createSchedule: eBay Feed API | eBay Developers Program

POST/schedule

This method creates a schedule, which is a subscription to the specified schedule template. A schedule periodically generates a report for the feedType specified by the template. Specify the same feedType as the feedType of the associated schedule template. When creating the schedule, if available from the template, you can specify a preferred trigger hour, day of the week, or day of the month. These and other fields are conditionally available as specified by the template.

Note: Make sure to include all fields required by the schedule template (scheduleTemplateId). Call the getScheduleTemplate method (or the getScheduleTemplates method), to find out which fields are required or optional. If a field is optional and a default value is provided by the template, the default value will be used if omitted from the payload.

A successful call returns the location response header containing the getSchedule call URI to retrieve the schedule you just created. The URL includes the eBay-assigned schedule ID, which you can use to reference the schedule task.

To retrieve the details of the create schedule task, use the getSchedule method for a single schedule ID or the getSchedules method to retrieve all schedule details for the specified feed_type. The number of schedules for each feedType is limited. Error code 160031 is returned when you have reached this maximum.

Note: Except for schedules with a HALF-HOUR frequency, all schedules will ideally run at the start of each hour ('00' minutes). Actual start time may vary time may vary due to load and other factors.

Input

Resource URI

POST https://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/schedule

This method is supported in Sandbox environment. To access the endpoint, just replace the api.ebay.com root URI with api.sandbox.ebay.com

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.

The table below shows additional HTTP request headers that are either required, conditionally required, or strongly recommended for this method. Other standard HTTP request headers- opens rest request components page (not in this table) can also be used, but they are optional.

Header	Type	Description
Content-Type	string	This header indicates the format of the request body provided by the client. Its value should be set to application/json. For more information, refer to HTTP request headers. Occurrence: Required

Header

Type

Description

Content-Type

string

This header indicates the format of the request body provided by the client. Its value should be set to application/json.

For more information, refer to HTTP request headers.

Occurrence: Required

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.inventory

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.fulfillment

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.marketing

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/commerce.catalog.readonly

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.analytics.readonly

See OAuth access tokens for more information.

Request payload

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{ /* CreateUserScheduleRequest */

"feedType" : "string",

"preferredTriggerDayOfMonth" : "integer",

"preferredTriggerDayOfWeek" : "DayOfWeekEnum : [SUN,MON,TUE...]",

"preferredTriggerHour" : "string",

"scheduleEndDate" : "string",

"scheduleName" : "string",

"scheduleStartDate" : "string",

"scheduleTemplateId" : "string",

"schemaVersion" : "string"

}

Request fields

Input container/field	Type	Description
feedType	string	The name of the feed type for the created schedule. Match the feed_type from the schedule template associated with this schedule. Occurrence: Required
preferredTriggerDayOfMonth	integer	The preferred day of the month to trigger the schedule. This field can be used with preferredTriggerHour for monthly schedules. The last day of the month is used for numbers larger than the actual number of days in the month. This field is available as specified by the template (scheduleTemplateId). The template can specify this field as optional or required, and optionally provides a default value. Minimum: 1 Maximum: 31 Occurrence: Conditional
preferredTriggerDayOfWeek	DayOfWeekEnum	The preferred day of the week to trigger the schedule. This field can be used with preferredTriggerHour for weekly schedules. This field is available as specified by the template (scheduleTemplateId). The template can specify this field as optional or required, and optionally provides a default value. Occurrence: Conditional
preferredTriggerHour	string	The preferred two-digit hour of the day to trigger the schedule. This field is available as specified by the template (scheduleTemplateId). The template can specify this field as optional or required, and optionally provides a default value. Format: UTC `hhZ` For example, the following represents 11:00 am UTC: `11Z` Occurrence: Conditional
scheduleEndDate	string	The timestamp on which the report generation (subscription) ends. After this date, the schedule status becomes `INACTIVE`. Use this field, if available, to end the schedule in the future. This value must be later than scheduleStartDate (if supplied). This field is available as specified by the template (scheduleTemplateId). The template can specify this field as optional or required, and optionally provides a default value. Format: UTC `yyyy-MM-ddTHHZ` For example, the following represents UTC October 10, 2021 at 10:00 AM: `2021-10-10T10Z` Occurrence: Conditional
scheduleName	string	The schedule name assigned by the user for the created schedule. Occurrence: Optional
scheduleStartDate	string	The timestamp to start generating the report. After this timestamp, the schedule status becomes active until either the scheduleEndDate occurs or the scheduleTemplateId becomes inactive. Use this field, if available, to start the schedule in the future but before the scheduleEndDate (if supplied). This field is available as specified by the template (scheduleTemplateId). The template can specify this field as optional or required, and optionally provides a default value. Format: UTC `yyyy-MM-ddTHHZ` For example, the following represents a schedule start date of UTC October 01, 2020 at 12:00 PM: `2020-01-01T12Z` Occurrence: Conditional
scheduleTemplateId	string	The ID of the template associated with the schedule ID. You can get this ID from the documentation or by calling the getScheduleTemplates method. This method requires a schedule template ID that is `ACTIVE`. Occurrence: Required
schemaVersion	string	The schema version of the schedule feedType. This field is required if the feedType has a schema version. This field is available as specified by the template (scheduleTemplateId). The template can specify this field as optional or required, and optionally provides a default value. Occurrence: Conditional

