How to scrape eBay
eBay (ebay.com) is an online store. This guide is built from our own checks of its public pages: what the pages contain, whether our requests get through right now, and the request settings that worked.
3 of 23 of our checks passed in the last 7 days (13%).
Last check 2026-10-13 19:34 UTC · last pass 2026-10-13 19:34 UTC · checked with our own requests, never customer data.
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What you can get
Detail pages carry structured data (ItemPage, Product). You can read those fields straight from the HTML, or select any other field with extract rules (CSS selectors).
Public pages Intermittent
Page types we check: Search and listing pages, Detail pages.
Structured data on detail pages (keys from our probe page, values removed):
[
{
"@type": "ItemPage",
"url": "...",
"dateModified": "...",
"breadcrumb": "..."
},
{
"@type": "Product",
"name": "...",
"image": "...",
"offers": {
"url": "...",
"itemCondition": "...",
"availability": "...",
"priceCurrency": "..."
},
"brand": {
"name": "..."
}
}
]Code
Complete scripts: set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable and run them as they are. Each one sends the settings on this page, prints the start of the page, and prints the credits the request cost (the Ujb-Credits response header) on stderr. A non-200 answer stops the script with the API's error message.
No extraction recipe for these pages yet: the script fetches the page with the working settings. Add extract rules to get JSON.
pip install ujeebu-python==0.1.5 # Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
# Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
# Uses the official SDK ujeebu-python 0.1.5: pip install ujeebu-python==0.1.5
# Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key python3 ebay_page_sdk.py
import json
import os
import sys
import time
import requests
from ujeebu_python import UjeebuClient
API_KEY = os.environ.get("UJEEBU_API_KEY")
URLS = [
"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds",
]
SETTINGS = {
"js": True,
}
def scrape(client, url):
try:
response = client.scrape(url, params=SETTINGS)
except requests.RequestException as error:
sys.exit(f"Request failed for {url}: {error}")
if response.status_code != 200:
try:
message = response.json().get("message", response.text)
except ValueError:
message = response.text
sys.exit(f"HTTP {response.status_code} for {url}: {str(message)[:300]}")
print(f"Ujb-Credits: {response.headers.get('Ujb-Credits')}", file=sys.stderr)
return response.text
if not API_KEY:
sys.exit("Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.")
client = UjeebuClient(api_key=API_KEY)
for i, url in enumerate(URLS):
if i:
time.sleep(2) # be polite: one page at a time
html = scrape(client, url)
print(len(html), "bytes")
print(html[:500])
npm install @ujeebu-org/ujeebu-sdk@0.1.2 // Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
// Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
// Uses the official SDK @ujeebu-org/ujeebu-sdk 0.1.2: npm install @ujeebu-org/ujeebu-sdk@0.1.2
// Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key node ebay_page_sdk.mjs
import { UjeebuClient } from '@ujeebu-org/ujeebu-sdk';
const API_KEY = process.env.UJEEBU_API_KEY;
const URLS = [
"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds",
];
const SETTINGS = {
js: true,
};
async function scrape(client, url) {
let res;
try {
res = await client.scrape(url, SETTINGS);
} catch (err) {
const status = err.response?.status ?? 'error';
const message = err.response?.data?.message ?? err.message;
console.error(`HTTP ${status} for ${url}: ${String(message).slice(0, 300)}`);
process.exit(1);
}
console.error(`Ujb-Credits: ${res.headers['ujb-credits']}`);
return String(res.data);
}
if (!API_KEY) {
console.error('Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.');
process.exit(1);
}
const client = new UjeebuClient(API_KEY);
const pause = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
for (const [i, url] of URLS.entries()) {
if (i) await pause(2000); // be polite: one page at a time
const html = await scrape(client, url);
console.log(html.length, 'bytes');
console.log(html.slice(0, 500));
}
pip install requests # Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
# Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
# Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key python3 ebay_page.py (pip install requests)
import json
import os
import sys
import time
import requests
API_URL = "https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape"
API_KEY = os.environ.get("UJEEBU_API_KEY")
URLS = [
"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds",
]
SETTINGS = {
"js": True,
}
def scrape(url):
response = requests.post(
API_URL,
headers={"ApiKey": API_KEY},
json={"url": url, **SETTINGS},
timeout=180,
)
if response.status_code != 200:
try:
message = response.json().get("message", response.text)
except ValueError:
message = response.text
sys.exit(f"HTTP {response.status_code} for {url}: {str(message)[:300]}")
print(f"Ujb-Credits: {response.headers.get('Ujb-Credits')}", file=sys.stderr)
return response.text
if not API_KEY:
sys.exit("Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.")
