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
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.
| Header | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Content-Type | string | This 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
Copy complete valid JSON to clipboardRequest fields
| Input container/field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| programType | ProgramTypeEnum | The seller program to opt in to when part of an optInToProgram request, or out of when part of an optOutOfProgram request. When returned in an getOptedInPrograms response, a separate programType field is returned for each seller program that the seller is opted in to. 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.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 200 | Success |
| 400 | Bad Request |
| 404 | Not Found |
| 409 | Conflict |
| 500 | Internal Server Error |
Error codes
For more on errors, plus the codes of other common errors, see Handling errors.
| Code | Domain | Category | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20401 | API_ACCOUNT | REQUEST | Missing field {fieldName}. {additionalInfo} |
| 20500 | API_ACCOUNT | APPLICATION | System error. |
| 20501 | API_ACCOUNT | APPLICATION | Service unavailable. Please try again in next 24 hours. |
| 25803 | API_ACCOUNT | BUSINESS | {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.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.