Search

The Search operation (SEARCH) returns the products that appear on an Amazon search results page, in the order Amazon ranks them. You send either a keyword or the url of an Amazon search results page, plus the marketplace domain.

When to use

• Track where your products rank for a keyword, and how the ranking changes over time.
• Monitor which competitors and sponsored listings appear for the search terms you care about.
• Collect the product list for a niche or category, then fetch full data for each ASIN with the Detail operation.
• Research keywords and build SEO or listing optimization tools by comparing prices, ratings and sponsored placements across search terms.
• Run large keyword lists with the Bulk API instead of one request per keyword.

What the response includes

• Ranked product listings (search_results): position, ASIN, title, brand, link and thumbnail image ID.
• Price data: current price, other listed prices such as the list price, and the lowest price from other offers.
• Ratings and review counts, recent purchase activity ("bought in past month") and color variant counts.
• Listing flags: is_sponsored for ads and is_prime for Prime eligibility.
• The filters Amazon shows in the sidebar (refinements), such as brand, department, price and customer reviews, with the IDs you can send back in the refinements parameter.
• Related searches and the delivery location used for the results.

The Search operation returns the data shown on an Amazon search results page.

See the Search response for every field.

Credit cost

1 credit per results page (max_page - min_page + 1), with at most 5 pages (5 credits) per request. See Credit Consumption.

Reference

• Request: parameters and examples
• Response: fields and a sample response