---
title: Questions
slug: bigboxapi/homedepot-product-data-api/parameters/questions
docTags:
createdAt: 2024-07-22T08:01:06.003Z
---
# Questions Parameters
`GET` `/request`
The Questions Parameters are applicable when making a request with `type=questions` to retrieve customer Questions for a single product on Home Depot - the product is specified using either the `item_id` or `url` parameter (where the `url` parameter contains a link to a Home Depot product page). The parameters should be appended as querystring parameters to the Home Depot Product Data API `GET` HTTP request.
Questions are retrieved from the [customer questions page](https://www.homedepot.com/p/317061059) for a single product on Home Depot.
For example, to request questions sorted by most helpful ( `sort_by=most_helpful` ), for the Item ID `317061059` , the request would be:
:::CodeblockTabs
HTTP
```HTTP
https://api.bigboxapi.com/request?api_key=demo&type=questions&item_id=317061059&sort_by=most_helpful
```
```curl
curl -L --get https://api.bigboxapi.com/request
-d api_key="demo"
-d type="questions"
-d item_id="317061059"
-d sort_by="most_helpful"
```
```nodejs
const axios = require('axios');
// set up the request parameters
const params = {
api_key: "demo",
type: "questions",
item_id: "317061059",
sort_by: "most_helpful"
}
// make the http GET request to BigBox API
axios.get('https://api.bigboxapi.com/request', { params })
.then(response => {
// print the JSON response from BigBox API
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, 0, 2));
}).catch(error => {
// catch and print the error
console.log(error);
})
```
```python
import requests
import json
# set up the request parameters
params = {
'api_key': 'demo',
'type': 'questions',
'item_id': '317061059',
'sort_by': 'most_helpful'
}
# make the http GET request to BigBox API
api_result = requests.get('https://api.bigboxapi.com/request', params)
# print the JSON response from BigBox API
print(json.dumps(api_result.json()))
```
```php
'demo',
'type': 'questions',
'item_id': '317061059',
'sort_by': 'most_helpful'
]);
# make the http GET request to BigBox API
$ch = curl_init(sprintf('%s?%s', 'https://api.bigboxapi.com/request', $queryString));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
# the following options are required if you're using an outdated OpenSSL version
# more details: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2021/09/13/LetsEncryptRootCertExpire/
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 180);
$api_result = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
# print the JSON response from BigBox API
echo $api_result;
?>
```
:::
***
### Questions Parameters
The following parameters are available for all requests made when `type=questions` in addition to the Common Parameters.
| `Parameter` | `Required` | `Description` |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `item_id`
| `required`
| The Home Depot Item ID to retrieve Questions for.
**Note** : If the `item_id` parameter is supplied then the `url` parameter is ignored. |
| `gtin`
| `optional`
| The GTIN/ISBN/UPC code to look up a matching product on Home Depot for to retrieve questions for. If the `gtin` parameter is supplied then the `item_id` parameter is ignored. GTIN-based requests work by looking up the GTIN/ISBN/UPC on Home Depot first, then retrieving the questions for the first matching `item_id` . |
| `url`
| `optional`
| The Home Depot questions-page URL to retrieve Questions from. |
| `sort_by` | `optional` | Determines the sort order of questions to return. Valid values are:
1) `newest_to_oldest`
2) Returns questions ordered from newest to oldest.
1) `oldest_to_newest`
2) Returns questions ordered from oldest to newest.
1) `most_answered`
2) Returns questions with most answers first.
1) `most_helpful`
2) Returns questions with the most helpful questions first.
1) `featured_questions`
2) Returns featured questions first.
1) `can_you_answer`
2) Returns questions returned under the "can you answer these questions" filter first (questions with no answer yet).
*
|
| `search_term`
| `optional`
| search term to use to search questions.
*
 |
| `page`
| `optional`
| The current page of questions to retrieve. Inspect the `pagination.total_pages` property in the [Questions results](https://docs.trajectdata.com/bigboxapi/homedepot-product-data-api/results/questions) to see how many pages of questions are available.
**Note** the maximum number of questions per page is `10` (this is a Home Depot limit). |
| `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](https://docs.trajectdata.com/bigboxapi/homedepot-product-data-api/pagination) docs for more information. |
**Next Steps**
[Questions Results](https://docs.trajectdata.com/bigboxapi/homedepot-product-data-api/results/questions)