Overview

Amazon’s Selling Partner API now includes a getAccount operation that lets developers pull a seller’s core account data through a programmatic call. The endpoint, which is currently available only in the sandbox, returns the list of marketplaces a seller can list in, the default language and currency for each marketplace, and a flag that shows whether listings are suspended. Sellers and solution providers can use this information to automate account verification and prevent feed errors before moving to a live environment.

Key Points

• Sandbox‑only availability — The new getAccount call can be reached exclusively via sandbox URLs, allowing developers to test account‑retrieval logic without impacting real listings.
• Full marketplace list — The response enumerates every marketplace (for example US, DE, JP) that the seller is authorized to sell in, enabling dynamic adjustment of catalog feeds per region.
• Locale defaults — Each marketplace entry supplies a default language code such as en‑US and a default currency code such as USD, which can be used to format titles and prices automatically.
• Suspension indicator — A Boolean field (isSuspended) tells whether the seller’s listings are currently blocked in a particular marketplace, allowing integrations to pause uploads pre‑emptively.
• Predictable JSON structure — The payload follows a consistent schema with fields like marketplaceId, defaultLanguageCode, defaultCurrencyCode, and isSuspended, simplifying parsing in Java, Python, Node, or other languages.
• Future production rollout — Amazon has indicated that the same operation will later be enabled on live endpoints, meaning code written against the sandbox can be switched to production with only a URL change.

How the getAccount Operation Works

1. Create a signed request — Using AWS Signature Version 4, the backend generates a signed GET request to , inserting the developer’s access key, secret key, and region information. For instance, a test app might sign the request with the key .