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Charts Results

When making a request with the type parameter set to type=charts Rainforest API will return Charts results for given Charts page url .

Charts results are retrieved from the charts page on Amazon.

Charts Page
Charts Page


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

JSON


Rainforest API returns the following properties for Charts requests:

Property

Type

Description

chart_results

array

An array containing details of the products in the chart. Each object in the array contains the following properties:

  • position
  • number
  • The position of the product in the chart.



  • weeks_on_chart
  • number
  • The number of weeks this product has been on the chart.



  • last_week_position
  • number
  • The position the product has on this chart last week, if shown.



  • title
  • string
  • The title of the product.



  • link
  • string
  • The link to the product page.



  • asin
  • string
  • The ASIN of the product.



  • 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.



  • author
  • string
  • The author of the product, if available.



  • agent
  • string
  • The agent for the product, if available.



  • publisher
  • string
  • The publisher of the product, if available.

chart_info

object

An object containing information about the chart.

  • title
  • string
  • The title of the chart.



  • type
  • string
  • The type of the chart i.e. "Most Read".



  • category
  • string
  • The category of the chart i.e. "Fiction".



  • time_period
  • string
  • The time period of the chart.


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