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Etsy Shop Section API

The Shop Section API from Etsy — 2 operation(s) for shop section.

Etsy Shop Section 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 Section. 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 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.2, at version 3.0.0.

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

5 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.2
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 Section 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 5

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Shop Section 5
POST
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/sections
Etsy Create Shop Section
createShopSection 1 param body → 200400503403401500
GET
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/sections
Etsy Get Shop Sections
getShopSections 1 param → 200404400500
DELETE
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/sections/{shop_section_id}
Etsy Delete Shop Section
deleteShopSection 2 params → 204400503403401500
GET
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/sections/{shop_section_id}
Etsy Get Shop Section
getShopSection 2 params → 200404400500
PUT
/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/sections/{shop_section_id}
Etsy Update Shop Section
updateShopSection 2 params body → 200400503403401500

Schemas 3

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

ErrorSchema
object
1 property 1 required
ShopSections
object
All the sections in a specific Shop.
2 properties
ShopSection
object
A section within a shop, into which a user can sort listings.
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

etsy-shop-section-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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