GET/privilege
This method retrieves the seller's current set of privileges, including whether or not the seller's eBay registration has been completed, as well as the details of their site-wide sellingLimt (the amount and quantity they can sell on a given day).
Input
Resource URI (production)
URI parameters
This method has no URI parameters.
HTTP request headers
All requests made to eBay REST operations require you to provide the Authorization HTTP header for authentication authorization.
All other standard RESTful request headers are optional. For more information on standard RESTful request headers, see the HTTP request headers- opens rest request components page table.
OAuth scope
This request requires an access token created with the authorization code grant flow, using one or more scopes from the following list (please check your Application Keys page for a list of OAuth scopes available to your application):
https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.account
https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.account.readonly
See OAuth access tokens for more information.
Request payload
This call has no payload.
Request fields
This call has no field definitions.
Output
HTTP response headers
This call has no response headers.
Response payload
Response fields
| Output container/field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sellerRegistrationCompleted | boolean | If this field is returned as Occurrence: Always |
| sellingLimit | SellingLimit | This container lists the monthly cap for the quantity of items sold and total sales amount allowed for the seller's account. This container may not be returned if a seller does not have a monthly cap for total quantity sold and total sales amount. Occurrence: Conditional |
| sellingLimit.amount | Amount | This container shows the monthly cap for total sales amount allowed for the seller's account. This container may not be returned if a seller does not have a monthly cap for total sales amount. Occurrence: Conditional |
| sellingLimit.amount.currency | CurrencyCodeEnum | The base currency applied to the value field to establish a monetary amount. Occurrence: Conditional |
| sellingLimit.amount.value | string | The monetary amount in the specified currency. Occurrence: Conditional |
| sellingLimit.quantity | integer | This field shows the monthly cap for total quantity sold allowed for the seller's account. This container may not be returned if a seller does not have a monthly cap for total quantity sold. Occurrence: Conditional |
HTTP status codes
This call can return one of the following HTTP status codes. For an overview of the status codes, see HTTP status codes in Using eBay RESTful APIs.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 200 | Success |
| 400 | Bad Request |
| 500 | Internal Server Error |
Error codes
For more on errors, plus the codes of other common errors, see Handling errors.
| Code | Domain | Category | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20500 | API_ACCOUNT | APPLICATION | System error. |
Warnings
This call has no warnings.
Samples
New to making API calls? Please see Making a Call.
Note: Identifiers, such as order IDs or user IDs, and personal data in these samples might be anonymized or may no longer be active on eBay. If necessary, substitute current, relevant eBay data in your requests.
Sample 1: Get Account Privileges
This call returns the privileges for a seller. The privileges returned include the seller's sellingLimit, their quantity limit, and the status of their seller registration in sellerRegistrationCompleted.
Input
This call does not use a request payload.
GEThttps://api.sandbox.ebay.com/sell/account/v1/privilege
Output
A successful call returns an HTTP status of "200 OK" and a payload that contains the values of all the seller's privileges.