Set up a connection to eBay

Naga Sri Hari Gonaboyina

Updated December 02, 2024 12:27

eBay Inc. is an e-commerce platform that provides consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales.

eBay documentation: API guide , Authentication

Additional reference: Supported eBay APIs

A. Set up an eBay connection

Important

Verify that you are signed in to eBay as the account owner when setting up a connection.

Start establishing a connection to eBay in either of the following ways:

From the Resources menu, select Connections. Then, click + Create connection at the top right.

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While working in a new or existing integration, you can add an application to a flow simply by clicking Add source or Add destination/lookup.

In the resulting Application list, select eBay.

The Create connection pane opens with general and advanced settings.

B. Describe the eBay connection

Edit the General settings specific to your account and this connection resource.

Name (required): Provide a clear and distinguishable name. Throughout integrator.io imports and exports, you will have the option to choose this new connection, and a unique identifier will prove helpful later when selecting among a list of connections that you’ve created.

Application (required, non-editable): A reminder of the app you’re editing.

API type (required): Select one of the following options:

Finance API: if your business requirement is only for Finance API.
OtherAPI: if your business requirement is for any of these API types: Account API, Inventory API, Fulfillment API, Analytics API, Metadata API, or Compliance API.

C. Provide required eBay account information

At this point, you’re presented with a series of options for providing eBay authentication.

Account type(required): Select one of the following, depending on the account type you’re connecting to:

Production: your live production environment (accounting/payment).
Sandbox: a sandbox environment (accounting/payment) for user acceptance testing.

Configure scopes (required): Scopes are OAuth 2.0 permissions that the eBay API defines to limit access to your account. To select the scopes for this connection (Finance API and/or Other APIs),

Click the Configure scopes button.
To access all of the scopes in the API, click the » button.

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Check the scopes you want to add and click the > button.
Click Save to save your scopes and leave the editor.

API site ID (required): Select your account registered site ID from the drop-down menu.

Note

Select scopes based on your specific business needs. For finance-related use cases, choose scopes under the Finance API section. Select the appropriate scopes from the Other APIs section for other use cases. The scopes you select must align with the types of API access required for your application to function effectively.

D. Edit advanced eBay settings

Before continuing, you have the opportunity to provide additional configuration information, if needed, for the eBay connection.

NOTE: Selecting another app changes form...

E. Save and authorize

To save and authorize the eBay connection:

Click Save & authorize to commit your changes and proceed to log in with eBay.
Enter the email address and password of your registered eBay account and click Sign in .

The new connection is now successfully added to your account. It will be applied to the current source or destination app, if you created it within a flow. Otherwise, you may proceed to register the connection with an integration.