v0 and Etsy API integration: Step-by-Step Guide 2025

 

Project Setup: Adding Dependencies

 

• Create or open the package.json file in the root directory of your v0 project.
• Add the following dependency entry to ensure that the project includes the Axios library (used to make HTTP requests to the Etsy API). Since v0 does not support terminal commands, dependencies must be declared in code:

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  {
    "dependencies": {
      "axios": "^0.27.2"
    }
  }
        

• If a package.json file does not exist, create one with the above content.

 

Creating the Etsy API Integration File

 

• Create a new file in your project called etsyApi.ts. This file will contain the code to interact with the Etsy API.
• Paste the following TypeScript code into etsyApi.ts. Replace YOURETSYAPIKEYHERE with your actual Etsy API key, and adjust YourShopId when calling the function later:

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  import axios from 'axios';
  
  const ETSYAPIKEY = 'YOURETSYAPIKEYHERE'; // Replace this with your actual Etsy API key
  const ETSYAPIURL = 'https://openapi.etsy.com/v2';
  export async function getActiveListings(shopId: string): Promise {
    const url = ${ETSY_API_URL}/shops/${shopId}/listings/active;
    try {
      const response = await axios.get(url, {
        params: {
          apikey: ETSYAPI_KEY
        }
      });
      return response.data;
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error fetching active listings from Etsy:', error);
      throw error;
    }
  }
        

  
  

 

Integrating the Etsy API into Your Main Application

 

• In your main TypeScript file (for example, if you have a file named app.ts or similar), import the function from etsyApi.ts so you can use it to fetch data from Etsy.
• Insert the following code snippet at the appropriate location in your main file to call the API integration function and log the results:

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  import { getActiveListings } from './etsyApi';
  
  async function displayListings() {
    try {
      // Replace 'YourShopId' with the actual shop ID you want to query
      const listings = await getActiveListings('YourShopId');
      console.log('Active Listings:', listings);
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Error displaying listings:', error);
    }
  }
  displayListings();
        

  
  




• This code calls the Etsy API integration function, retrieving active listings for your specified shop and logging the results to the console.

 

Testing and Running Your Application

 

• Since your v0 environment does not support a terminal session, make sure your project’s runtime automatically loads and executes the main file (such as app.ts). The v0 project should detect the changes and run your code.
• Once the project is running, check the browser console or the provided log area in the v0 interface to see if the active listings from Etsy are printed.
• If you see error messages related to the Etsy API call, verify that your API key and shop ID are correct and that the Etsy API endpoint has not changed.

 

Summary

 

• You added Axios as a dependency by editing the package.json file.
• You created a new etsyApi.ts file that contains the function to call the Etsy API.
• You imported and used the integration function in your main application file to retrieve and log active listings from Etsy.
• You can now run your project in the v0 environment and check for output to confirm that the Etsy API integration is working correctly.