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Bestsellers

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Bestsellers Results

When making a request with the type parameter set to type=bestsellers Rainforest API will return Bestseller results from an Amazon bestsellers page - the bestsellers page is specified either using the category_id and amazon_domain parameters (where category_id is a Category ID returned from the Categories API, or by using the url parameter.

Rainforest supports all types of Amazon Bestseller pages, bestsellers, new releases, movers & shakers, most wished for and gift ideas.

Bestsellers Page
Bestsellers Page


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

JSON


Rainforest API returns the following properties for Bestsellers requests:

Property

Type

Description

bestsellers

array

An array of Bestseller Result objects, containing each of the product results shown on the Bestsellers page. The Bestseller Result object has the following properties:

  • rank
  • number
  • The bestseller rank of the product.



  • position
  • number
  • The position of the product on the page (not the same as rank , which gives the bestseller rank across all pages).



  • title
  • string
  • The product name.



  • sub_title
  • object
  • Subtitle Object The subtitle object contains details of the information shown in the subtitle directly underneath the product title.
    • 
      1. text
      2. string
      3. The text of the subtitle - typically the brand name or author of the product i.e. "Samsung".
    • 
      1. link
      2. string
      3. The link of the subtitle - typically to the manufacturer or author page on the Amazon domain.



  • variant
  • string
  • The variant or type of the product as shown on the Bestsellers page.



  • asin
  • string
  • The Amazon product ID (ASIN) for the product.



  • link
  • string
  • The product page link.



  • image
  • string
  • A link to the image of the product.



  • rating
  • number
  • The overall rating of the product, out of 5.



  • ratings_total
  • number
  • The total number of customer ratings the product has received.



  • price
  • object
  • Price Object The price object contains details about the products pricing, as shown underneath the product title. In the case of a range price (i.e. $4.99 - $9.99 ) being shown then price reflects the lower-bound price.
    • 
      1. symbol
      2. string
      3. The currency symbol, i.e. $ for USD.
    • 
      1. value
      2. number
      3. The price of the Offer.
    • 
      1. currency
      2. string
      3. The currency of the Offer as a ISO 4217 currency code.
    • 
      1. raw
      2. string
      3. The raw price as displayed on the Offer listing.



  • price_lower
  • object
  • The lower-bound price in the case of a price range being shown (null if a singular price is shown). For example if the price range shown was $4.99 - $9.99 then price_lower would be $4.99 . The properties of the price_lower is the same as the price identical to those of the price object, described above.



  • price_upper
  • object
  • The upper-bound price in the case of a price range being shown (null if a singular price is shown). For example if the price range shown was $4.99 - $9.99 then price_upper would be $9.99 . The properties of the price_upper is the same as the price identical to those of the price object, described above.

pagination

object

An object containing details of the current bestsellers page and the total number of pages that are available. 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.

bestsellers_info

object

An object containing category and other information on the current current bestsellers page.

  • current_category
  • object
  • An object describing the name , link and id of the current bestsellers category.



  • parent_category
  • object
  • An object describing the name , link and id of the parent bestsellers category.



  • child_categories
  • array
  • An array of objects describing the name , link and id of the child bestsellers categories.


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Updated 05 Sep 2024
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