Product Updates
We're continuously updating Rainforest API to add features and functionality, most of which are a direct result of requests from customers. See the latest updates below. Within the Rainforest API Dashboard you can subscribe to be alerted via email when new updates are released.
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New Feature | Track a product's sales velocity! Recent Sales are now returned with Rainforest product results Rainforest API's product results now include recent_sales indicating how many sales occurred in the past month (or other stated time period.)
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| [Reminder] Prime Day: Rainforest product results capture Prime Exclusive deals Rainforest API can now return results with is_prime_exclusive_deal when request type=product to indicate whether a product is a Prime Exclusive Deal.
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Enhancement | Update to Amazon Choice in search results We updated the parser to populate the amazon_choice object in results for products with the “Overall Pick” badge. Amazon changed the badge name from “Amazon Choice” to “Overall Pick” so the amazon_choice object was returning an empty result. Note : Amazon only changed the badge name in the search results. The Amazon Choice badge still appears on the product page.
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New Feature | Find the Best Reads! Four new gift guide badges for top books are now in product results! Rainforest API's gift_guide_badge object now includes the Teachers’ Pick, the Children’s Book Tip, the Editors' Pick, and the Goodreads Choice badges in Product results when available on the Amazon product page for any book format (Kindle, Audiobook, Hardcover, Paperback). If the badge is shown on the product page, the property is set to True .
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New Feature | Read sample added to product results! Rainforest API now includes a read_sample object in Product results when a book is requested. The JSON object looks like this (example): read_sample:{ read_sample_exists : true read_sample_asin :'B01E0DMGOK' read_sample_link : 'https://www.amazon.in/Autobiography-Yogi-Complete-Free-CD/dp/818953551X?ref_=Oct_d_otopr_d_1890195031_0&pd_rd_i=818953551X&asin=B01E0DMGOK&revisionId=dcb540a9&format=1&depth=1' } where read_sample_exists indicates if a sample is available on Amazon’s product page. If it is available, then the read_sample_asin and read_sample_link are also provided.
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Enhancement | Changes to the summarization_attributes in Product results Due to changes in the Amazon source data, we have updated the the Product results shown when include_summarization_attributes=true is set in the request. Previously, Amazon summarized reviews in the “Read reviews that mention” section. They have replaced that section with the AI-generated “Customers say” section. Therefore, we updated our properties as follows to reflect the changes: summarization_attributes : removed the ID from the array. (Amazon no longer includes this ID in their results.) customers_say : replaced the reviews_that_mention property with the customers_say property. The customers_say property array includes: name : the attribute summarized from the reviews value : the value of the attribute (Positive, Mixed, Negative) For more details, read more on Product Parameters and Product Results in our documentation.
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Enhancement | Audio Sample available in Rainforest Product results for all book formats Rainforest results will now include the link to the audible_sample , if one is available, for all book formats (Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook or Kindle). Previously, the results only included the Audible sample link for the audiobook format.
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New Feature | Amazon Big Spring Sale items identified in search results Rainforest API now returns two additional properties in the buybox winner object to identify products included in the Amazon Big Spring sale. For type=search , results include is_big_spring_deal (boolean) and big_spring_deal_percentage (number). Read More
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| Meet Our Newest API! 🎉 We’ve just launched Backyard API , our real-time Lowe’s product data API and companion to BigBox API for home improvement data . Let us know what you think of our newest addition or if you need any help. As always, you can try it out free! |
Enhancement | Prime Day 2023: Rainforest deals results capture Prime Day and Prime Exclusive deals Rainforest API can now return results that extract is_prime_day_deal and is_prime_exclusive when request type=deals to indicate whether a product is a Prime Day or Prime Exclusive deal. |
Enhancement | Prime Day 2023: Rainforest product results now capture Prime Exclusive deals Rainforest API can now return results with i s_prime_exclusive_deal when request type=product to indicate whether a product is a Prime Exclusive Deal.
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Enhancement | Coverage of new author_page landing pages Rainforest can now return results for the request type=author_page for the new author page (landing page) layout on the amazon.es , amazon.fr , and amazon.de domains.
