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Questions Parameters
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The Questions Parameters are applicable when making a request with  type=questions  to retrieve customer Questions & Answers for a single product on Amazon - the product is specified using either the  asin  and  amazon_domain  parameters or the  url  parameter (where the  url  parameter contains a link to an Amazon product page). The parameters should be appended as querystring parameters to the Product Data API GET HTTP request.
Questions are retrieved from the customer questions page for a single product on Amazon.
Questions & Answers Page
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Retrieving all answers for a question
A  type=questions  request retrieves 10 questions per request along with the top answer for each question. To retrieve  all  answers for a question you should pass the  question_id  into a  type=question_answers  request. See the question answers parameters for more information.
For example, to request all  page=1  of customer Questions, sorted by  most_helpful , for the ASIN  B073JYC4XM  on  amazon.com  the request would be:
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https://api.rainforestapi.com/request?api_key=demo&type=questions&page=1&amazon_domain=amazon.com&asin=B073JYC4XM&sort_by=most_helpful
https://api.rainforestapi.com/request?api_key=demo&type=questions&page=1&amazon_domain=amazon.com&asin=B073JYC4XM&sort_by=most_helpful
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Questions Parameters
The following parameters are available for all requests made when  type=questions .
Parameter
Required
Description
amazon_domain
optional
The Amazon domain to retrieve Questions & Answers for the product specified in the asin parameter from. 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 ASIN (product ID) to retrieve Questions & Answers 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 product-page URL to retrieve Questions & Answers 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 Questions & Answers to return. Valid values are:
most_helpful 
Returns Questions & Answers with the most helpful first.
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most_recent 
Returns Questions & Answers in date order, with the most recent first.
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page
optional
The current page of Questions & Answers to retrieve. Inspect the pagination.total_pages property in the Questions results to see how many pages of questions 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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     Question Answers Parameters
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Parameter	Required	Description
amazon_domain	optional	The Amazon domain to retrieve Questions & Answers for the product specified in the asin parameter from. 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 ASIN (product ID) to retrieve Questions & Answers 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 product-page URL to retrieve Questions & Answers 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 Questions & Answers to return. Valid values are: most_helpful Returns Questions & Answers with the most helpful first. most_recent Returns Questions & Answers in date order, with the most recent first.
page	optional	The current page of Questions & Answers to retrieve. Inspect the pagination.total_pages property in the Questions results to see how many pages of questions 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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