eBay Shopping API
Call Reference Version 643

Defines standard subsets of fields to return within the response.

If you don't specify this field, the call returns a default set of fields (see the "Detail Controls" link below). If you specify this field, the additional fields you retrieve can affect the call's response time (performance).

Applicable values:

•   Details

Include most available fields in the response (except fields that significantly affect the call's performance).

•   Description

Include the Description field in the response. (This can affect the call's performance.)

•   TextDescription

Include the text Description(no html tag) field in the response. (This can affect the call's performance.)

•   ShippingCosts

Include basic shipping costs in the response. (Use GetShippingCosts to retrieve more details.)

•   ItemSpecifics

Include ItemSpecifics in the response.

•   Variations

Include Variations in the response.

Use a comma to specify multiple values. (In this case, the results are cumulative.) See "GetSingleItem Samples" for an example of how to use this field.

See "Detail Controls" for a complete list of fields that can be returned for each selector.

The item ID that uniquely identifies the item listing for which to retrieve the data.

You can determine an item's ID by calling FindItems or from the eBay Web site.

Variation-level SKU that uniquely identifes a variation within the listing identified by ItemID. Only applicable when the seller included variation-level SKU (Variation.SKU) values. Retrieves all the usual Item fields, but limits the Variations content to the specified variation. If not specified, the response includes all variations.

Name-value pairs that identify one or more variations within the listing identified by ItemID. Only applicable when the seller listed the item with variations. Retrieves all the usual Item fields, but limits the Variations content to the specified variation(s). If the specified pairs do not match any variation, eBay returns all variations.

To retrieve only one variation, specify the full set of name/value pairs that match all the name-value pairs of one variation.

To retrieve multiple variations (using a wildcard), specify one or more name/value pairs that partially match the desired variations. For example, if the listing contains variations for shirts in different colors and sizes, specify Color as Red (and no other name/value pairs) to retrieve all the red shirts in all sizes (but no other colors).