Template Management

Overview

The Templates API allows you to generate template files for various operations in SellerCenter, including product management, order management, manifest operations, and invoice management. Template files are CSV or XLSX files that provide a structured format for bulk operations, making it easier to create, update, or manage large datasets.

Template operations support:

Product Templates: Generate templates for product creation, removal, category tree, pricing, stock, status, and image updates
Order Templates: Generate templates for pending orders, order status changes, and order item status updates
Manifest Templates: Generate templates for creating forward manifests and updating manifest status
Invoice Templates: Generate templates for missing invoice access keys

Template generation can be either synchronous (returns file content directly) or asynchronous (returns export job information for background processing). Asynchronous templates are recommended for large datasets as they prevent timeout issues and allow you to track the generation progress.

Important:

Some templates return file content directly, while others return export job information (exportItemId and uuid)
For asynchronous templates, use the returned exportItemId or uuid to track and download completed templates via the Export API
Template files are typically available in CSV or XLSX format depending on the endpoint
Always check the response type (direct file content vs. export job) before processing

Template Categories

Product Templates

Product templates help you manage your product catalog with bulk operations. Generate templates for:

Product creation with attribute sets
Product removal
Category tree structure
Price updates
Stock/inventory updates
Status updates
Image updates

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Order Templates

Order templates help you manage orders and order items with bulk operations. Generate templates for:

Pending order items
Pending order numbers
Order item status updates
Order status changes

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Manifest Templates

Manifest templates help you manage shipping manifests with bulk operations. Generate templates for:

Creating forward manifests
Updating manifest statuses

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Invoice Templates

Invoice templates help you manage invoice access keys with bulk operations. Generate templates for:

Missing invoice access keys

View Invoice Templates →