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Browse Node Properties

Browse nodes have the following properties:

Name—Describes the items associated with the browse node, such as "Mystery & Thrillers."
ID—A positive integer, for example, Literature & Fiction: (17), Medicine: (13996), Mystery & Thrillers: (18), Nonfiction: (53), Outdoors & Nature: (290060)
Potentially, child nodes
Potentially, parent nodes

For example, the following XML response shows a browse node whose ID is 163357 and name is "Comedy."

<BrowseNode>
  <BrowseNodeId>163357</BrowseNodeId>
  <Name>Comedy</Name>
  <Children>
    <BrowseNode>
      <BrowseNodeId>599826</BrowseNodeId>
      <Name>Boxed Sets</Name>
    </BrowseNode>
    <BrowseNode>
      <BrowseNodeId>538712</BrowseNodeId>
      <Name>African American Comedy</Name>
    </BrowseNode>
  </Children>
  <Item>
    <Ancestors>
      <BrowseNode>
        <BrowseNodeId>549726</BrowseNodeId>
        <Name>Performing Arts</Name>
      </BrowseNode>
    </Ancestors>
  </Item>

In this example, the Comedy browse node has two child browse nodes, "Boxed Sets" and "African American Comedy," and one parent node, "Performing Arts."