Use the Taxonomy API to discover the most appropriate eBay categories under which sellers can offer inventory items for sale, and the most likely categories under which buyers can browse or search for items to purchase. In addition, the Taxonomy API provides metadata about the required and recommended category aspects to include in listings, and also has two operations to retrieve parts compatibility information.
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Method Name | HTTP Method | Path | Summary | Samples |
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fetchItemAspects | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/fetch_item_aspects | Retrieve the aspects for all of the leaf categories that belong to an eBay marketplace. | View fetchItemAspects - /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/fetch_item_aspects |
getDefaultCategoryTreeId | GET | /get_default_category_tree_id | Retrieve the default category tree reference for a specific eBay marketplace. | View getDefaultCategoryTreeId - /get_default_category_tree_id |
getCategoryTree | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id} | Retrieve the complete category tree corresponding to a specified category tree ID. | View getCategoryTree - /category_tree/{category_tree_id} |
getCategorySubtree | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_category_subtree | Retrieve all nodes of the category tree hierarchy (the subtree) below a specified category in a specified category tree. | View getCategorySubtree - /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_category_subtree |
getCategorySuggestions | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_category_suggestions | Return an array of suggested categories that eBay has determined correspond to keywords that describe an item. | View getCategorySuggestions - /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_category_suggestions |
getItemAspectsForCategory | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_item_aspects_for_category | Retrieve an array of aspects that are appropriate for describing items in a specified category. | View getItemAspectsForCategory - /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_item_aspects_for_category |
getCompatibilityProperties | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_compatibility_properties | Retrieve an array of parts compatibility aspects that are used to describe compatible vehicles. | View getCompatibilityProperties - /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_compatibility_properties |
getCompatibilityPropertyValues | GET | /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_compatibility_property_values | Retrieve an array of parts compatibility aspect values that are used to describe compatible vehicles. | View getCompatibilityPropertyValues - /category_tree/{category_tree_id}/get_compatibility_property_values |