Identity API

apiz · Commerce

Commerce No Auth Free & Open ecommerce

Note: Not all the account related fields are returned for an authenticated user. The fields returned in the response are controlled by the scopes and are available only to select developers approved by business units. Retrieves the authenticated user's account profile information. It can be used to let users log into your app or site using eBay, which frees you from needing to store and protect user's PII (Personal Identifiable Information) data.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET getUser

This method retrieves the account profile information for an authenticated user, which requires a User access token. What is returned is controlled by the scopes. For a business account you use the default scope commerce.identity.readonly, which returns all the fields in the businessAccount containe

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user/"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user/",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user/';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user/"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apiz.ebay.com/commerce-identity/v1.1.0/user/";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with Identity API?

Identity API is a Commerce API. Developers commonly use commerce APIs for:

syncing product catalogues and inventory levels
building price comparison and deal-finder tools
processing orders and tracking shipments
managing customer wishlists and reviews
automating abandoned-cart and promotional emails

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Identity API is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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