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The GetShippingCosts call within the Shopping API does not return any shipping information for eBay Authenticity shipping. Instead, it returns the error "Item has no shipping option".
{"Timestamp":"2023-08-02T06:29:00.169Z","Ack":"Failure","Errors":[{"ShortMessage":"Item has no shipping option.","LongMessage":"Item has no shipping option.","ErrorCode":"10.6","SeverityCode":"Error","ErrorClassification":"RequestError"}],"Build":"1299_CORE_APILW_19146596_R1","Version":"1299"}
Example listings: 195879374333 and 195914382122
https://www.ebay.com/itm/195879374333
While the API throws an error, the listings state:
| US $14.95 | United States | eBay shipping to authenticator, then to you |
Will the API be updated to include this shipping method? This is too popular a category to have such a gaping hole.
On the other hand, listings 195864473832 and 195862565534 legitimately have no shipping options and trigger the same error, so a simple substitution is not an option. Those listings state: "This item will ship to United States, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Contact the seller and request a shipping method to your location."
To show that the call is working, a call to another item from the same seller produces a full set of shipping options.
{"Timestamp":"2023-08-02T06:31:26.649Z","Ack":"Success","Build":"1299_CORE_APILW_19146596_R1","Version":"1299","ShippingDetails":{"InsuranceOption":"NotOfferedOnSite","ShippingServiceOption":[{"ShippingServiceName":"USPS First Class","ShippingServiceCost":{"Value":4.88,"CurrencyID":"USD"},"ShippingServicePriority":1,"ShippingTimeMin":2,"ShippingTimeMax":3,"ShipsTo":["US"],"EstimatedDeliveryMinTime":"2023-08-04T10:00:00.000Z","EstimatedDeliveryMaxTime":"2023-08-05T10:00:00.000Z"},{"ShippingServiceName":"USPS Priority Mail","ShippingServiceCost":{"Value":7.96,"CurrencyID":"USD"},"ShippingServicePriority":2,"ExpeditedService":true,"ShippingTimeMin":2,"ShippingTimeMax":3,"ShipsTo":["US"],"EstimatedDeliveryMinTime":"2023-08-04T10:00:00.000Z","EstimatedDeliveryMaxTime":"2023-08-05T10:00:00.000Z"},{"ShippingServiceName":"Local Pickup","ShippingServiceCost":{"Value":0.0,"CurrencyID":"USD"},"ShippingServicePriority":3,"ShipsTo":["US"]}],"TaxTable":{"TaxJurisdiction":[]},"ExcludeShipToLocation":["US Protectorates","APO/FPO","Africa","South America","PO Box","PF","LY","NC","GP","VE","RE","BB","MQ","GF","UA","RU"]},"ShippingCostSummary":{"ShippingServiceName":"USPS First Class","ShippingServiceCost":{"Value":4.88,"CurrencyID":"USD"},"ShippingType":"Calculated","InsuranceOption":"NotOfferedOnSite","ListedShippingServiceCost":{"Value":4.88,"CurrencyID":"USD"}}}
