# API Parameters

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**IMPORTANT!** The `engine` parameter should **always be set to `lowes`**!
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The Lowe's API is a powerful Lowe's scraping tool, made easy to use. Basically, in order to scrape Lowe's, all you have to do is send a GET request to our [official endpoint](https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/lowes-search-api/getting-started/access-the-api) followed by the parameters you chose to customize your request. 

The Lowe's 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**:

<table><thead><tr><th width="162.33333333333331">Parameter</th><th width="100">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>api_key</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">required</mark></td><td><code>string</code></td><td>Specify your unique API access key to authenticate with the API. You can find your <a href="access-the-api">API access key</a> in your account dashboard.</td></tr><tr><td><code>engine</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">required</mark></td><td><code>string</code></td><td>The engine of the API. Needs to be set to <strong><code>lowes</code></strong> for all Lowe's API requests.</td></tr></tbody></table>