This Call Reference describes the elements and attributes for each call in the eBay Shopping Web Services.

Additional resources are available for this eBay Web Service. Please see the eBay Developer Documentation Center.

See also the calls in the eBay Trading Web Services.

Table of Contents

Call Summary Samples
FindHalfProducts Searches Half.com for stock product information (stock description and Item Specifics), such as information about a particular kind of DVD or book. Also, retrieves up to 30 Half.com listings associated with a product. view
FindItems Searches for items based on a query or a seller ID. If you use keywords, this call returns items that contain the keywords in the title. A maximum of 50 items is returned. view
FindItemsAdvanced Searches for items based on many possible input fields. Detailed information is returned about items. view
FindPopularItems Searches for popular items based on a category or keyword. Returns WatchCount in addition to item information. view
FindPopularSearches Finds the words more frequently used by eBay users when searching for listings. If you use keywords, this call returns available alternative keywords in addition to popular related keywords. view
FindProducts Searches for stock product information (stock description and Item Specifics), such as information about a particular kind of DVD or camera. Also, retrieves up to 200 eBay listings associated with a product. view
FindReviewsAndGuides Searches reviews and guides based on product, category, or user. The response provides information about each user or product's reviews and guides. view
GetCategoryInfo This call will give you the ability to retrieve high level Category information, relevant for a buy-side application. view
GeteBayTime Gets the official eBay system time in GMT. view
GetItemStatus Allows you to get the status for a group of items. Returns status information such as ListingStatus and End Time for all items that are listed in the request. Duplicated items are returned as a single item. view
GetMultipleItems Retrieves publicly available data for one or more listings. view
GetShippingCosts Gets shipping costs for an item. view
GetSingleItem Gets publicly visible details about one listing. This gives you most of the data that eBay shows on the View Item page (title, description, price, and other details). view
GetUserProfile Retrieves user information based on the user ID you specify. The response contains detailed information about a user. You can specify the types of user information you want in the response. view


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