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API Parameters

Customize the response from the Ebay API by adding parameters to your request.

IMPORTANT! The engine parameter should always be set to ebay!
The Ebay API is a powerful eBay scraping tool, made easy to use. Basically, in order to scrape eBay, all you have to do is send a GET request to our official endpoint followed by the parameters you chose to customize your request. 
The Ebay API uses general parameters (applicable to any search type) and search type specific parameters (applicable to specific search types only). We will cover the search type specific parameters in each search category.
Here is the full list of the general parameters:
Parameter
Type
Description
api_key
required
string
Specify your unique API access key to authenticate with the API. You can find your API access key in your account dashboard.
engine
required
string
The engine of the API. Needs to be set to ebay for all Ebay API requests.
type
required
string
The Ebay API uses search types to return categorized results.

Parameter	Type	Description
`api_key` required	`string`	Specify your unique API access key to authenticate with the API. You can find your API access key in your account dashboard.
`engine` required	`string`	The engine of the API. Needs to be set to `ebay` for all Ebay API requests.
`type` required	`string`	The Ebay API uses search types to return categorized results.

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