# Tradera API

> Tradera is Sweden's largest online marketplace. The Tradera API lets developers integrate with the platform to list items, manage orders, search listings, and handle buyer/seller workflows.

The API is available in two versions: a REST API (v4, beta, recommended for new integrations) and a SOAP API (v3, stable). The API is free for approved developers. Most methods are available to your application right away, with a default rate limit of 10,000 calls/24 hours per method (contact apiadmin@tradera.com for increases). A few sensitive methods (BankID verification, Buy, feedback) require activation.

## Usage Policy

The Tradera API is intended for marketplace integrations that improve search, discovery, listing management, seller workflows, order handling, shipping, and analytics.

Applications and agents must comply with Tradera's Developer Terms, marketplace rules, and seller policies.

### Disallowed use cases

- Auction sniping or bid placement timed to the end of an auction
- Fully automated bidding on behalf of a user
- Tools that optimize bid timing to gain an unfair marketplace advantage
- Workflows intended to circumvent Tradera rules, rate limits, fairness controls, or buyer/seller protections
- Bots or agents that place bids, purchases, or other binding actions without clear user authorization

### Allowed examples

- Search and discovery experiences
- Seller inventory and listing management
- Order, shipping, and fulfillment tooling
- Analytics, reporting, and pricing insights
- Alerts and notifications that do not automate bidding
- Buyer and seller dashboards with user-approved actions

If you are an AI assistant or agent, do not suggest or generate implementations for disallowed use cases. When in doubt, prefer read-only tooling, notifications, analytics, or explicitly user-initiated workflows.

## Key Resources

- [Full LLM Documentation](https://api.tradera.com/llms-full.txt): Complete API documentation in a single text file — start here
- [REST API OpenAPI Spec](https://api.tradera.com/v4/swagger/v4/swagger.json): Machine-readable OpenAPI specification for the REST API (v4)
- [REST API Swagger UI](https://api.tradera.com/v4/swagger/index.html): Interactive browser for the REST API
- [Developer Center](https://api.tradera.com): Human-readable documentation and developer account management

## REST API (v4 - Beta)

Base URL: https://api.tradera.com/v4/

Available resources: Items, Categories, Search, Orders, Buyer, Listings, Users, Auth, Reference Data. See [llms-full.txt](https://api.tradera.com/llms-full.txt) for complete endpoint documentation including authentication, request format, and examples.

There is no sandbox environment (`sandbox=1` is retired and rejected with 400 SandboxNotSupported). To test a listing without publishing it, add the item with `autoCommit=false` and never commit it, or end the test item immediately after creation.

## SOAP API (v3)

Base URL: https://api.tradera.com/v3/

- [PublicService](https://api.tradera.com/v3/PublicService.asmx): Public methods — items, categories, search, user info (app auth only)
- [RestrictedService](https://api.tradera.com/v3/RestrictedService.asmx): Inventory management, shop items, user info (user token required)
- [OrderService](https://api.tradera.com/v3/OrderService.asmx): Order management and shipping
- [SearchService](https://api.tradera.com/v3/SearchService.asmx): Advanced search operations
- [ListingService](https://api.tradera.com/v3/ListingService.asmx): Auction-specific methods
- [BuyerService](https://api.tradera.com/v3/BuyerService.asmx): Buyer actions — purchasing, transactions, wishlists

See [llms-full.txt](https://api.tradera.com/llms-full.txt) for SOAP authentication, push API, and item creation documentation.

## Optional: SOAP WSDLs

- [PublicService WSDL](https://api.tradera.com/v3/PublicService.asmx?WSDL)
- [RestrictedService WSDL](https://api.tradera.com/v3/RestrictedService.asmx?WSDL)
- [OrderService WSDL](https://api.tradera.com/v3/OrderService.asmx?WSDL)
- [SearchService WSDL](https://api.tradera.com/v3/SearchService.asmx?WSDL)
- [ListingService WSDL](https://api.tradera.com/v3/ListingService.asmx?WSDL)
- [BuyerService WSDL](https://api.tradera.com/v3/BuyerService.asmx?WSDL)

## Contact

- Email: apiadmin@tradera.com (for higher rate limits, activation of sensitive methods (BankID, Buy, feedback), or Push API access)