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eBay Inventory_task API

The Inventory_task API from eBay — 2 operation(s) for inventory_task.

eBay Inventory_task API is one of 64 APIs that eBay publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Inventory_task. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, release notes, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v1.9.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.ebay.com{basePath}.

3 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v1.9.2
Base URL
https://api.ebay.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
eBay Inc,
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

eBay Inventory_task API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (api_auth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes.

  • api_auth — The security definitions for this API. Please check individual operations for applicable scopes.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Inventory_task 3
GET
/inventory_task
This method searches for multiple tasks of a specific feed type, and includes date filters and pagination.
getInventoryTasks 6 params → 200400403500
POST
/inventory_task
This method creates an inventory-related download task for a specified feed type with optional filter criteria. When using this method, specify the feedType . This method returns the location respons…
createInventoryTask 1 param body → 202400403409500
GET
/inventory_task/{task_id}
This method retrieves the task details and status of the specified inventory-related task. The input is taskid .
getInventoryTask 1 param → 200400403404500

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are InventoryTask (9 properties), InventoryTaskCollection (7 properties), CreateInventoryTaskRequest (3 properties), UploadSummary (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UploadSummary
object
This container provides summary information on an upload feed (not applicable for download feed types).
2 properties
InventoryTaskCollection
object
7 properties
InventoryTask
object
9 properties
InventoryFilterCriteria
object
This container is used to set the filter criteria for the ActiveInventoryReport. A seller can create an ActiveInventoryReport for a single listing format.
1 property
CreateInventoryTaskRequest
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ebay-inventory-task-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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