Hello everyone,
I’m working on listing clothing items on eBay using the RESTful Inventory API flow (createOrReplaceInventoryItem → createOffer → publishOffer).
For some categories (2–4 of them), I’m getting clear and expected errors when publishing offers, such as missing item specifics:
This helps me identify what needs to be fixed.
However, for the majority of categories (50+), I receive only a generic error when publishing the offer, even though I’ve included all required item specifics when creating the inventory item:
Because the error is not descriptive, I can’t determine what is actually missing or incorrect in the request.
My questions:
1. How can I identify what’s wrong with these categories if the API only returns a generic “system error”?
2. Is there a way to validate item specifics or categories in advance, similar to how I get detailed errors in some categories?
3. Has anyone else experienced this with clothing categories in the Inventory API?
Any guidance on how to troubleshoot would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
