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APIs to retrieve marketplace-specific metadata such as category hierarchy, item specifics, registered charitable organizations, and eBay catalog products.

Name Description API Reference Release Notes
Taxonomy API Discover appropriate categories to filter listings retrieved by the Buy APIs, or determine the best category in which to offer an item for sale and determine what categories to include in campaigns or promotions with the Sell APIs.
Catalog API Search the eBay catalog for products on which to base a seller's item listing, retrieve a product record by its eBay product identifier (ePID).
Charity API Retrieve a list of charitable organizations and access the details for those charitable organizations.
Traditional Metadata Calls The calls in this group are used to retrieve eBay site-specific (e.g. GeteBayDetails), eBay category-specific (e.g. GetCategoryFeatures, or eBay listing-specific (e.g. GetItemShipping) metadata.