordTypeCodeType </DisputeRecordType>
    <DisputeState> DisputeStateCodeType </DisputeState>
    <DisputeStatus> DisputeStatusCodeType </DisputeStatus>
    <Escalation> boolean </Escalation>
    <Item> ItemType
      <ItemID> ItemIDType (string) </ItemID>
      <ListingDetails> ListingDetailsType
        <EndTime> dateTime </EndTime>
        <StartTime> dateTime </StartTime>
      </ListingDetails>
      <Quantity> int </Quantity>
      <SellingStatus> SellingStatusType
        <ConvertedCurrentPrice currencyID="CurrencyCodeType"> AmountType (double) </ConvertedCurrentPrice>
        <CurrentPrice currencyID="CurrencyCodeType"> AmountType (double) </CurrentPrice>
      </SellingStatus>
      <Site> SiteCodeType </Site>
      <Title> string </Title>
    </Item>
    <OrderLineItemID> string </OrderLineItemID>
    <PurchaseProtection> boolean </PurchaseProtection>
    <SellerUserID> UserIDType (string) </SellerUserID>
    <TransactionID> string </TransactionID>
  </Dispute>
  <!-- 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>
</GetDisputeResponse>

Return Value	Type	Occurrence	Meaning

Call-specific Output Fields [Jump to standard fields]

