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The table below lists the API capabilities that are deprecated and scheduled for decommission.

API Call(s)/Method(s)/Field(s) Deprecation Date Decommission Date Notes
Trading API 2024/10/29 2025/04/28 This call has been deprecated and will be decommissioned on April 28th, 2025.
Trading API 2024/11/04 2025/06/02 This call has been deprecated and will be decommissioned on June 2nd, 2025. This call is being replaced by the getExpiredCategories method of the Taxonomy API.
Product API 2024/09/09 2025/03/31 These calls have been deprecated and will be decommissioned on March 31st, 2025.
Product Metadata API 2024/09/09 2025/03/31 These calls have been deprecated and will be decommissioned on March 31st, 2025.
Merchandising API All 2024/07/29 2025/01/06 All calls in the Merchandising API have been deprecated and will be decommissioned on January 6, 2025.
Trading API

2024/06/18

2025/01/30

 The ValidateTestUserRegistration call is deprecated, and will be decommissioned on January 30th, 2025.
Trading API

2024/06/14

2025/01/30

 The GetChallengeToken and ValidateChallengeInput calls are deprecated, and will be decommissioned on January 30th, 2025.
Trading API GeteBayOfficialTime 2024/03/20 2025/01/27 The GeteBayOfficialTime call has been deprecated and will be decommissioned on January 27, 2025.
  • If you were using the GeteBayOfficialTime call to validate Auth & Auth tokens, please use GetTokenStatus instead.
  • If you are using this call just to get the time, eBay uses UTC so any internet time server can be used to keep the client in sync with UTC time.
Finding API All 2024/01/04 2025/02/05 All calls in the Finding API have been deprecated and will be decommissioned on February 5, 2025.

The alternative to this API is the Browse API, which also has advanced search capabilities.
Shopping API All 2024/01/04 2025/02/05 All calls in the Shopping API have been deprecated and will be decommissioned on February 5, 2025.

The alternative to this API is the Browse API, which also has advanced search capabilities.
Return Management API

All

 2023/02/03 TBD

All methods of the Return Management API are scheduled to be decommisioned. The official decommission date will be announced once determined. This API is now out of synch with return management flows on eBay. Current users of the Return Management API and all users interested is programmatically managing return requests should make plans to migrate to the Post-Order API.
Business Policies Management API All 2021/03/23 TBD The Business Policies Management API is deprecated and is scheduled for decommission in 2022. We recommend that you migrate to the fulfillment_policy, payment_policy, and return_policy resources of the Account API to set up and manage all of your fulfillment, payment, and return business policies.
Finding API findCompletedItems 2020/10/15 2025/02/05 The findCompletedItems call is deprecated as of October 15, 2020, and access is restricted. All calls in the Finding API will be decommissioned on February 5, 2025.

An alternative to the findCompletedItems call is the Marketplace Insights API, but please note that this API is restricted and requires eBay Business approval for access. Please contact the Developer Technical Support team if you are interested in getting access to the Marketplace Insights API.