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Enhancement | Approximate recent sales velocity and recent views are now returned in searches results Rainforest API can now return recent_sales and recent_views when type= search. Where shown, a product’s approximate recent sales and recent number of views will be returned in search results. For example: 200+ bought in past week and 300+ viewed in past week |
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| Business UpdateAs a result of significant growth, our infrastructure — namely the dynamic routing of traffic to accommodate high volume customers — has recently required updates. Reworking architecture patterns and proxy configurations has taken us a fair amount of time, which in turn has led to some slower customer issue resolution. We'd like to assure you that we’ve identified and corrected the infrastructural shortcomings, and the outcome is a 50% increase in infrastructure and proxy capacity. We apologize for the potential business interruptions you may have experienced over the last couple months. Our aim is to earn your trust back and continue to support the realization of your business goals. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you require further information. |
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New Feature | Help us choose our next API! What should we build next? Our product team values your feedback. If you'd like to, let us know your thoughts on which APIs to include on our roadmap. Survey |
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Enhancement | Amazon Discount for Buy Box Winner Rainforest can now return amazon_discount - the discount provided by Amazon when a product is sold by a third-party seller. In this scenario, Amazon does not display the rrp , however, it will be calculated by the price + amazon_discount .
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New Feature | Maximum and Minimum Order Quantity added to Offers Results The minimum and maximum order quantity object has been added to the Offers array.
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New Feature | Additional Details now returned in Product Results Rainforest can now return the additional_details property, containing an array of details about the seller (i.e. Small Business and Black Owned Business badge), in the results of a product search. Read More
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New Feature | New "Wishlist" result type added Rainforest can now return data from Amazon Wishlist pages with the newly launched type=wishlist request.
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Enhancement | Size Guide returned for clothing Product page requests New properties have been added to the type=product response to return data from the Size Guide popup for fashion/clothing products that have a Size Guide shown on the product page. has_size_guide will be set to true when the size guide is shown, and size_guide_html will contain the HTML of the size guide popup
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Enhancement | Minimum order quantity returned for Product requests The minimum order quantity, if shown in the product page Buybox, is now returned in type=product requests. Both the value (a number) and the accompanying message text are returned.
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Enhancement | Luxury Stores data returned in Product requests Parsing of Amazon "Luxury Stores" detail pages has been added to Rainforest's "type=product" response.
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Enhancement | Critic Reviews added for Audible Critic Reviews are now returned in a type=product responses' editorial_reviews array.
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New Feature | Support for Amazon China (amazon.cn) added Support has been added for the Amazon China domain ( amazon.cn ). You can use amazon_domain=amazon.cn to request product page, search results, reviews and category listings for Amazon.cn.
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Enhancement | Support for product requests using "a.co" short-links Support has been added for specifying type=product requests using the "https://a.co/xxx" short-domain (that redirects to an Amazon product page). |
Enhancement | Secondary Buybox pricing added to Product response A new property of secondary_buybox has been added to the buybox_winner object, populated when a secondary buybox offer is presented by Amazon on the product page.
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New Feature | Support for custom S3-compatible object stores in Destinations It's now possible to specify a custom S3 endpoint to have Destinations upload Result Sets to any S3 compatible object store.
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Enhancement | Image overlay badges returned in Product response The image overlay badge property contains details of the overlay badge, if shown and not forming part of the original image bitmap. The image overlay badge object has the following properties:
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Enhancement | Support added for requesting Amazon results in different currencies A new currency parameter has been added to allow requesting of results in different currencies. The available currencies depend on the Amazon domain requested.
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Enhancement | New properties on Search Results 3 new properties have been added to type=search responses that are set to true when the respective badges are shown next to Amazon search results - is_amazon_brand , is_exclusive_to_amazon , is_small_business .
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Enhancement | Image links extracted from A+ content A new all_images array has been added to the a_plus_content property populated with all of the images from the A+ content section on type=product requests with the include_a_plus_body=true parameter set. |
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New Feature | New request type - Formats and Editions - launched A new request type - Formats and Editions has been launched. Formats and Editions ( type=formats_editions ) allows you to retrieve data from the Formats & Editions popup (typically shown on books and collectables product pages to list all of the ASINs of different formats of the current ASIN).
