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Etsy Shop Return Policy API

The Shop Return Policy API from Etsy — 3 operation(s) for shop return policy.

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

Tagged areas include Shop Return Policy. 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 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 3 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.

6 operations 3 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET2 POST1 PUT

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 Shop Return Policy 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 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shop Return Policy 6
POST
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return/consolidate
Etsy Consolidate Shop Return Policies
consolidateShopReturnPolicies 1 param body → 200403404400401500
POST
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return
Etsy Create Shop Return Policy
createShopReturnPolicy 1 param body → 200403400401500
GET
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return
Etsy Get Shop Return Policies
getShopReturnPolicies 1 param → 200404400401500
DELETE
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return/{return_policy_id}
Etsy Delete Shop Return Policy
deleteShopReturnPolicy 2 params → 204403400401500
GET
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return/{return_policy_id}
Etsy Get Shop Return Policy
getShopReturnPolicy 2 params → 200404400401500
PUT
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/policies/return/{return_policy_id}
Etsy Update Shop Return Policy
updateShopReturnPolicy 2 params body → 200403404400401409500

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ShopReturnPolicy (5 properties), ShopReturnPolicies (2 properties), ErrorSchema (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ShopReturnPolicies
object
Represents a shop's listing-level return policies list.
2 properties
ShopReturnPolicy
object
Represents a listing-level return policy.
5 properties
ErrorSchema
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

etsy-shop-return-policy-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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