Ebay Affiliate API

I have Ebay Affiliate API to convert ebay product links to affiliate product links.
This is the API endpoint which I am using:

https://svcs.sandbox.ebay.com/services/search/FindingService/v1?OPERATION-NAME=findItemsByKeywords&SERVICE-VERSION=1.0.0&SECURITY-APPNAME=${apiKey}&GLOBAL-ID=EBAY-US&RESPONSE-DATA-FORMAT=JSON&REST-PAYLOAD&keywords=${encodeURIComponent(productLink)}&affiliate.networkId=9&affiliate.trackingId=${affiliateID}&affiliate.customId=1234

but when we hit this API in return this gave me this url in response : https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&toolid=10041&campid=5339015429&customid=1234&lgeo=1&mpre=http://shop.sandbox.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fitm%2F295616566041%3F_ul%3DGB&_ddo=1&_ipg=100&_pgn=1
when i paste this link in browser it redirects me to this url:
http://shop.sandbox.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295616566041?_ul=GB&ff3=4&toolid=10041&campid=5339015429&customid=1234&lgeo=1&_ddo=1&_ipg=100&_pgn=1&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&ufes_redirect=true

and it says this url is invalid.

saal-s_3023

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Posted 2 years ago·Last reply 2 years ago

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developer_support@ebay

2 years ago

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Hi @saal-s_3023 @foulfoot,

All calls in the Finding API have been deprecated(API Deprecation Status) and will be decommissioned on February 5, 2025. An alternative to this API is the Browse API, which also has advanced search capabilities.

Using the Browse API, you can create a rich selection of items for your buyers to browse with keyword and category searches.

For for more details, please see Browse API Integration Guide.

foulfoot

·2 years ago

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- You need to use the Production API, not Sandbox.

- not sure why you're getting "rover" links in any response from eBay; rover links were decommissioned years ago and no longer work.

- findItemsByKeywords has been broken for probably ten years now. You should use findItemsAdvanced.

- findItemsAdvanced was last updated nine years ago, and will be permanently shut down in thirteen months. The replacement is the Browse API, which lacks many of the features of findItemsAdvanced. Additionally, the Browse API cannot be accessed by URLs, like the Finding API could; you need to use headers and cURL.

- affiliate links are tied to the eBay Partner Network, which is a totally separate division within eBay, and has its own requirements, rules, and policies. Posting affiliate links, without the myriad requirements now in place such as prominent eBay logos and/or lengthy legal disclaimers attached to every link, will quickly get your account flagged and terminated.