Overview

In January 2026 Amazon launched a major revision of the Selling Partner API (SP‑API) Orders component. The update collapses ten legacy endpoints into just two unified calls and adds order‑level financial filters, a new EBT reimbursement event for U.S. sellers, expanded B2B analytics, and programmatic government invoicing for Brazil‑based FBA sellers. The changes cut API traffic, simplify data pulls, and introduce new compliance capabilities that sellers must address in their integration pipelines.

Key Points

• Endpoint reduction — Ten separate Orders operations are now served by the single getOrder and searchOrders endpoints, slashing request counts for typical workflows.
• Order‑ID financial filter — The listFinancialEvents operation now accepts an ORDER_ID parameter, allowing direct retrieval of financial events for a specific order.
• EBT reimbursement event — A dedicated financial event type records SNAP/EBT refunds for U.S. marketplace sellers, separating them from regular reimbursements.
• B2B analytics boost — The Sales and Traffic dataset now includes refund rates, buyer feedback scores, and A‑to‑Z claim metrics specific to Amazon Business transactions.
• Brazilian invoice API — New operations (createInvoice, getInvoiceStatus, getInvoiceDocument) let FBA sellers generate and manage Nota Fiscal invoices entirely through the API.

How the Orders API Works

1. getOrder – Full order snapshot — A single request returns order header data, line‑item details, shipping information, buyer address, and any regulated‑product flags.

   • Example: Instead of three calls to fetch header, items, and shipping, a seller can request order #112‑334‑556 and receive a JSON payload containing all fields in one response.

2. searchOrders – Unified query engine — Sellers specify filters such as order status, fulfillment channel, purchase date range, or marketplace ID in one request. The API returns a paginated list that already respects the applied criteria.