Dispute	DisputeType	Always	If the dispute that is specified in the call request is found, this Dispute container is returned in the response. This container includes detailed information about the dispute, the buyer and seller user IDs, and information on the listing that is associated with the dispute.
Dispute.BuyerUserID	UserIDType (string)	Always	The eBay user ID of the buyer involved in the dispute.
Dispute.DisputeCreatedTime	dateTime	Always	The date and time the dispute was created, in GMT.
Dispute .DisputeCreditEligibility	DisputeCreditEligibilityCodeType	Always	A value to indicate whether or not the seller is currently eligible for a Final Value Fee credit. The seller becomes eligible for a Final Value Fee credit after filing and winning an Unpaid Item case. This tag only indicates credit eligibility and does not mean that the case can be closed. The seller can open an Unpaid Item case as soon as two days after the listing ends. Applicable values: CustomCode (out) Reserved for internal or future use. Eligible (out) The seller is eligible for a Final Value Fee credit. InEligible (out) The seller is not currently eligible for a Final Value Fee credit. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.DisputeExplanation	DisputeExplanationCodeType	Always	The detailed explanation for the dispute. Valid values depend on the value of DisputeReason. See DisputeExplanationCodeList for details. Applicable values: See DisputeExplanation. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.DisputeID	DisputeIDType (string)	Always	The unique identifier of an eBay dispute.
Dispute.DisputeMessage	DisputeMessageType	Always, repeatable: [1..*]	A response or message posted to a dispute, either by an application or by a user on the eBay site.
Dispute.DisputeMessage .MessageCreationTime	dateTime	Always	The date and time the message was created, in GMT.
Dispute.DisputeMessage .MessageID	int	Always	An ID that uniquely identifies the message.
Dispute.DisputeMessage .MessageSource	DisputeMessageSourceCodeType	Always	The party who posted the message: the buyer, the seller, or an eBay representative. Applicable values: Buyer (out) The buyer of the item under dispute. CustomCode (out) Reserved for internal or future use. eBay (out) eBay, either an administrator or the site itself. Seller (out) The seller of the item under dispute. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.DisputeMessage .MessageText	string	Always	The text of the message.
Dispute.DisputeModifiedTime	dateTime	Always	The date and time the dispute was modified, in GMT.
Dispute.DisputeReason	DisputeReasonCodeType	Always	The top-level reason for the dispute. The value of DisputeReason determines which values of DisputeExplanation are valid. See DisputeExplanationCodeList for details. Applicable values: See DisputeReason. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.DisputeRecordType	DisputeRecordTypeCodeType	Always	A value to indicate the type of dispute. Applicable values: CustomCode (out) Reserved for internal or future use. ItemNotReceived (out) This enumeration value indicates that the dispute is an Item Not Received case created by the buyer against the seller through PayPal's platform. Note: As noted above, the GetDispute or GetUserDisputes calls will not return any eBay Money Back Guarantee cases. UnpaidItem (out) This enumeration value indicates that the dispute is an Unpaid Item case created by the seller against the buyer. A seller should always try to resolve an Unpaid Item issue with the buyer before opening up a case with eBay. Sometimes, just sending payment reminders to the buyer or messaging the buyer through the Messaging platform can be helpful. The Resolving unpaid items with buyers help topic provides more details and tips on trying to work Unpaid Item issues out with the buyer. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.DisputeState	DisputeStateCodeType	Always	The internal state of the dispute. The value determines which values of DisputeActivity are valid when responding to a dispute. Applicable values: See DisputeState. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.DisputeStatus	DisputeStatusCodeType	Always	The status of the dispute, which provides additional information about the dispute state. Applicable values: See DisputeStatus. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.Escalation	boolean	Always	This field is returned as `true` if the buyer is eligible to appeal a closed Item Not Received dispute.
Dispute.Item	ItemType	Always	Container consisting of high-level details about the item involved in the dispute.
Dispute.Item.ItemID	ItemIDType (string)	Always	The unique identifier of the eBay listing. This identifier is generated by eBay and returned in the response of an Add call if an item is successfully listed. Once an item is successfully created, the ItemID cannot be modified. Note: Although we represent item IDs as strings in the schema, we recommend you store them as 64-bit signed integers. If you choose to store item IDs as strings, allocate at least 19 characters (assuming decimal digits are used) to hold them. Your code should be prepared to handle IDs of up to 19 digits.
