eBay API endpoint

Get eBay seller about details

Returns normalized seller about information from the public eBay store about tab, including seller stats, top-rated status, optional location/member-since fields, and cleaned store categories.

GETapiKey2 credits/requestebay.sellerAboutResponseDoc/ebay/seller/{seller}/about

Parameters

NameInTypeRequiredEnumExampleDescription
sellerpathstringYeseBay seller username
x-api-keyheaderstringYesAPI key required

Authentication

Send your scraping API key in the x-api-key header. Use the console API Keys page to rotate or select the active key.

Billing

Endpoint usage is metered in credits. The plan prices, included credits, limits, and overage rates below match the active backend billing configuration.

Credit cost
2 credits/request
Charged response
Successful 2xx responses
PlanPriceIncluded creditsDaily capRate limitOverage
Free$0/mo2,000500 daily credits5/minNo overage
Starter$9/mo20,0005,000 daily credits15/min$0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled
Growth$29/mo100,00025,000 daily credits45/min$0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled
Pro$79/mo400,000No daily cap120/min$0.30/1,000 overage credits
Business$199/mo1,200,000No daily cap300/min$0.20/1,000 overage credits
Enterprise$499/mo5,000,000No daily cap1,000/min$0.12/1,000 overage credits

Catalog quality warnings

  • missing example for required path param: seller

Failure responses

StatusDescriptionSchema
400Bad Request#/definitions/app.Response
404Not Found#/definitions/app.Response
429Too Many Requests#/definitions/app.Response
500Internal Server Error#/definitions/app.Response
502Bad Gateway#/definitions/app.Response

Example response

{
  "code": 200,
  "msg": "OK",
  "data": {
    "seller": "poloblade",
    "store_name": "POLOBLADE COLLECTIBLES",
    "store_url": "https://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade",
    "location": "United States",
    "member_since": "Jan 09, 2000",
    "positive_feedback_percent": 99.9,
    "followers": 13000,
    "items_sold": 814000,
    "top_rated_seller": true,
    "categories": [
      {
        "name": "Coins & Paper Money",
        "url": "https://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade/Coins-Paper-Money/_i.html?_sacat=11116"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request schema

No body schema

Response schema

#/definitions/ebay.sellerAboutResponseDoc

FieldTypeRequiredEnumBoundsExampleDescription
codeintegerNoCode is the HTTP status code or a custom code used to indicate the result of the request @example 200
dataebay.SellerAboutNo
data.banner_urlstringNohttps://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2lEAAOSwR4Bjr23U/s-l1600.png
data.categoriesarrayNo
data.categories[].namestringNoCoins & Paper Money
data.categories[].subcategoriesarrayNo
data.categories[].subcategories[].namestringNoCoins: US
data.categories[].subcategories[].urlstringNohttps://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade/Coins-US/_i.html?_sacat=253
data.categories[].urlstringNohttps://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade/Coins-Paper-Money/_i.html?_sacat=11116
data.contact_seller_urlstringNohttps://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowSellerFAQ&iid=-1&requested=poloblade
data.descriptionstringNo
data.followersintegerNo13000
data.items_soldintegerNo814000
data.locationstringNoUnited States
data.logo_urlstringNohttps://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4yUAAOSwsV9ns4CY/s-l140.jpg
data.member_sincestringNoJan 09, 2000
data.positive_feedback_percentnumberNo99.9
data.sellerstringNopoloblade
data.store_namestringNoPOLOBLADE COLLECTIBLES
data.store_urlstringNohttps://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade
data.top_rated_sellerbooleanNotrue
data.top_rated_seller_summarystringNo
msgunknownNoMsg is the message that describes the result of the request @example "Request successful"

Example request

curl -X GET "https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ebay/seller/%3Cseller%3E/about" -H "x-api-key: <api-key>"

TypeScript fetch

const url = new URL("https://api.crawlora.net/api/v1/ebay/seller/%3Cseller%3E/about");
const headers = new Headers();
headers.set("x-api-key", "<api-key>");
const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: "GET",
  headers,
});
const payload = await response.json();