Search eBay for active auction-format listings and filter by bid count using the Buy Browse API

domain: developer.ebay.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Call the Browse API item_summary search endpoint with a filter parameter set to buyingOptions:{AUCTION}
  2. Add a bidCount range filter to narrow results to auctions within a specific number of bids
  3. Read the bidCount and current price fields returned on each ItemSummary, which are only populated for auction items
  4. Sort or post-process results by listing end time to surface auctions closing soonest
  5. Re-query periodically since an item moves into the AUCTION buying option only after its first bid is placed

Known gotchas

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