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Category Parameters
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The Category Parameters are applicable when making a request with  type=category  to retrieve category results from Home Depot. The category is specified in the  category_id  parameter. The parameters should be appended as querystring parameters to the Home Improvement Product Data API GET HTTP request.
Category results are retrieved from the Category results page on Home Depot.
Category Results Page
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For example, to request category results for the  category_id  of  N-5yc1vZbm92 , the request would be:
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https://api.backyardapi.com/request?api_key=demo&engine=homedepot&type=category&category_id=N-5yc1vZbm92
https://api.backyardapi.com/request?api_key=demo&engine=homedepot&type=category&category_id=N-5yc1vZbm92
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Category Parameters
The following parameters are available for all requests made when  type=category .
Parameter
Required
Description
engine
required
The engine of Home Improvement data to retrieve, for example homedepot
category_id
required
A category ID to retrieve results from. You may supply any arbitary value in the category_id parameter however we recommend using a category ID returned from the Categories API as these are known-good category IDs from Home Improvement.
sort_by
optional
Determines how the results are sorted. Valid values are:
best_seller 
Sort results by best selling products first.
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most_popular 
Sort results by most popular products first.
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price_high_to_low 
Sort results by highest to lowest priced.
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price_low_to_high 
Sort results by lowest to highest priced.
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highest_rating 
Sort results by highest rated first.
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min_price
optional
Determines the minimum price of results to return, expressed in dollars and cents (i.e. min_price=2.99 for $2.99).
max_price
optional
Determines the maximum price of results to return, expressed in dollars and cents (i.e. min_price=39.99 for $39.99).
page
optional
The current page of results to retrieve. Inspect the pagination results property for details on the number of pages available.
max_page
optional
Use the max_page parameter to get multiple pages of results in one request. The API will automatically paginate through pages and concatenate the results into one response.  
See the Pagination docs for more information.
url
optional
The Home Improvement category results page to retrieve results from.  
Note : If the url parameter is supplied then all other parameters are ignored as they are overriden be those specified in the url parameter.
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Parameter	Required	Description
engine	required	The engine of Home Improvement data to retrieve, for example homedepot
category_id	required	A category ID to retrieve results from. You may supply any arbitary value in the category_id parameter however we recommend using a category ID returned from the Categories API as these are known-good category IDs from Home Improvement.
sort_by	optional	Determines how the results are sorted. Valid values are: best_seller Sort results by best selling products first. most_popular Sort results by most popular products first. price_high_to_low Sort results by highest to lowest priced. price_low_to_high Sort results by lowest to highest priced. highest_rating Sort results by highest rated first.
min_price	optional	Determines the minimum price of results to return, expressed in dollars and cents (i.e. min_price=2.99 for $2.99).
max_price	optional	Determines the maximum price of results to return, expressed in dollars and cents (i.e. min_price=39.99 for $39.99).
page	optional	The current page of results to retrieve. Inspect the pagination results property for details on the number of pages available.
max_page	optional	Use the max_page parameter to get multiple pages of results in one request. The API will automatically paginate through pages and concatenate the results into one response. See the Pagination docs for more information.
url	optional	The Home Improvement category results page to retrieve results from. Note : If the url parameter is supplied then all other parameters are ignored as they are overriden be those specified in the url parameter.

Updated 08 Aug 2024

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