Dispute.Item.ListingDetails	ListingDetailsType	Always	Various details about a listing, some of which are calculated or derived after the item is listed. These include the start and end time, converted (localized) prices, and certain flags that indicate whether the seller specified fields whose values are not visible to the requesting user. For GetMyeBayBuying, returned as a self-closed element if no listings meet the request criteria. In an Add/Revise/Relist call, this container is used to set the Best Offer Auto-Accept and Best Offer Auto-Decline threshold values.
Dispute.Item.ListingDetails .EndTime	dateTime	Always	Time stamp (in GMT) when the listing is scheduled to end (calculated based on the values of StartTime and ListingDuration ) or the actual end time if the item has ended.
Dispute.Item.ListingDetails .StartTime	dateTime	Always	The StartTime value returned by non-search calls such as GetItem is the time stamp (in GMT) for when the item was listed.
Dispute.Item.Quantity	int	Always	For AddItem family of calls: The Quantity value for auction listings must always be `1`. For a fixed-price listing, the Quantity value indicates the number of identical items the seller has available for sale in the listing. If this field is not included when creating a new fixed-price listing, quantity defaults to '1'. If variations are specified in AddFixedPriceItem or VerifyAddFixedPriceItem, the Item.Quantity is not required since the quantity of variations is specified in Variation.Quantity instead. See the Creating a listing with variations eBay Help page for more information on variations. For ReviseItem and ReviseFixedPriceItem: This value can only be changed for a fixed-price listing with no variations. The quantity of variations is controlled in the Variation.Quantity field and the Item.Quantity value for an auction listing should always be `1`. For RelistItem and RelistFixedPriceItem: Like most fields, when you use RelistItem or RelistFixedPriceItem, Quantity retains its original value unless you specifically change it. This means that the item is relisted with the value that was already in Quantity, not with the remaining quantity available. For example, if the original Quantity value was `10`, and three items have been sold, eBay sets the relisted item's Quantity to `10` by default, and not `7`. So, we strongly recommend that you always set Quantity to the correct value (your actual quantity available) in your relist requests. When eBay auto-renews a GTC listing (ListingDuration = GTC) on your behalf, eBay relists with correct quantity available. For GetSellerEvents: Quantity is only returned for listings where item quantity is greater than 1. For GetItem and related calls: This is the total of the number of items available for sale plus the quantity already sold. To determine the number of items available, subtract SellingStatus.QuantitySold from this value. For order line item calls with variations: In GetItemTransactions, Item.Quantity is the same as GetItem (the total quantity across all variations). In GetSellerTransactions, Transaction.Item.Quantity is the total quantity of the applicable variation (quantity available plus quantity sold). Note: For the US site, new eBay sellers are subject to Seller Limits, which limit the quantity of items that may be listed and/or the total cumulative value of these listings. While subject to these selling limits, an eBay seller can use the GetMyeBaySelling call to retrieve both the remaining number of listings they can create and the remaining cumulative value of these listings. These values are shown in the Summary.QuantityLimitRemaining and Summary.AmountLimitRemaining fields in the GetMyeBaySelling response. If a call to add an item or revise an item would result in the exceeding of these limits, the add item or revise item call will fail. These fields will only be returned if the seller is subject to seller limits.
Dispute.Item.SellingStatus	SellingStatusType	Always	Various details about the current status of the listing, such as the current number of bids, the current high bidder, quantity sold, current price, and listing status.
Dispute.Item.SellingStatus .ConvertedCurrentPrice	AmountType (double)	Conditionally	Converted value of the CurrentPrice in the currency of the site that returned this response. For active items, refresh the listing's data every 24 hours to pick up the current conversion rates. Only returned when the item's CurrentPrice on the listing site is in different currency than the currency of the host site for the user/application making the API call. ConvertedCurrentPrice is not returned for Classified listings (Classified listings are not available on all sites). In multi-variation listings, this value matches the lowest-priced variation that is still available for sale.
