Cannot access Trading API WSDL from Command Line | Talk to your fellow developers

mathman87vw4 · 2026-04-30T18:02:52.045000Z

I have a tool that downloads the eBay Trading API WSDL (https://developer.ebay.com/webservices/1379/ebaysvc.wsdl) and builds the associated Java classes (ie. I am trying to access it in code.). However, I am getting a HTTP 403 error. I was not experiencing 403 errors several months ago. Is there something I need to do to access the WSDL in a headless manner? Has something changed on the server that forbids programmatic access to the WSDL? I am still able to download the Trading API WSDL from a Web browser without any credentials whatsoever. I could reconfigure the tool use a local WSDL copy, but I would rather not. Sample of errors I am receiving ... First Example (JAX-WS Maven plugin)[ERROR] Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: https://developer.ebay.com/webservices/1379/ebaysvc.wsdlFailed to read the WSDL document: https://developer.ebay.com/webservices/1379/ebaysvc.wsdl, because 1) could not find the document; 2) the document could not be read; 3) the root element of the document is not <wsdl:definitions>.Second Example (cURL)$ curl https://developer.ebay.com/webservices/1379/ebaysvc.wsdl<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Access Denied</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><H1>Access Denied</H1>You don't have permission to access "http://developer.ebay.com/webservices/1379/ebaysvc.wsdl" on this server.<P>Reference #18.6ca71002.1777521620.2acf1a06<P>https://errors.edgesuite.net/18.6ca71002.1777521620.2acf1a06</P></BODY></HTML>

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