Author Page

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Author Page Parameters
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The Author Page Parameters are applicable when making a request with  type=author_page  to retrieve data from the authors page single author on Amazon - the author is specified using either the author  asin  and  amazon_domain  parameters or the  url  parameter (where the  url  parameter contains a link to an Amazon authors page). The parameters should be appended as querystring parameters to the Product Data API GET HTTP request.
Author Page data is retrieved from the author page for a single author on Amazon.
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For example, to request data from the authors page for the author-ASIN  B000APVZ7W  on  amazon.com  the request would be:
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https://api.rainforestapi.com/request?api_key=demo&type=author_page&amazon_domain=amazon.com&asin=B000APVZ7W
https://api.rainforestapi.com/request?api_key=demo&type=author_page&amazon_domain=amazon.com&asin=B000APVZ7W
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Author Page Parameters
The following parameters are available for all requests made when  type=author_page .
Parameter
Required
Description
amazon_domain
optional
The Amazon domain to retrieve author page data for the author specified in the asin parameter. For a full list of supported Amazon domains see Supported Amazon Domains .  
Note : If the amazon_domain and asin parameters are supplied then the url parameter is ignored.
asin
optional
The Amazon author ASIN to retrieve author page data for. Used in combination with the amazon_domain parameter.  
Note : If the asin and amazon_domain parameters are supplied then the url parameter is ignored.
url
optional
The Amazon author page URL to retrieve data from.  
Note : If the url parameter is supplied then the amazon_domain and asin parameters are ignored.
sort_by
optional
Determines the sort order of author titles array that is returned. 
Valid values are:
popularity
Sort the author titles array by most popular first.
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price_low_to_high
Sort the author titles array by lowest price first.
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price_high_to_low
Sort the author titles array by highest price first.
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average_review
Sort the author titles array by highest average review first.
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publication_date
Sort the author titles array by most recent publication date first.
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most_reviews
Sort the author titles array by those with the most reviews first.
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format_id
optional
A format ID to determine the format of author titles returned in the titles array. Format ID's are returned in the format_ids array in each type=author_page results (this is necessary are the format_id value is dynamic and can change over time).
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page
optional
The current page of author page titles to retrieve. This pagination affects the titles array (which contains all the titles/books by the given author). Inspect the pagination.total_pages property in the author page results to see how many pages of author titles are 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.
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Next Steps
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Parameter	Required	Description
amazon_domain	optional	The Amazon domain to retrieve author page data for the author specified in the asin parameter. For a full list of supported Amazon domains see Supported Amazon Domains . Note : If the amazon_domain and asin parameters are supplied then the url parameter is ignored.
asin	optional	The Amazon author ASIN to retrieve author page data for. Used in combination with the amazon_domain parameter. Note : If the asin and amazon_domain parameters are supplied then the url parameter is ignored.
url	optional	The Amazon author page URL to retrieve data from. Note : If the url parameter is supplied then the amazon_domain and asin parameters are ignored.
sort_by	optional	Determines the sort order of author titles array that is returned. Valid values are: popularity Sort the author titles array by most popular first. price_low_to_high Sort the author titles array by lowest price first. price_high_to_low Sort the author titles array by highest price first. average_review Sort the author titles array by highest average review first. publication_date Sort the author titles array by most recent publication date first. most_reviews Sort the author titles array by those with the most reviews first.
format_id	optional	A format ID to determine the format of author titles returned in the titles array. Format ID's are returned in the format_ids array in each type=author_page results (this is necessary are the format_id value is dynamic and can change over time).
page	optional	The current page of author page titles to retrieve. This pagination affects the titles array (which contains all the titles/books by the given author). Inspect the pagination.total_pages property in the author page results to see how many pages of author titles are 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.

Updated 11 Aug 2024

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