# Mercado Libre

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/mercado-libre/  
**Website:** https://www.mercadolibre.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 3

Mercado Libre is the largest e-commerce marketplace in Latin America with adjacent fintech (Mercado Pago), logistics (Mercado Envios), and ads businesses. The developer platform exposes REST APIs for items, orders, shipments, users, payments, and seller tooling.

## Kin Score — 8.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 8.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

Regulatory layer — **Payments**: 9.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 3.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free — onboarding: unknown, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (3)

- **Mercado Libre Platform API** — Core REST API for the Mercado Libre marketplace covering items, categories, search, orders, questions, messages, users, sites, currencies, and shipping. Auth via OAuth 2.0 (auth...
- **Mercado Pago API** — Mercado Pago payments REST API for checkout, payments, subscriptions, refunds, chargebacks, and merchant accounts across Latin America. OAuth 2.0 + access token authentication.
- **Mercado Envios API** — Mercado Envios shipping APIs covering shipment creation, tracking, labels, pickup, and logistics integrations for sellers.

## Security (1)

- **Mercado Libre Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Mercado Libre Plans Pricing**

## Tags

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Latin America, Payments, Mercado Pago, Logistics, Shipping

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/mercado-libre/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.