API Parameters
Customise the response from the Amazon API by adding parameters to your request.
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Customise the response from the Amazon API by adding parameters to your request.
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IMPORTANT! The engine
parameter should always be set to amazon
!
The Amazon API is a powerful Amazon scraping tool, made easy to use. Basically, in order to scrape Amazon, all you have to do is send a GET request to our official endpoint, followed by the parameters you chose to customise your request.
The Amazon API uses general parameters (applicable to any search type) and search type specific parameters (applicable to specific search types only). We will cover the search type specific parameters in each search category.
Here is the full list of the general parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
api_key
Required
string
Specify your unique API access key to authenticate with the API. Your API access key can be found in your account dashboard.
engine
Required
string
The engine of the API. Needs to be set to amazon
for all Amazon API requests.
type
Required
string
The Amazon API uses search types in order to return categorised results.
amazon_domain
string
Represents the domain from amazon that you want to use for your search. (Supported domains)
zip_code
string
The zipcode you want to use for your amazon search.
hl
string
The language you want to use for your amazon search.
gl
string
The country you want to use for your amazon search.
scroll_to_bottom
bool
Have the scraper perform a full scroll of the page. Set to false
for faster response time.
wait_bottom_carousel
bool
Wait until the bottom carousel is available in DOM, before returning the result. Set to false
for faster response time.
lazy_loading
int
Waiting time after the page was loaded before scraping. Measured in ms
.
delivery_location
string
Simulate default delivery location based on proxy location. Supported options: us
, de
, gb
, ca
, fr
, jp
, cn
, au
, es
, br
, in
, mx
.
page
int
Specify which page Amazon should return