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The Question Answers Parameters are applicable when making a request with type=question_answers to retrieve all answers for a single question on Amazon - the question is specified using either the question_id and amazon_domain parameters or the url parameter (where the url parameter contains a link to a question answers page). The parameters should be appended as querystring parameters to the Product Data API GET HTTP request.

Question Answers are retrieved from the customer question answers page for a single question on Amazon.

Question Answers Page
Question Answers Page


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

JSON


Rainforest API returns the following properties for Question Answers requests:

Paginating Results Amazon returns a maximum of 10 answers per page. To request more answers issue additional requests incrementing the page parameter.

Property

Type

Description

question

object

An object containing details of the question to which the answers relate.

  • title
  • string
  • The question title text.



Date Object The date object contains details about the date the question was asked.

  • raw
  • string
  • The raw date as retrieved from the Amazon page.



  • utc
  • string
  • The date the question was asked, parsed from the raw date, in ISO 8601 format. If Rainforest API cannot parse the raw date then this property will be null.

answers

array

An array of Answer objects, containing each of the answers shown on the Question Answers page. The Answer object has the following properties:

  • id
  • string
  • The unique, Amazon-assigned, ID of the answer.



  • answer
  • string
  • The body text of the answer.



  • helpful_votes
  • number
  • The number of helpful votes this answer has received from other Amazon customers.



  • helpful_votes_out_of
  • number
  • The total number of votes this answer has received from other Amazon customers, including non-helpful votes. Can be used to calculate the % of votes cast that were helpful votes to get a measure of how helpful this answer is.



Date Object The date object contains details about the date of the answer.

  • raw
  • string
  • The raw date as retrieved from the Amazon page.



  • utc
  • string
  • The date of the answer, parsed from the raw date, in ISO 8601 format. If Rainforest API cannot parse the raw date then this property will be null.



Profile Object The profile object contains details of the profile of the customer who provided the answer.

  • name
  • string
  • The answerer's profile name.



  • link
  • string
  • A link to the answerer's profile page on the Amazon domain.



  • id
  • string
  • The answerer profile ID. Can be specified as a request parameter to a type=reviewer_profile request to view this reviewers public profile.

product

object

An object containing details of the product (in so far as those details are shown on the Question Answers page). For full product details you should issue a request with type=product to retrieve details from the product page .

  • title
  • string
  • The product name.



  • link
  • string
  • The product page link.



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



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

pagination

object

An object containing details of the current Question Answers page and the total number of Question Answers 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.


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Updated 12 Aug 2024
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