eBay Inline Categories API

eBay search results often times include inline_categories. These include category items with title, link, and thumbnail. SerpApi is able to scrape, extract, and make sense of those results.

API Examples

Inline categories for category_id 1249

Inline categories for category_id 1249

JSON Example

{
  ...
  "inline_categories": [
    {
      "title": "Find deals on all things gaming",
      "position": 1,
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "Sony PlayStation 5",
          "link": "https://www.ebay.com/b/Sony-PlayStation-5-Consoles/139971/bn_7117648159",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/4rAAAOSwfCVjBVIR/s-l960.webp"
        },
        {
          "title": "Microsoft Xbox Series X",
          "link": "https://www.ebay.com/b/Microsoft-Xbox-Series-X-Video-Game-Consoles/139971/bn_7117574288",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/PB8AAOSwfJFjBVIz/s-l960.webp"
        },
        {
          "title": "Sony PlayStation 4",
          "link": "https://www.ebay.com/b/Sony-PlayStation-4-Video-Game-Consoles/139971/bn_7116320199",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/1k0AAOSwGmBjBVJZ/s-l960.webp"
        },
      ...
    },
    {
      "title": "Shop all your favorite brands",
      "position": 2,
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "Meta",
          "link": "https://www.ebay.com/b/Meta-Virtual-Reality-Headsets-Parts-Accessories/183067/bn_7116532043",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/qZAAAOSw7fljBVQT/s-l960.webp"
        },
        {
          "title": "Acer",
          "link": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/acer/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/wAYAAOSw~5ZjBVTR/s-l960.webp"
        },
        {
          "title": "Microsoft",
          "link": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&_udlo=&_udhi=&_ftrt=901&_ftrv=1&_sabdlo=&_sabdhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=77084&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_fss=1&_fsradio=%26LH_SpecificSeller%3D1&_saslop=1&_sasl=microsoft&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=60&_fosrp=1",
          "thumbnail": "https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/HKgAAOSwsJtjBVT5/s-l960.webp"
        },
        ...
      ],
    },
    ...
  ],
  ...
}

JSON structure overview

{
  ...
  "inline_categories": [
    {
      "title": "String - Title of the inline category section",
      "position": "Integer - Position of the inline category section",
      "items": [
        {
          "title": "String - Title of the category item",
          "link": "String - Link to the category item",
          "thumbnail": "String - Thumbnail image URL of the category item"
        }
      ]
    }
  ] 
  ...
}