The VariationMinimum response group returns all of the child ASINs of each parent ASIN in the response. For example, if the response contains the parent ASIN, Brand X T-Shirt, this response group will return the child ASINs for Brand X T-Shirt, including:
Small, Blue, Brand X T-Shirt
Medium, Blue, Brand X T-Shirt
Large, Blue, Brand X T-Shirt
Small, Red, Brand X T-Shirt
Medium, Red, Brand X T-Shirt
Large, Red, Brand X T-Shirt
Operations that can use this response group include:
The following table describes the elements returned by VariationMinimum. The elements on the left side of a slash mark are the parents of the elements on the right side of the slash mark.
| Response Element | Ancestry | Definition |
|---|---|---|
ASIN
| Variations/Variation/Item/ASIN | A number distributed by Amazon that uniquely identifies an item. In this case, each ASIN represents a child ASIN of a parent ASIN. |
VariationMinimum also returns the elements that all response groups return, which is described in Elements Common to All Response Groups.
The following response groups are parent response groups of VariationMinimum.
The following response groups are child response groups of VariationMinimum.
None
The folllowing request was used to illustrate the XML response elements returned by VariationMinimum.
http://ecs.amazonaws.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService& AWSAccessKeyId=[Access Key ID]& Operation=ItemSearch& Condition=All& SearchIndex=Apparel& Keywords=Shirt& ResponseGroup=VariationMinimum
The following response snippet shows the elements returned by VariationMinimum.
<ASIN>B000EI6M5A</ASIN> <Item> <ASIN>B000EI6MI2</ASIN> </Item> <Item> <ASIN>B000EIA58U</ASIN> </Item> <Item> <ASIN>B000F1OAFU</ASIN> </Item> <Item> <ASIN>B000BNKS80</ASIN> </Item> <Item> <ASIN>B000EWEI1G</ASIN> </Item>