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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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2020-09-22 |
Added support for the Singapore (SG) marketplace to the item_summary resource method |
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2020-08-10 |
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2020-06-09 |
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2020-05-05 |
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2020-04-09 |
Enabled the itemEndDate field to be returned in the |
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2020-04-09 |
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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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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 |
v1_beta_34.1
Support for the Singapore (SG) marketplace has been added to the item_summary resource in the Browse API.
v1_beta.34.0
Added restriction to sellers:filter for search and searchbyimage methods
A new restriction for the sellers API filter was added. This restriction limits the number of sellers returned in a search to a maximum of 250.
This filter restriction affects the search and searchbyimage methods.
Added new error message
The following error message was added to the search and searchbyimage methods:
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Error ID |
Message |
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| 12029 | The number of sellers in the filter has exceeded the limit. Please reduce the number of sellers to 250 or fewer. |
v1_beta.33.0
The following sections describe the changes made in this release.
Added paymentMethods response container
A new paymentMethods container was added to the responses of the getItem, getItemByLegacyID, and getItemsByItemGroup resource methods. This new container presents the payment methods for the item, including the payment method types, brands, and instructions for the buyer.
Added conditionDescription response field
A new conditionDescription field was added to the responses of the getItem, getItemByLegacyID, and getItemsByItemGroup resource methods. This new field presents a full text description and details for the condition of the item.
Note:
This field elaborates on the value specified in the condition field, which provides only a short text description for the condition of the item (such as New or Used).
v1_beta.32.0
The following sections describe the changes made in this release.
Added newlyListed sort query parameter
Support for newlyListed was added to the sort query parameter in the search and searchByImage resource methods. This query parameter sorts the result set by listing date, showing the most recently listed item first.
Added new warning messages
The following warning messages were added to the getItem, getItemByLegacyID, and getItemsByItemGroup resource methods:
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Warning ID |
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| 11508 | This seller is currently away. If you make a purchase, please allow additional time for your order to be processed. |
| 11509 | This seller is currently away until {sellerReturnDate}. If you make a purchase, please allow additional time for your order to be processed. |
Added new warnings container
A new warnings container was added to the getItemsByItemGroup resource method, which contains all of the warning messages for the response.
v1_beta.31.0
The following section describes the change made in this release.
itemEndDate field added to the COMPACT response of getItem
Enabled the itemEndDate field to be returned in the COMPACT getItem response. To enable a COMPACT response in getItem, the fieldgroups query parameter is used and set to COMPACT (e.g. ?fieldgroups=COMPACT).
v1_beta.30.0
The following sections describe the changes made in this release.
Added availableCoupons container
A new availableCoupons object container was added to the response of the following item operations:
- getItem
- getItemByLegacyId
- getItemByItemGroup
The availableCoupons container returns a list of available coupons for an item.
Added availableCoupons boolean flag
A new availableCoupons boolean flag was added to the itemSummaries object container in the response of the search and searchByImage operations. The itemSummaries.availableCoupons boolean value indicates whether coupons are available for the item.
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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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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| 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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| 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.
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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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| 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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Description |
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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.