All products listed on Amazon's websites are classified into groups, such as product type (books, music, tools, or apparel), brand, subject, genre, style, and so on. The hierarchy of groups is called a browse area, where each group has a particular browse node ID in the browse area.
The BrowseNodeLookup operation allows you to retrieve information about a browse node, which is a specific Amazon product area. This operation returns the browse node's name and a list of browse node children. The browse node children contain a subset of the products included in the parent browse node's product area.
BrowseNodeLookup is only available in the US locale (Amazon.com)
Using BrowseNodeLookup (REST)
This example demonstrates how BrowseNodeLookup can be used.
http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService &SubscriptionId=[Your Subscription ID Here] &Operation=BrowseNodeLookup &BrowseNodeId=1065852
Request parameters specify the terms of your request and control the output data that is returned to you.
You must include the required parameters in every request.
BrowseNodeLookup accepts the optional parameters that are common to all operations:
The following parameters are specific to the BrowseNodeLookup operation:
| Parameter | Description | Required? | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation | The operation. | Always Required | BrowseNodeLookup |
| BrowseNodeId |
The BrowseNodeId parameter specifies the browse node ID of the category that you want to retrieve information about. |
Always Required |
Valid Value:
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| ResponseGroup |
Controls the data returned by the operation. Use this parameter to specify which response group(s), or group(s) of data elements, you would like Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS) to return to you. You can specify as many response groups as you wish using a comma-separated list (REST) or multiple elements (SOAP). |
Always Optional |
Default Values Valid Values |