Output

HTTP response headers

See HTTP response headers for details.

Header	Meaning
Location	The URL of the schedule, which includes the id.

Response payload

This call has no payload.

Response fields

This call has no field definitions.

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
201	Created
400	Bad Request
403	Forbidden
409	Conflict
500	Internal Server Error

Error codes

For more on errors, plus the codes of other common errors, see Handling errors.

Code	Domain	Category	Meaning
160001	API_FEED	APPLICATION	There was a problem with an eBay internal system or process. Contact eBay Developer Technical Support for assistance.
160002	API_FEED	REQUEST	The authentication scope {scope} is incorrect for 'feed_type' {feedType}. Refer to documentation for details about the scopes.
160017	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'feedType' is missing or invalid.
160022	API_FEED	REQUEST	You are not allowed to access this resource. Contact eBay Developer Technical Support for assistance.
160031	API_FEED	BUSINESS	You have reached the maximum number of subscribed schedules for the 'feedType' {feedType}. To subscribe to another schedule, you must delete one.
160032	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'scheduleTemplateId' is invalid. Call the getScheduleTemplates method to get the available schedule templates.
160033	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'feedType' is not associated with the 'scheduleTemplateId'. Please provide a 'feedType' that matches the 'scheduleTemplateId'. Call the getScheduleTemplates method to get the available schedule templates.
160034	API_FEED	REQUEST	The '{fieldName}' is invalid, missing, or not allowed.
160035	API_FEED	BUSINESS	Duplicate schedule (a matching schedule already exists). Use the getSchedules method to see the existing schedules.
160036	API_FEED	REQUEST	The '{fieldName}' is in the past.
160037	API_FEED	REQUEST	The 'scheduleEndDate' is before 'scheduleStartDate'.
160040	API_FEED	BUSINESS	The 'scheduleTemplateId' is inactive. You cannot create or modify a schedule with an inactive 'scheduleTemplateId'.

Warnings

This call has no warnings.

Samples

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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: Create a Schedule

This call creates a subscription to the specified schedule template. A schedule returns results for a specified date range at the frequency specified by the template. When creating the schedule, you can also specify a preferred trigger hour, day of the week, or day of the month.

Input

The input is the feedType and scheduleTemplateId, in addition to other parameters required by the configuration (see the specific schedule template for configuration). The following example creates a schedule with the following payload:

Name of the schedule for user reference: My schedule
The schedule template ID (the template the schedule is based off): 1*********1
The feed type (matches the one specified by the schedule template): LMS_ORDER_REPORT
A preferred trigger hour of 10:00 AM UTC: 10Z
An end date of January 1, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC: 2021-01-01T12Z
The schema version of the feed type: 123

POSThttps://api.ebay.com/sell/feed/v1/schedule

Output

The output is an HTTP status. If the call is successful, the schedule ID is returned in the Location response header.