Question about integration with selling REST APIs
Hi everyone, I'm developing an integration using selling REST APIs (inventory, offer...). I want to know if it's possible to use both APIs and account/store panel to manage listings. For example, is it possible to do all steps with APIs and the last part, listing/publishing products from store panel (I mean just the last step to going live the listings)?? Or if it's not possible, should I develop a GUI/panel to be used to select which products to publish? Thanks
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developer_support@ebay
Hi @Anonymous
You can list the item using the API calls and mange them from eBay seller hub as well.
developer_support@ebay
Hi @Anonymous
If you want to use the API to list an item then you need to list the item using the API calls only. The basic flow of using the Inventory API to publish an single-variation offer involves the use of the following three calls:
For more details, please have a look on guide "Managing inventory and offers".
an-57470
OP3 years agoYeah I've readed documentation... So you are confirming that I cannot use APIs and manage listings from ebay.com; if I want a GUI "to manage all the process" I would have to develop it from scratch based on the API to use, is it correct? Thanks
shipscript
·3 years ago@Anonymous
Somewhere in my reading of the APIs, I came across a statement that Items created with the RESTful APIs could not be manipulated with the Traditional APIs, or the other way around, presumably because one is SKU-based and the other is ItemID-based. But that should not preclude managing items on Seller Hub after they become site listings.
To clarify, when you create inventory with the REST APIs, those inventory items can only be published to the site using the REST APIs. Once published and assigned an ItemID, the listings become available to Seller Hub for listing management (which is management after an item is listed). Raw inventory is not available on the site.
Thus, if you want to create inventory that a user would access to launch listings, you would need to write your own GUI to access the API to complete the item details and launch the listing. Since publishing the listing is a step by itself, the GUI could encompass just that last step if the offer was already prepared. However, I suspect the preparation of the offer is the control you plan to give to the user.
river_house_books
·1 year agocreateOffer is deprecated as of 07/19/2024
How to create an offer now?
developer_support@ebay
Hi @river_house_books
Inventory API calls like bulkCreateOffer, createOffer, getOffer, getOffers and updateOffer or Trading API calls like Add/Revise/Relist/Verify and GetItem family calls are not being deprecated.
As mentioned in the API Deprecation Status page:
Only the economicOperator/EconomicOperator container in the Inventory API/ Trading API calls have been deprecated on 2024/07/19 and only the economicOperator/EconomicOperator container will be decommissioned on January 30, 2025.
an-57470
OP3 years agoI try to be more clear: is it possible selling on ebay using APIs and store/seller consolle?