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Author Page

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Author Page

When making a request with the type parameter set to type=author_page Rainforest API will return data from the author page for the author asin specified in either the asin and amazon_domain parameters or the url parameter.

Author page data is retrieved from the author page for a single author on Amazon.

Author Page
Author Page


An example of the JSON object returned from a Author Page request is shown below:

JSON


Rainforest API returns the following properties for Author Page requests:

Paginating Results To request more "titles" from the author page, issue additional requests incrementing the page parameter.

Property

Type

Description

author

object

An object containing details of the author.

  • name
  • string
  • The name of the author.



  • image
  • string
  • A url to the author image.



  • biography
  • string
  • The biography of the author.

format_ids

array

An array containing the Format IDs for the current author page. Format IDs can be passed into a subsequent type=author_page requests' format_id parameter to limit the titles array to just titles of the given format.

Note that Format IDs are dynamic and can change from author to author, hence it is necessary to retrieve the Format IDs from the results and pass in to a subsequent request.

  • name
  • string
  • The name of the Format ID.



  • value
  • string
  • A value of the Format ID to be passed into a subsequent type=author_page requests' format_id parameter .

similar_authors

array

An array containing the similar authors, as shown on the author page. The similar_authors array contains objects with the following properties:

  • name
  • string
  • The name of the similar author.



  • image
  • string
  • A url to the image of the similar author.



  • link
  • string
  • A link to the similar author's author page.



  • asin
  • string
  • A author ASIN of the similar author.

titles

array

An array of author title objects, containing each of the titles shown on the author page. The Author Title object has the following properties:

  • name
  • string
  • The name of the title.



  • asin
  • string
  • The ASIN of the title.



  • is_bestseller
  • boolean
  • True/false depending on whether this title has the Bestseller flag shown.



  • release_date
  • string
  • The release date of the title.



  • rating
  • number
  • The rating of the title.



  • ratings_total
  • number
  • The total number of ratings this title has received..



  • prices
  • array
  • Prices Array The prices array contains details about the titles pricing. It is an array of price objects, the properties of which are described below:
    • 
      1. symbol
      2. string
      3. The currency symbol, i.e. $ for USD.
    • 
      1. value
      2. number
      3. The price of the title.
    • 
      1. currency
      2. string
      3. The currency of the title as a ISO 4217 currency code.
    • 
      1. raw
      2. string
      3. The raw price as displayed on the title listing.
    • 
      1. name
      2. string
      3. The name of the price if applicable, for example "Kindle", "Hardcover".



  • price
  • object
  • A price object representing the first item in the prices array. This is normally the "main" price for the product and is included as a convienience to make extracting the main price easier.

pagination

object

An object containing details of the current author page titles array pagination. To paginate you should specify the page number in your request's page parameter .

  • current_page
  • number
  • The current page number.



  • total_pages
  • number
  • The total number of pages available.



  • current_page_link
  • string
  • A link to the current page of author titles.



  • next_page_link
  • string
  • A link to the next page of author titles.


Next Steps      Author Page Parameters

Updated 11 Aug 2024
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