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Similarities Response Group

The Similarities response group returns titles and ASINs of items that are similar to the one specified in the request.

This response group is often used in conjunction with ItemLookup to return items that are similar to the one specified in the request.

Relevant Operations

Operations that can use this response group include:

Response Elements

The following table describes the elements returned by Similarities. 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`	SimilarProduct/ASIN	A number assigned by Amazon that uniquely identifies an item.
`Title`	SimilarProduct/Title	The title of an item that is similar to the one being purchased.
`TotalPages`	Items/TotalPages	Total number of pages of similar items found. There are up to ten items per page.
`TotalResults`	Items/TotalResults	Total number of similar items found.

Parent Response Group

The following response groups are parent response groups of Similarities.

None

Child Response Group

The following response groups are child response groups of Similarities.

None

Sample REST Use Case

The following request was used to illustrate the XML response elements returned by Similarities.

http://ecs.amazonaws.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService&
AWSAccessKey=[Access Key ID]&
Operation=ItemSearch&
Condition=All&
SearchIndex=Blended&
Keywords=Mustang&
Merchant=All&
ResponseGroup=Similarities

Sample Response Snippet

The following response snippet shows the elements returned by Similarities.

<SimilarProduct>
  <ASIN>B00004GJVO</ASIN> 
  <Title>Minor Move</Title> 
</SimilarProduct>