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The API release history
The following table lists recent Browse API releases. For older releases, see the Browse API Release Notes Archive.
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Release Date |
Description of Release |
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2020-03-26 |
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2020-02-10 |
Added support for the Goods and Services tax to the item resource methods |
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2020-01-13 |
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2019-10-11 |
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| v1_beta.25.0 |
2019-09-17 |
Added the eligibleForInlineCheckout field to the fieldgroups COMPACT response in the getItem method |
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2019-09-09 |
Added a field that indicates whether the item can be purchased using the Buy Order API |
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2019-08-12 |
Added support for Best Offer and pricing treatment to search and searchByImage methods |
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2019-07-15 |
Added fields to support eBay's Global Shipping Program |
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2019-04-30 |
Added support for searching for items based on compatibility |
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2019-03-13 |
Added the inferredEpid field |
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2019-03-07 |
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2019-02-12 |
Added support for searching and filtering for charity items on the US and GB marketplaces |
v1_beta.29.0
The following sections describe the changes made in this release.
Added legacyItemId support
The legacyItemId response was added to the following item operations:
- getItem
- getItemByLegacyId
- getItemByItemGroup
The legacyItemId response was added to the following search operations:
- search
- searchByImage
Added autoCorrections support
A new auto_correct query parameter was added to the search and searchByImage operations. The responses for these operations now return an optional autoCorrections container when the auto_correct query parameter is passed.
v1_beta.28.0
The following change has been made to the item resource method.
Support was added for the Goods and Services tax.
An enumeration value of GST may now be returned as a tax type under the taxes.taxType field in the response of the three Get Item operations. The Goods and Services tax is only applicable to the eBay Australia marketplace. To support this change, the GST value has been added the TaxType enumeration type.
v1_beta.27.0
The following sections describe the changes made in this release.
item_summary and search_by_image resource changes
The following has been added to all the methods in the item_summary and search_by_image resources.
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Field/Filter Name |
Description |
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ItemSummary.qualifiedPrograms |
An array of the qualified programs available for the item, such as EBAY_PLUS. eBay Plus is a premium account option for buyers, which provides benefits such as fast free domestic shipping and free returns on selected items. Top-Rated eBay sellers must opt in to eBay Plus to be able to offer the program on qualifying listings. Sellers must commit to next-day delivery of those items. Note: eBay Plus is available only to buyers in Germany, Austria, and Australia marketplaces. |
| ShippingOptionSummary.guaranteedDelivery | A boolean the indicates if the item qualifies for eBay's Global Shipping Program. |
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guaranteedDeliveryInDays filter |
Only items that can be delivered to the buyer within the specified number of days are returned. See Buy API Field Filters for details. |
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Error ID |
Message |
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| 12507 | To filter by 'guaranteedDeliveryInDays', you must include 'deliveryCountry'. |
| 12508 | To filter by 'guaranteedDeliveryInDays', you must include 'deliveryPostalCode' for the 'deliveryCountry'. |
| 12509 | The 'guaranteedDeliveryInDays' value {guaranteedDeliveryInDays} is invalid for 'deliveryCountry' value {deliveryCountry}. Valid values for 'guaranteedDeliveryInDays' for {deliveryCountry} must be in the range of {rangeLowerBound} to {rangeUpperBound} inclusive. |
| 12510 | The 'guaranteedDeliveryInDays' filter is not supported for the marketplace {marketplaceId}. Valid marketplaces are: {validMarketplaces} |
item resource changes
The following has been added to all the methods in the item resource.
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Field/Enum Name |
Description |
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| Item.lotSize | The number of items in a lot. In other words, a lot size is the number of items that are being sold together.
A lot is a set of two or more items included in a single listing that must be purchased together in a single order line item. All the items in the lot are the same but there can be multiple items in a single lot, such as the package of batteries shown in the example below.
Note: Lots are not supported in all categories. |
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| Item.qualifiedPrograms | An array of the qualified programs available for the item, such as EBAY_PLUS. eBay Plus is a premium account option for buyers, which provides benefits such as fast free domestic shipping and free returns on selected items. Top-Rated eBay sellers must opt in to eBay Plus to be able to offer the program on qualifying listings. Sellers must commit to next-day delivery of those items. Note: eBay Plus is available only to buyers in Germany, Austria, and Australia marketplaces. |
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| ShippingOption.guaranteedDelivery | A boolean the indicates if the item qualifies for eBay's Global Shipping Program. | ||||||||||||
| TaxType enum | GST: New enumeration value that indicates the tax is a Global Shipping Program tax. |
v1_beta.26.0
The following changes have been made to the item resource methods.
