The CustomerContentSearch operation allows you to search for Amazon customers by name or email address.
Note:
Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS) only returns information that the customer has made public on the Amazon.com Web site. ECS never returns email addresses or mailing addresses regardless of whether or not the customer has made them public.
CustomerContentSearch is available in the following locale: US (Amazon.com).
Using CustomerContentSearch (REST)
This example demonstrates how to use CustomerContentSearch to request information about content created by customers with a specific name.
http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService&AWSAccessKeyId=[Your Access Key ID Here]&Operation=CustomerContentSearch&Name=Jeff+Bezos
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.
CustomerContentSearch accepts the optional parameters that are common to all operations:
The following parameters are specific to the CustomerContentSearch operation:
| Parameter | Description | Required? | Value |
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| Operation |
The operation. | Always Required | CustomerContentSearch |
| Name |
The Name parameter allows you to search for a customer by name. Search for a customer by name if you do not know their email address. | Required if Email is not specified. You cannot specify both the Email and the Name parameters in this operation. |
Required Value:
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The Email parameter allows you to search for a customer by email address. Search for a customer by email address if you do not have the customer's name. | Required if Name is not specified. You cannot specify both the Email and the Name parameters in this operation. |
Required Value:
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| CustomerPage |
The CustomerPage parameter allows you to page through the list of customers in the response, 20 at a time. This parameter specifies the number of the page that will be returned by the request. If you do not include CustomerPage in your request, the first page (containing the first 20 customers, or all customers if the search result returns less than 20 customers) is returned by default. | Always Optional |
Default Value:
Valid Values:
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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 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:
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