Use the
BrowseNodes (p. 219)
response group to find the browse node of an item.
Use the
Variations (p. 40)
response group and the
BrowseNode
parameter to find all of the variations of
a parent browse node.
Sample Response
The following XML is a snippet of the full response to the first sample request.
<TotalResults>372</TotalResults>
<TotalPages>38</TotalPages>
<Item>
<ASIN>B00021HBN6</ASIN>
<ItemAttributes>
<Manufacturer>Radio Flyer</Manufacturer>
<ProductGroup>Toy</ProductGroup>
<Title>Radio Flyer Retro Rocket</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
</Item>
<Item>
<ASIN>B0007MZV3C</ASIN>
<ItemAttributes>
<Manufacturer>Razor USA LLC</Manufacturer>
<ProductGroup>Toy</ProductGroup>
<Title>Razor Dirt Rocket MX350 Bike</Title>
</ItemAttributes>
</Item>
The
TotalResults
and
TotalPages
tags indicate the number of items found and the number of pages
those items are on. Use
TotalPages
with any of the page parameters, such as
ReviewsPage
, to select
the page of results to view. Typically, there are ten results on a page.
Related Operations
•
ItemLookup (p. 189)
SimilarityLookup
Description
The
SimilarityLookup
operation returns up to ten products per page that are similar to one or more
items specified in the request. This operation is typically used to pique a customer’s interest in buying
something similar to what they’ve already ordered.
If you specify more than one item, SimilarityLookup returns the intersection of similar items each item
would return separately. Alternatively, you can use the
SimilarityType
parameter to return the union
of items that are similar to any of the specified items. A maximum of ten similar items are returned; the
operation does not return additional pages of similar items. If there are more than ten similar items, running
the same request can result in different answers because the ten that are included in the response are
picked randomly. The results are picked randomly only when you specify multiple items and the results
include more than ten similar items.
When you specify multiple items, it is possible for there to be no intersection of similar items. In this case,
the operation returns the following error:
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