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POST/program/opt_in

This method opts the seller in to an eBay seller program. Refer to the Account API overview for information about available eBay seller programs.

Note: It can take up to 24-hours for eBay to process your request to opt-in to a Seller Program. Use the getOptedInPrograms call to check the status of your request after the processing period has passed.

Input

Resource URI

POST https://api.ebay.com/sell/account/v1/program/opt_in

This method is supported in Sandbox environment. To access the endpoint, just replace the api.ebay.com root URI with api.sandbox.ebay.com

URI parameters

This method has no URI parameters.

HTTP request headers

All requests made to eBay REST operations require you to provide the Authorization HTTP header for authentication authorization.

The table below shows additional HTTP request headers that are either required, conditionally required, or strongly recommended for this method. Other standard HTTP request headers- opens rest request components page (not in this table) can also be used, but they are optional.

HeaderTypeDescription
Content-TypestringThis header indicates the format of the request body provided by the client. Its value should be set to application/json.

For more information, refer to HTTP request headers.

Occurrence: Required

OAuth scope

This request requires an access token created with the authorization code grant flow, using one or more scopes from the following list (please check your Application Keys page for a list of OAuth scopes available to your application):

https://api.ebay.com/oauth/api_scope/sell.account

See OAuth access tokens for more information.

Request payload

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Request fields

Input container/fieldTypeDescription
programTypeProgramTypeEnum

A seller program in to which a seller can opt-in.

Occurrence: Required

Output

HTTP response headers

This call has no response headers.

Response payload

This call has no payload.

Response fields

This call has no field definitions.

HTTP status codes

This call can return one of the following HTTP status codes. For an overview of the status codes, see HTTP status codes in Using eBay RESTful APIs.

StatusMeaning
200Success
400Bad Request
404Not Found
409Conflict
500Internal Server Error

Error codes

For more on errors, plus the codes of other common errors, see Handling errors.

CodeDomainCategoryMeaning
20401API_ACCOUNTREQUESTMissing field {fieldName}. {additionalInfo}
20500API_ACCOUNTAPPLICATIONSystem error.
20501API_ACCOUNTAPPLICATIONService unavailable. Please try again in next 24 hours.
25803API_ACCOUNTBUSINESS{fieldName} already exists.

Warnings

This call has no warnings.

Samples

New to making API calls? Please see Making a Call.

Note: Identifiers, such as order IDs or user IDs, and personal data in these samples might be anonymized or may no longer be active on eBay. If necessary, substitute current, relevant eBay data in your requests.

Sample 1: Opt-in to a seller program

This request enrolls a seller into the specified eBay seller program.

Input

Supply the program that you want to opt-in to using the programType field.

POSThttps://api.sandbox.ebay.com/sell/account/v1/program/opt_in

Output

A successful call returns the HTTP status code 200 OK. This method has no response payload.