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}/aboutParameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Enum | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seller | path | string | Yes | eBay seller username | ||
| x-api-key | header | string | Yes | API 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
| Plan | Price | Included credits | Daily cap | Rate limit | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 2,000 | 500 daily credits | 5/min | No overage |
| Starter | $9/mo | 20,000 | 5,000 daily credits | 15/min | $0.75/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Growth | $29/mo | 100,000 | 25,000 daily credits | 45/min | $0.45/1,000 overage credits when enabled |
| Pro | $79/mo | 400,000 | No daily cap | 120/min | $0.30/1,000 overage credits |
| Business | $199/mo | 1,200,000 | No daily cap | 300/min | $0.20/1,000 overage credits |
| Enterprise | $499/mo | 5,000,000 | No daily cap | 1,000/min | $0.12/1,000 overage credits |
Catalog quality warnings
- missing example for required path param: seller
Failure responses
| Status | Description | Schema |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | Bad Request | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 404 | Not Found | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 429 | Too Many Requests | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | #/definitions/app.Response |
| 502 | Bad 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
| Field | Type | Required | Enum | Bounds | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| code | integer | No | Code is the HTTP status code or a custom code used to indicate the result of the request @example 200 | |||
| data | ebay.SellerAbout | No | ||||
| data.banner_url | string | No | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2lEAAOSwR4Bjr23U/s-l1600.png | |||
| data.categories | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].name | string | No | Coins & Paper Money | |||
| data.categories[].subcategories | array | No | ||||
| data.categories[].subcategories[].name | string | No | Coins: US | |||
| data.categories[].subcategories[].url | string | No | https://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade/Coins-US/_i.html?_sacat=253 | |||
| data.categories[].url | string | No | https://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade/Coins-Paper-Money/_i.html?_sacat=11116 | |||
| data.contact_seller_url | string | No | https://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ShowSellerFAQ&iid=-1&requested=poloblade | |||
| data.description | string | No | ||||
| data.followers | integer | No | 13000 | |||
| data.items_sold | integer | No | 814000 | |||
| data.location | string | No | United States | |||
| data.logo_url | string | No | https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4yUAAOSwsV9ns4CY/s-l140.jpg | |||
| data.member_since | string | No | Jan 09, 2000 | |||
| data.positive_feedback_percent | number | No | 99.9 | |||
| data.seller | string | No | poloblade | |||
| data.store_name | string | No | POLOBLADE COLLECTIBLES | |||
| data.store_url | string | No | https://www.ebay.com/str/poloblade | |||
| data.top_rated_seller | boolean | No | true | |||
| data.top_rated_seller_summary | string | No | ||||
| msg | unknown | No | Msg 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();