Added Best Offer
BEST_OFFER is now returned in the buyingOptions field in the item resource methods.
Added a value to PriceDisplayConditionEnum
Added the following enumeration value to the PriceDisplayConditionEnum type in the item resource methods.
ONLY_SHOW_ON_REQUEST: Indicates the minimum advertised price can be shown only when the buyer requests to see it.
Added pricing treatment elements
The following changes have been made to the item resource methods to support price discounts:
- Added the MarketingPrice.priceTreatment field, which returns an enumeration value that represents the pricing treatment (discount) that was applied to the price of the item. Note: The pricing treatment affects the way and where the discounted price can be displayed.
- Added the PriceTreatmentEnum type which defines the following values that represent a discount type.
Enum Value
Description
MINIMUM_ADVERTISED_PRICE Indicates the price treatment is Minimum Advertised Price (MAP). This is the lowest price the item is allowed to be advertised/shown at and can be shown only after the item has been added to the cart. For details about when in the buying flow the item's price can appear, see priceDisplayConditionEnum. LIST_PRICE Indicates the price treatment is Strike through pricing (STP). For this treatment, the list price, which is crossed off (struck through) and discounted price are shown. List price is the price a seller recently listed the item for sale or sold the item for. MARKDOWN Indicates the price treatment is a markdown. The price before the markdown (Was price) is shown as well as the discount price. This item is part of a seller promotion and has an end date.
Anonymized postal Code in itemLocation field
Sellers set a postal code (or zip code in US) for items when they are listed. The postal code is used for calculating proximity searches. In all the Browse API methods It has been anonymized when returned in itemLocation.postalCode via the API.
v1_beta.25.0
Added the eligibleForInlineCheckout field to the fieldgroups COMPACT response of the getItem method.
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Query Parameter |
Type |
Description |
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| eligibleForInlineCheckout | Boolean | This field indicates if the item can be purchased using the Order API. |
v1_beta.24.0
Added the following field to the getItem and getItemByLegacyId methods.
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Field Name |
Type |
Description |
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| eligibleForInlineCheckout |
boolean |
This field indicates if the item can be purchased using the Buy Order API.
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v1_beta.23.0
The following changes have been made to the search and searchByImage methods.
Added Best Offer
BEST_OFFER is now returned in the itemSummaries.buyingOptions field. It has also been added to the buyingOptions filter, which gives you the ability to return only items that have Best Offer. For details about this filter, see the buyingOptions filter documentation.
Added a value to PriceDisplayConditionEnum
Added the following enumeration value to the PriceDisplayConditionEnum type.
ONLY_SHOW_ON_REQUEST: Indicates the minimum advertised price can be shown only when the buyer requests to see it.
Added pricing treatment elements
The following changes have been made to support price discounts:
- Added the MarketingPrice.priceTreatment field, which returns an enumeration value that represents the pricing treatment (discount) that was applied to the price of the item. Note: The pricing treatment affects the way and where the discounted price can be displayed.
- Added the PriceTreatmentEnum type which defines the following values that represent a discount type.
Enum Value
Description
MINIMUM_ADVERTISED_PRICE Indicates the price treatment is Minimum Advertised Price (MAP). This is the lowest price the item is allowed to be advertised/shown at and can be shown only after the item has been added to the cart. For details about when in the buying flow the item's price can appear, see priceDisplayConditionEnum. LIST_PRICE Indicates the price treatment is Strike through pricing (STP). For this treatment, the list price, which is crossed off (struck through) and discounted price are shown. List price is the price a seller recently listed the item for sale or sold the item for. MARKDOWN Indicates the price treatment is a markdown. The price before the markdown (Was price) is shown as well as the discount price. This item is part of a seller promotion and has an end date.
v1_beta.22.0
Added the following fields that return eBay's Global Shipping Program shipping option and the import charges associated with this shipping option.
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Field Name |
Description |
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| shippingOption.fulfilledThrough | If the item is being shipped by eBay's Global Shipping Program, this field returns GLOBAL_SHIPPING. Otherwise this field is null.Valid Values: GLOBAL_SHIPPING |
| shippingOption.importCharges | The Global Shipping Program import charges for this item. |
v1_beta.21.0
This release enables you to use the search method to search for items that are compatible with a specific product. You must submit a keyword, a fitment supported category, and the attributes used to define a specific product.
