canonical: https://jentic.com/apis/paypal.com/catalog-products

# Paypal Catalog Products

Merchants can use the Catalog Products API to create products, which are goods and services. The API exposes 4 endpoints secured with oauth2 authentication.

## For AI agents

Programmatically create product, list products. Covers 4 operations with oauth2 authentication.

## Scope

Does not handle payments, communications, or crm - use for e-commerce only.

## Capabilities

- Create product
- List products
- Show product details
- Update product

## Use cases

### E-Commerce Operations

Use the Catalog Products to perform e commerce operations programmatically. The API provides 4 endpoints covering core functionality including create product, list products, show product details.

Example prompt: Call POST /v1/catalogs/products to create product

### Automated products Management

Automate products operations by combining multiple Catalog Products endpoints. Agents can list products and then show product details in a single workflow.

Example prompt: Call GET /v1/catalogs/products to list products, then verify the result

### AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call Catalog Products endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle oauth2 tokens manually.

Example prompt: Search Jentic for 'create product', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

## Key endpoints

| Method | Path | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| POST | /v1/catalogs/products | Create product |
| GET | /v1/catalogs/products | List products |
| GET | /v1/catalogs/products/{product_id} | Show product details |
| PATCH | /v1/catalogs/products/{product_id} | Update product |

## Key resources

- **products** — Use `/products` resource to create and manage products.

## Why Jentic

- **Setup:** Wiring PayPal Catalog Products by hand means running its OAuth 2.0 flow, refreshing Bearer tokens, and choosing the right sandbox or live host before you can create or update products. Through Jentic you install once, import Catalog Products from the API Directory, store the client credentials once, and your agent calls it.
- **Permission scoping:** Catalog Products puts the product id in the URL path (/v1/catalogs/products/{product_id}), so a rule can pin your agent to reading one product. You choose the operations it may call, so creating a product or patching its details is not included unless you add them.
- **Credential handling:** Your PayPal OAuth client id and secret are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, with token refresh handled for you. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
- **Discovery method:** Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a product' or 'list catalog products', and Jentic returns the matching Catalog Products operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

## Related APIs

- **Shopify** — Alternative e commerce API
- **Stripe** — Alternative e commerce API

## FAQ

### What authentication does the Catalog Products use?

The Catalog Products uses OAuth 2.0 for authorization. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

### Can I create product with the Catalog Products?

Yes. Use the POST /v1/catalogs/products endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

### What are the rate limits for the Catalog Products?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

### How do I create product through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate through Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer, then search for 'create product'. Jentic returns the matching Catalog Products operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call - credentials are injected automatically.

### How many endpoints does the Catalog Products have?

The Catalog Products exposes 4 endpoints covering products operations.

### Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the PayPal Catalog Products API?

Yes. Because you self-host Jentic One, your own rules decide which of the four Catalog Products operations the agent may call, so you can allow it to list products and show product details while withholding the create (POST /v1/catalogs/products) and update (PATCH /v1/catalogs/products/{product_id}) operations. Since the product id sits in the URL path, you can pin the agent to reading a single product rather than the whole catalog. The stored PayPal OAuth client credentials are injected only for the operations you permit, so the agent never sees the raw secrets or reaches endpoints you have not granted.