for i, url in enumerate(URLS):
if i:
time.sleep(2) # be polite: one page at a time
html = scrape(url)
print(len(html), "bytes")
print(html[:500])
// Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
// Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
// Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key node ebay_page.mjs (Node.js 18 or later)
const API_URL = 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape';
const API_KEY = process.env.UJEEBU_API_KEY;
const URLS = [
"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds",
];
const SETTINGS = {
js: true,
};
async function scrape(url) {
const res = await fetch(API_URL, {
method: 'POST',
headers: { ApiKey: API_KEY, 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
body: JSON.stringify({ url, ...SETTINGS }),
signal: AbortSignal.timeout(180000),
});
const text = await res.text();
if (res.status !== 200) {
let message = text;
try {
message = JSON.parse(text).message ?? text;
} catch {}
console.error(`HTTP ${res.status} for ${url}: ${String(message).slice(0, 300)}`);
process.exit(1);
}
console.error(`Ujb-Credits: ${res.headers.get('ujb-credits')}`);
return text;
}
if (!API_KEY) {
console.error('Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.');
process.exit(1);
}
const pause = (ms) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
for (const [i, url] of URLS.entries()) {
if (i) await pause(2000); // be polite: one page at a time
const html = await scrape(url);
console.log(html.length, 'bytes');
console.log(html.slice(0, 500));
}
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
# Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
# Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key bash ebay_page.sh (curl 7.76 or later)
set -euo pipefail
curl -sS --fail-with-body --max-time 180 -D headers.txt \
-X POST 'https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape' \
-H "ApiKey: ${UJEEBU_API_KEY:?Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.}" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-o page.html --data-binary @- <<'JSON'
{
"url": "https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds",
"js": true
}
JSON
head -c 500 page.html
echo
grep -i '^ujb-credits' headers.txt >&2
<?php
// Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
// Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
// Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key php ebay_page.php (PHP 7.4 or later with curl)
$apiKey = getenv('UJEEBU_API_KEY') ?: exit("Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.\n");
$urls = [
'https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds',
];
$settings = [
'js' => true,
];
function scrape(string $url, string $apiKey, array $settings)
{
$ch = curl_init('https://api.ujeebu.com/scrape');
$headers = [];
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 180,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['ApiKey: ' . $apiKey, 'Content-Type: application/json'],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(['url' => $url] + $settings),
CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION => function ($ch, $line) use (&$headers) {
if (strpos($line, ':') !== false) {
[$k, $v] = explode(':', $line, 2);
$headers[strtolower(trim($k))] = trim($v);
}
return strlen($line);
},
]);
$body = curl_exec($ch);
if ($body === false) {
fwrite(STDERR, 'Request failed: ' . curl_error($ch) . "\n");
exit(1);
}
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE);
if ($status !== 200) {
$message = json_decode($body, true)['message'] ?? $body;
fwrite(STDERR, "HTTP $status for $url: " . substr((string) $message, 0, 300) . "\n");
exit(1);
}
fwrite(STDERR, 'Ujb-Credits: ' . ($headers['ujb-credits'] ?? '?') . "\n");
return $body;
}
foreach ($urls as $i => $url) {
if ($i > 0) {
sleep(2); // be polite: one page at a time
}
$html = scrape($url, $apiKey, $settings);
echo strlen($html), " bytes\n", substr($html, 0, 500), "\n";
}
go mod init scraper && go get github.com/ujeebu/ujeebu-go@v0.1.8 // Fetch a eBay page with the Ujeebu Scrape API.
// Settings from our health checks (Ujeebu site guide). Prints the start of the page HTML.