Dispute.Item.SellingStatus .ConvertedCurrentPrice [ attribute currencyID ]	CurrencyCodeType	Always	Converted value of the CurrentPrice in the currency of the site that returned this response. For active items, refresh the listing's data every 24 hours to pick up the current conversion rates. Only returned when the item's CurrentPrice on the listing site is in different currency than the currency of the host site for the user/application making the API call. ConvertedCurrentPrice is not returned for Classified listings (Classified listings are not available on all sites). In multi-variation listings, this value matches the lowest-priced variation that is still available for sale. For a list of possible enumeration values, see CurrencyCodeType.
Dispute.Item.SellingStatus .CurrentPrice	AmountType (double)	Always	The current price of the item in the original listing currency. For auction listings, this price is the starting minimum price (if the listing has no bids) or the current highest bid (if bids have been placed) for the item. This does not reflect the BuyItNow price. For fixed-price and ad format listings, this is the current listing price. In multi-variation, fixed-price listings, this value matches the lowest-priced variation that is still available for sale.
Dispute.Item.SellingStatus .CurrentPrice [ attribute currencyID ]	CurrencyCodeType	Always	The current price of the item in the original listing currency. For auction listings, this price is the starting minimum price (if the listing has no bids) or the current highest bid (if bids have been placed) for the item. This does not reflect the BuyItNow price. For fixed-price and ad format listings, this is the current listing price. In multi-variation, fixed-price listings, this value matches the lowest-priced variation that is still available for sale. For a list of possible enumeration values, see CurrencyCodeType.
Dispute.Item.Site	SiteCodeType	Always	The name of the eBay listing site. The listing site affects the business logic and validation rules that are applied to the request, which in turn affect the values that are returned in the response, as well as values that appear on the eBay site. For example, the listing site can affect the validation of Category in listing requests, international business seller requirements, the values of converted (localized) prices in responses, the item-related time stamps that are displayed on the eBay site, the visibility of the item in some types of searches (e.g., GetCategoryListings), and other information. In some cases, the rules are determined by a combination of the site, the user's registration address, and other information. You cannot change the site when you revise a listing. When you specify Item.Site in AddItem or AddFixedPriceItem, it must be consistent with the numeric site ID that you specify in the request URL (for the SOAP API) or the X-EBAY-API-SITEID header (for the XML API). Applicable values: See Site. Code so that your app gracefully handles any future changes to this list.
Dispute.Item.Title	string	Always	This field is used to specify the title of the listing. This field is conditionally required in an Add call unless the seller successfully uses the ProductListingDetails container to find an eBay catalog product match. When the seller successfully uses an eBay catalog product to create a listing, the listing title, listing description, Item Specifics, and stock photo defined in the catalog product are used to create the listing. You cannot use HTML or JavaScript in the Title. (HTML characters will be interpreted literally as plain text.) The listing title can only be changed if the active listing has yet to have any bids or sales, and the listing does not end within 12 hours. Max length: 80.
Dispute.OrderLineItemID	string	Always	OrderLineItemID is a unique identifier for an eBay order line item. In the case of GetDispute and GetUserDisputes responses, this value identifies the order line item involved in the dispute.
Dispute.PurchaseProtection	boolean	Always	This field is returned as `true` if the buyer used PayPal to pay for the item, and is eligible for PayPal's Standard Purchase Protection.
Dispute.SellerUserID	UserIDType (string)	Always	The eBay user ID of the seller involved in the dispute.
Dispute.TransactionID	string	Always	The unique identifier of the order line item (transaction) under dispute. An order line item is created once there is a commitment from a buyer to purchase an item. In the case of GetDispute and GetUserDisputes responses, this value identifies the order line item involved in the dispute. The TransactionID value for auction listings is always `0` since there can be only one winning bidder/one sale for an auction listing.

