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Etsy BuyerTaxonomy API

The BuyerTaxonomy API from Etsy — 2 operation(s) for buyertaxonomy.

Etsy BuyerTaxonomy API is one of 28 APIs that Etsy publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include BuyerTaxonomy. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 3.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://openapi.etsy.com.

2 operations 2 paths 7 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
3.0.0
Base URL
https://openapi.etsy.com
Authentication
API Key, OAuth 2.0
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Etsy BuyerTaxonomy API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as x-api-key (api_key). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 20 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • api_key — Every request to a v3 API endpoint must include this data in the format keystring:sharedsecret. Your keystring and shared secret are available on the [Your App…
  • oauth2 — Open API v3 supports authenticating via OAuth 2.0. More information about Etsy's specific implementation of OAuth2 can be found [here](/documentation/essential…

Paths & Operations 2

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

BuyerTaxonomy 2
GET
/v3/application/buyer-taxonomy/nodes
Etsy Get Buyer Taxonomy Nodes
getBuyerTaxonomyNodes → 200500
GET
/v3/application/buyer-taxonomy/nodes/{taxonomy_id}/properties
Etsy Get Properties by Buyer Taxonomy Id
getPropertiesByBuyerTaxonomyId 1 param → 200404400500

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BuyerTaxonomyNodeProperty (11 properties), BuyerTaxonomyNode (6 properties), BuyerTaxonomyPropertyValue (4 properties), BuyerTaxonomyPropertyScale (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ErrorSchema
object
1 property 1 required
BuyerTaxonomyNodeProperties
object
A list of product property definitions.
2 properties
BuyerTaxonomyNodeProperty
object
A product property definition.
11 properties
BuyerTaxonomyNodes
object
A list of taxonomy nodes from the buyer taxonomy tree.
2 properties
BuyerTaxonomyPropertyValue
object
A property value for a specific product property, which may also employ a specific scale.
4 properties
BuyerTaxonomyPropertyScale
object
A scale defining the assignable increments for the property values available to specific product properties.
3 properties
BuyerTaxonomyNode
object
A taxonomy node in the buyer taxonomy tree.
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

etsy-buyertaxonomy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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