// Uses the official SDK github.com/ujeebu/ujeebu-go v0.1.8: go mod init scraper && go get github.com/ujeebu/ujeebu-go@v0.1.8
// Run: UJEEBU_API_KEY=your_key go run ebay_page.go
package main
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"os"
"time"
ujeebu "github.com/ujeebu/ujeebu-go"
)
var urls = []string{
"https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=wireless+earbuds",
}
func fail(format string, args ...any) {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, format+"\n", args...)
os.Exit(1)
}
func short(s string) string {
if len(s) > 300 {
return s[:300]
}
return s
}
func params(target string) ujeebu.ScrapeParams {
p := ujeebu.ScrapeParams{URL: target}
p.JS = true
return p
}
func scrape(client *ujeebu.Client, target string) string {
// the int is the credits the request cost (the Ujb-Credits header), not an HTTP status
resp, credits, err := client.Scrape(params(target))
if err != nil {
var apiErr *ujeebu.APIError
if errors.As(err, &apiErr) {
fail("HTTP %d for %s: %s", apiErr.StatusCode, target, short(apiErr.Message))
}
fail("Request failed for %s: %v", target, err)
}
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Ujb-Credits: %d\n", credits)
return resp.HTML
}
func main() {
apiKey := os.Getenv("UJEEBU_API_KEY")
if apiKey == "" {
fail("Set the UJEEBU_API_KEY environment variable.")
}
client, err := ujeebu.NewClient(apiKey, ujeebu.WithTimeout(180*time.Second))
if err != nil {
fail("%v", err)
}
for i, target := range urls {
if i > 0 {
time.Sleep(2 * time.Second) // be polite: one page at a time
}
html := scrape(client, target)
fmt.Println(len(html), "bytes")
fmt.Println(html[:min(len(html), 500)])
}
}
SDK tabs use the official Ujeebu SDKs (ujeebu-python 0.1.5, @ujeebu-org/ujeebu-sdk 0.1.2, github.com/ujeebu/ujeebu-go v0.1.8); there is no PHP SDK, so the PHP tab calls the API with curl. For agents and scripts, the same status and settings are at /scrape/ebay.json.
Try it yourself
Run this on eBay with your own key
Get a free API key, set UJEEBU_API_KEY and run any script above as it is. 5,000 free credits for 7 days, no card.
Settings that work today
From our health checks over the last 7 days: the cheapest settings that return the real page most of the time.
| Endpoint | /scrape |
|---|---|
js | true |
| Cost | up to 5 credits a request (only HTTP 200 and 404 are billed) |
For search and listing pages, change the query or the page parameter in the URL to paginate, and fetch the pages one after another rather than in bursts. Collect detail page URLs from listing pages first, then fetch each detail page. Our checks run with JavaScript rendering on (js=true): keep it on.
Troubleshooting
The failures our own checks of ebay.com ran into over the last 7 days, and what got the page in the same check.
| What happened | Times | What fixed it |
|---|---|---|
| The site blocked the request (HTTP 403 or a block page) | 27 | None of the settings we tried got past it in 7 days. |
| The page did not load in time | 8 | Nothing we tried in the same check. Retry later, one request at a time. |
A failed request is not billed: only HTTP 200 and 404 responses cost credits.
Limits and etiquette
- Public pages only. Pages behind a login, and data shown only to signed-in users, are out of scope.
- Keep the rate modest: fetch pages one after another or with low concurrency, and cache what you already have.
- robots.txt of www.ebay.com (read 2026-10-13): public pages asked to stay away (Disallow: /sch/i.html?_nkw=); no crawl delay set.
- Read eBay's terms of service before you collect data at scale, and do not collect personal data you have no basis to process. This guide is not legal advice.
Questions
Can you scrape eBay with Ujeebu?
Partly. 3 of 23 checks of public eBay pages passed in the last 7 days; most failures were the site blocked the request (HTTP 403 or a block page). Retry failed pages later, and use the settings on this page.
Which settings work for eBay?
Call /scrape with js=true.
How many credits does a eBay request cost?
With these settings a request costs up to 5 credits. Only responses with HTTP 200 or 404 are billed: a blocked or timed-out request is free.
Is it allowed to scrape eBay?
Its robots.txt asks generic crawlers to stay away from public pages (Disallow: /sch/i.html?_nkw=). Collect public pages only, read eBay's terms of service, keep your request rate modest and do not collect personal data you have no basis to process. This is not legal advice.
How fresh is this page?
The status and settings come from our own health checks of ebay.com, which run around the clock. Last check: 2026-10-13 19:34:13 UTC; last pass: 2026-10-13 19:34:13 UTC.