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 the "Errors by Number" document.
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 Compatible Application Check section of the eBay Features 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

Retrieves data for an Unpaid Item dispute.

Description

The requester is the seller involved in this dispute, and he is looking for information on the unpaid item.

Input

For input, the seller provides the DisputeID for the dispute.

XML format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GetDisputeRequest xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <RequesterCredentials>
    <eBayAuthToken>A*******3</eBayAuthToken>
  </RequesterCredentials>
  <DisputeID>2****3</DisputeID>
</GetDisputeRequest>

Output

The response describes the Unpaid Item dispute. Note that the value of DisputeRecordType is UnpaidItem.

XML format.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<GetDisputeResponse xmlns="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  <Timestamp>2019-11-04T20:34:16.908Z</Timestamp>
  <Ack>Success</Ack>
  <CorrelationID>
    00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000-0000000000
  </CorrelationID>
  <Version>1131</Version>
  <Build>E1131_UNI_API5_19098188_R1</Build>
  <Dispute>
    <DisputeID>2****3</DisputeID>
    <DisputeRecordType>UnpaidItem</DisputeRecordType>
    <DisputeState>BuyerFirstResponsePayOption</DisputeState>
    <DisputeStatus>WaitingForBuyerResponse</DisputeStatus>
    <BuyerUserID>s**********r</BuyerUserID>
    <SellerUserID>s**********r</SellerUserID>
    <TransactionID>7****0</TransactionID>
    <Item> 
      <ItemID>1********6</ItemID>
      <ListingDetails>
        <StartTime>2019-10-08T02:37:07.000Z</StartTime>
        <EndTime>2019-10-08T02:39:43.000Z</EndTime>
      </ListingDetails>
      <Quantity>1</Quantity>
      <SellingStatus>
        <ConvertedCurrentPrice currencyID="USD">199.0</ConvertedCurrentPrice>
        <CurrentPrice currencyID="USD">199.0</CurrentPrice>
      </SellingStatus>
      <Site>US</Site>
      <Title>Antique Silver Candelabra</Title>
    </Item>
    <DisputeReason>BuyerHasNotPaid</DisputeReason>
    <DisputeExplanation>BuyerHasNotResponded</DisputeExplanation>
    <DisputeCreditEligibility>InEligible</DisputeCreditEligibility>
    <DisputeCreatedTime>2016-03-10T02:50:37.000Z</DisputeCreatedTime>
    <DisputeModifiedTime>2016-03-10T18:11:46.000Z</DisputeModifiedTime>
    <DisputeMessage>
      <MessageID>4****0</MessageID>
      <MessageSource>eBay</MessageSource>
      <MessageCreationTime>2019-10-10T02:50:40.000Z</MessageCreationTime>
      <MessageText>
        An Unpaid Item dispute has been opened for the following item:
        Antique Silver Candelabra (#9202501086)
        Reason given for Unpaid Item: The buyer has not paid for the item.
        Buyer actions reported by seller: The buyer has not responded.
      </MessageText>
    </DisputeMessage>
    <DisputeMessage>
      <MessageID>4****9</MessageID>
      <MessageSource>Seller</MessageSource>
      <MessageCreationTime>2019-10-10T18:11:02.000Z</MessageCreationTime>
      <MessageText>No response from the buyer in 10 days</MessageText>
    </DisputeMessage>
    <DisputeMessage> 
      <MessageID>4****0</MessageID>
      <MessageSource>Seller</MessageSource>
      <MessageCreationTime>2019-10-10T18:11:29.000Z</MessageCreationTime>
      <MessageText>Still attempting to contact the buyer</MessageText>
    </DisputeMessage>
    <DisputeMessage>
      <MessageID>4****1</MessageID>
      <MessageSource>Seller</MessageSource>
      <MessageCreationTime>2019-10-10T18:11:46.000Z</MessageCreationTime>
      <MessageText>Last attempt to contact the buyer</MessageText>
    </DisputeMessage>
    <Escalation>false</Escalation>
    <PurchaseProtection>false</PurchaseProtection>
  </Dispute>
</GetDisputeResponse>

Change History

Change Date	Description
897 2014-10-21	SiteCodeType (modified): 'Russia' added as enumeration value to support selling on the new Russia site.
813 2013-02-27	DisputeReasonCodeType (modified): Updated the description of the BuyerHasNotPaid value to reflect the fact that sellers may now open an Unpaid Item case just two days after the end of the listing instead of four days.
741 2011-09-28	DisputeExplanation.SellerRanOutOfStock (added): New dispute explanation that can be used by the seller when cancelling an order due to an item being out of stock.
705 2011-01-19	OrderLineItemID (modified): The OrderLineItemID value for an order line item is now returned in Production.
691 2010-10-14	OrderLineItemID (added): A unique identifier for an eBay transaction, which is based upon the concatenation of ItemID and TransactionID with a hyphen in between these two IDs. OrderLineItemID is only returned if you set your request version to 705.
619 2009-05-27	DisputeResolutionRecordTypeCodeType.FeatureFeeCredit, DisputeResolutionRecordTypeCodeType.FeatureFeeNotCredit,and DisputeResolutionRecordTypeCodeType.ReverseFeatureFeeCredit. (added): Now Power Sellers can receive a refund or credit of their Final Value Fee as part of the resolution of a dispute. The FVF is known as the Feature Fee when it is refunded. Developers can use the GetDisputes or GetUserDisputes calls to determine if a refund or credit has been granted. If so, these new fields will be returned in the response.
483 2006-10-18	DisputeReasonCodeType, DisputeResolutionReasonCodeType, DisputeResolutionRecordTypeCodeType, DisputeStateCodeType (modified): Enumerations were added to these types to reflect additional states a claim can be in. This enables eBay Customer Service to keep buyers better informed of the current state of claims via the eBay Web site and via GetDispute and GetUserDisputes.
425 2005-09-07	(added) GetDispute response data now available as a notification. See "INR (ItemNotReceived) Notifications" for information on the new notification.