> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.webscrapingapi.com/wayfair-search-api/getting-started/api-parameters.md).

# API Parameters

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

The Wayfair 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="/pages/WSuxRXMML1FPg5DAxzML">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>wayfair</code></strong> for all Wayfair API requests.</td></tr><tr><td><code>type</code><br><mark style="color:red;background-color:red;">required</mark></td><td><code>string</code></td><td>The Wayfair API uses <a href="/pages/VuD81m5HYOERgVY5tgYu">search types</a> to return categorized results.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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