Response Groups
Response groups help target the information returned. Each operation can only use a subset of all of the
available response groups. The following sections explain, for each response group, the:
• Description of the response group.
• Descriptions of the XML elements returned by the response group.
• The ancestry of the element presented using X-path notation.
• Child response groups, which are the response groups that are included in a response group. For
example, the Large response group includes the results returned by the ItemAttributes response group.
• Parent response groups, which are response groups that include in the response group. For example,
the ItemAttributes response group is included in the Large response group, so, the Large response
group is a parent of the ItemAttributes response group.
Product Advertising API includes the following response groups:
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TopSellers (p. 280)
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Tracks (p. 281)
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Variations (p. 283)
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VariationImages (p. 286)
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VariationMatrix (p. 288)
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VariationOffers (p. 290)
•
VariationSummary (p. 293)
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Medium (p. 244)
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MostGifted (p. 248)
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MostWishedFor (p. 249)
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NewReleases (p. 251)
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OfferFull (p. 252)
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OfferListings (p. 254)
•
Offers (p. 256)
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OfferSummary (p. 260)
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PromotionSummary (p. 262)
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RelatedItems (p. 265)
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Request (p. 267)
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Reviews (p. 268)
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SalesRank (p. 270)
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SearchBins (p. 271)
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Similarities (p. 277)
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Small (p. 278)
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Accessories (p. 213)
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AlternateVersions (p. 215)
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BrowseNodeInfo (p. 217)
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BrowseNodes (p. 219)
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Cart (p. 221)
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CartNewReleases (p. 224)
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CartTopSellers (p. 225)
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CartSimilarities (p. 226)
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Collections (p. 228)
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EditorialReview (p. 230)
•
Images (p. 231)
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ItemAttributes (p. 234)
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ItemIds (p. 237)
•
Large (p. 239)
Accessories Response Group
The Accessories response group returns up to five ASINs and titles of accessories associated with items
in the response. For example, if you performed an
ItemLookup (p. 189)
of a specific ASIN, say, a camera,
and included in the request the Accessories response group, the response would include, by default, the
titles and ASINs of up to the first ten accessories associated with the ASIN. The accessories for the
camera might include a camera case, lens, filters, and so forth.
Relevant Operations
Operations that can use this response group include:
•
SimilarityLookup (p. 206)
•
ItemLookup (p. 189)
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