Note: The only products supported are cars, trucks, and motorcycles.
New URI parameter
The compatibility_filter parameter was added. You use this field to specify the attributes that define a specific product. The service returns items matching the keyword or keyword and product attributes. For example, if the keyword is brakes and compatibility_filter=Year:2018;Make:Honda, the items returned are items with brakes, 2018, or Honda in the title.
The service then uses the product attributes to determine if the item is compatible. The service returns the attributes that are compatible and the CompatibilityMatchEnum value that indicates how well the item matches the attributes. For details, see Check compatibility in the Buy Integration Guide.
New compatibility response fields
The following compatibility response fields were added.
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Field |
Description |
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| itemSummaries.compatibilityMatchEnum | An enumerated value that represent how well the item matches the compatibility filter properties. The values returned are:
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| itemSummaries.compatibilityProperties.localizedName | The name of the product attribute that as been translated to the language of the site. |
| itemSummaries.compatibilityProperties.name | The name of the product attribute, such as Make, Model, Year, etc. |
| itemSummaries.compatibilityProperties.value | The value for the name attribute, such as BMW, R1200GS, 2011, etc. |
New error messages
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Error ID |
Message |
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| 12503 | There is no compatibility information found either because there is no compatibility results or the data provided in the compatibility_filter is invalid or insufficient. |
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12504 |
You must provide a category ID that supports fitment. |
| 12505 | The following compatibility attributes in the request are not supported: {attributes}. |
| 12506 | This category ID does not support fitment. |
Testing in Sandbox
Testing in Sandbox is only supported using mock data. See Testing search in the Sandbox for details.
v1_beta.20.0
The inferredEpid field was added to the getItem, getItemByLegacyId, getItemsByItemGroup methods. This field returns the ePID (eBay Product ID of a product from the eBay product catalog) for the item, which has been programmatically determined by eBay using the item's title, aspects, and other data. If the seller provided an ePID for the item, the seller's value is returned in the epid field.
Note: This field is returned only for authorized Partners.
v1_beta.19.0
The following changes have been made to the Browse API.
Added a new method
Added the checkCompatibility method to the item resource. This method checks
if a product is compatible with the specified item. This method can check the compatibility of cars, trucks, and motorcycles with a specific part listed on eBay. To check for vehichle/part compatibility. you would pass in the item ID of a part as a URI parameter and specify all the attributes used to define a specific car in the compatibilityProperties container. You must also pass in EBAY_US in the X-EBAY-C-MARKETPLACE-ID request header.
If the call is successful, the response will be COMPATIBLE, NOT_COMPATIBLE, or UNDETERMINED.
URI
POST /item/{item_id}/check_compatibility
Request payload
{
"compatibilityProperties": [
{
"name": "string",
"value": "string"
}
]
}
Response
{
"compatibilityStatus": "COMPATIBLE"
}
For an example, see the Samples section of the call reference.
Added new error messages
The following new error messages have been added.
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Error ID |
Message |
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| 11503 | The request is either empty or incomplete. For help, see the documentation for this call. |
| 11505 | The item is not valid for compatibility validation. |
| 11506 | The 'name' {compatibilityNames} appears more than once in the request. |
| 11507 | The following name(s) in the request are not supported {attributes}. |
Added the ebayCollectAndRemitTax field
The ebayCollectAndRemitTax field is only returned if true, and indicates that eBay will collect tax (sales tax, Goods and Services tax, or VAT) for at least one line item in the order, and remit the tax to the taxing authority of the buyer's residence.
v1_beta.18.0
The following changes have been made to the Browse API.
Added searching for charity items capability
Added the ability to search for and filter for items associated with the specified charity. eBay charities are added to eBay through the PayPal Giving Fund. After the charity is on eBay they can be identified by their charity's registration ID, also known as the Employer Identification Number (EIN). For additional information, see eBay for Charity.
Note: This is supported only on the US and GB marketplaces.
Added URI parameters
The charity_ids URI parameter has been added to the search method. This parameter is a comma separated list of charity IDs. This field limits the results to only items associated with the specified charity.
For example, charity_ids=13-1788491,300108469
Added a charity filter
The charityOnly filter has been added to enable you to limit the items returned to only items associated with a charity. For example:
/buy/browse/v1/item_summary?q=pencil&filter=charityOnly:true