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Published: September 20 2012, 10:38:00 AMUpdated: September 07 2022, 1:40:41 PM
Product

 

  Description

  You can make Product Services API findProducts call to find out if a category is catalog-enabled:

  URL format - HTTP GET

 https://svcs.ebay.com/services/marketplacecatalog/ProductService/v1?OPERATION-NAME=findProducts&SERVICE-VERSION=1.3.0&SECURITY-APPNAME=YOUR APPID&GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-MOTOR&RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT=XML&productSearch.invocationId=000009876541321&productSearch.categoryId=33590&productSearch.keywords=171282&productSearch.dataset=DisplayableSearchResults

 

 XML format - HTTP POST

findProductsRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/marketplacecatalog/v1/services">
   <productSearch>
      <invocationId>000009876541321</invocationId>
      <categoryId>33590</categoryId>
      <keywords>171282</keywords>
      <dataset>DisplayableSearchResults</dataset>
    
      <paginationInput>
         <pageNumber>1</pageNumber>
         <entriesPerPage>10</entriesPerPage>
      </paginationInput>
   </productSearch>
</findProductsRequest>

 

If the category specified  is catalog-enabled, the call returns the product list as below:

<findProductsResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/marketplacecatalog/v1/services">
   <ack>Success</ack>
   <version>1.3.1</version>
   <timestamp>2022-09-07T20:31:32.230Z</timestamp>
   <productSearchResult>
      <products>
         <productIdentifier>
            <ePID>117805584</ePID>
         </productIdentifier>
         <stockPhotoURL>
            <thumbnail>
               <value>https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gAgAAOSweDRgCCnB/s-l640.jpg</value>
            </thumbnail>
            <standard>
               <value>https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gAgAAOSweDRgCCnB/s-l640.jpg</value>
            </standard>
         </stockPhotoURL>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Part Type</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Shocks and Struts</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Part number</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>171282</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Supplier Name</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Auto Extra</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>

    <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Supplier Name</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Auto Extra</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Ebay Title</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Auto Extra 171282</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productStatus>
            <excludeForeBaySelling>false</excludeForeBaySelling>
            <excludeForeBayReviews>false</excludeForeBayReviews>
            <excludeForHalfSelling>false</excludeForHalfSelling>
         </productStatus>
         <type>Head</type>
      </products>

 <products>
         <productIdentifier>
            <ePID>110149244</ePID>
         </productIdentifier>
         <stockPhotoURL>
            <thumbnail>
               <value>https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EvoAAOSw7~5gCCmV/s-l640.jpg</value>
            </thumbnail>
            <standard>
               <value>https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EvoAAOSw7~5gCCmV/s-l640.jpg</value>
            </standard>
         </stockPhotoURL>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Part Type</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Shocks and Struts</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Part number</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>171282</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Supplier Name</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Monroe/Expert Series</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productDetails>
            <propertyName>Ebay Title</propertyName>
            <value>
               <text>
                  <value>Monroe 171282</value>
               </text>
            </value>
         </productDetails>
         <productStatus>
            <excludeForeBaySelling>false</excludeForeBaySelling>
            <excludeForeBayReviews>false</excludeForeBayReviews>
            <excludeForHalfSelling>false</excludeForHalfSelling>
         </productStatus>
         <type>Head</type>
      </products>

 

...

    <productStatus>
            <excludeForeBaySelling>false</excludeForeBaySelling>
            <excludeForeBayReviews>false</excludeForeBayReviews>
            <excludeForHalfSelling>false</excludeForHalfSelling>
         </productStatus>
         <type>Head</type>
      </products>
      <paginationOutput>
         <pageNumber>1</pageNumber>
         <entriesPerPage>10</entriesPerPage>
         <totalPages>3</totalPages>
         <totalEntries>23</totalEntries>
      </paginationOutput>
   </productSearchResult>
</findProductsResponse>

 

Otherwise, you will get the Product data is not enabled error. Here is the sample findProducts response  for the CategoryID 19027 (Toys & Hobbies:Classic Toys:Other):

 <findProductsResponse xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/marketplacecatalog/v1/services">
   <ack>Failure</ack>
   <errorMessage>
      <error>
         <errorId>29</errorId>
         <domain>Marketplace</domain>
         <severity>Error</severity>
         <category>System</category>
         <message>Product data is not enabled for category ID 19027.</message>
         <subdomain>MarketplaceCatalog</subdomain>
         <parameter>19027</parameter>
      </error>
   </errorMessage>
   <version>1.3.1</version>
   <timestamp>2022-09-07T20:36:19.902Z</timestamp>
</findProductsResponse>

 

 

 

 

 

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