Get Category Suggestions

Retrieve a categories that are considered by eBay to most closely correspond to the provided query.

GET

Query

Arguments

stringrequired

A quoted string that describes or characterizes the item being offered for sale. The string format is free form, and can contain any combination of phrases or keywords. eBay will parse the string and return suggested categories for the item.

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string

Comma-separated response fields to include.

Try this request

Request

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/ebay/0.0.100/actions/get-category-suggestions" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_TOKEN" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode 'connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID' \
  --data-urlencode 'q='

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "category": {
        "categoryId": "string",
        "categoryName": "string"
      },
      "categoryTreeNodeAncestors[]": {
        "categoryId": "string",
        "categoryName": "string",
        "categorySubtreeNodeHref": "string",
        "categoryTreeNodeLevel": 1
      },
      "categoryTreeNodeLevel": 1
    }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

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