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Enhancement | Vine Program Free Product flag added Rainforest type=reviews responses now include a vine_program_free_product boolean, set to true when the "Vine Customer Review of Free Product" badge is shown next to the review.
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Enhancement | Promotion details added to Offers response A new promotions structure has been added to type=offers results to show any promotions related to the seller offer.
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New Feature | Climate Pledge Friendly info returned from Search requests Rainforest will now return a new climate_pledge_friendly structure from type=search requests whenever the Climate Pledge Friendly certification badge is shown next to search results. The text of the certification, product page link and image are returned.
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New Feature | Ability to retrieve Top 100 Free bestsellers lists A new is_free=true request parameter has been added to type=bestsellers requests. This allows the retrieval of the Top 100 Free bestsellers lists, in addition to the existing Top 100 Paid bestsellers lists. Read More
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Enhancement | Avatar image URL returned in Reviews requests A new property has been added to type=reviews requests to return the reviewer avatar image URL under the profile.image property. |
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Enhancement | Search refinements added to Seller Products requests The refinements property has been added to type=seller_products responses and is also available type=seller_products responses. Refinements allow you to narrow your request down to just Seller Products results of a given brand, price range, etc.
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Enhancement | Holiday delivery message added to Product response Holiday delivery message added to the type=product response under the fulfilment object.
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Enhancement | "Similar item to consider" added to Product response A new similar_to_consider property has been added to the type=product response to return the "value pick" / "similar item to consider" ASIN from the product detail page, if shown.
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Enhancement | Top Reviews now available for Product requests A new top_reviews array property is available on type=product requests showing the top reviews as-displayed on the product detail page. Full reviews for a given ASIN are always available via the existing type=reviews request.
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Enhancement | Kindle Unlimited flag returned for search requests A new kindle_unlimited property has been added to the search results endpoint. The property will be set to true when the search result is shown as a Kindle Unlimited product.
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Enhancement | Israel added as a customer location for Amazon.com Israel has been added as a customer_location for Amazon.com requests allowing you to request cross-border shipping data from Amazon.com to Israel.
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Enhancement | Select all CSV Fields We have added Select All / Select None options to quickly select all CSV fields in the Collection editor and API Playground to make choosing CSV fields much quicker. |
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New Feature | Sponsored "Related Brands" from search results returned Rainforest will now return the Related Brands section showing the sponsored related brands, typically found at the bottom of the search results page. Related Brands are parsed out in the new related_brands array in type=search responses.
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New Feature | "Video Blocks" returned in Search responses Rainforest now returns an array of "video block" objects detailing the full-row sponsored video sections shown on the search results page (if shown). Typically video blocks contain a video, along with a link to one or more products related to the video.
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Enhancement | Search result Carousels returned in Search responses Rainforest now returns a new property carousel in type=search responses. The carousel property contains details of the carousel that the search result is part of. Examples of carousels can include sponsored products, "Highly Rated" or "Today's Deals". They differ from the existing ad_blocks responses in that they are horizontally scrollable and nested inline with the natural, organic, search results.
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Enhancement | EU Energy Efficiency labels and rating in Product responses EU Energy Efficient ratings, where shown on the product detail page, are now return in Rainforest type=product responses.
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New Feature | Sales Estimation endpoint released Rainforest now supports generating monthly sales estimations for a specific asin and amazon_domain , or for any arbitrary bestseller_rank and sales_estimation_category . Rainforest uses an internal algorithm which uses signals from an ASIN's product page, bestseller rank, reviews, search result rankings and known sales datapoints to generate a estimated weekly and monthly sales volumes.
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Enhancement | "Did you mean" search spelling auto-corrections A new object has been added to the type=search response to show the "did you mean" search term spelling correction text. Note that you can control whether the spelling-corrected test is automatically followed using the direct_search=true request parameter.
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New Feature | Rich Product Descriptions added to Product page response An array containing the "rich product description" sections typically found on premium beauty product pages has been added to Rainforests' type=product (product page) response. The Rich Product Description section is typically found on premium beauty product pages.
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New Feature | Support for Amazon Egypt (amazon.eg) added Support for Amazon Egypt (amazon.eg) has been added to Rainforest. Run your requests with amazon_domain=amazon.eg to request data from Amazon Egypt.
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Enhancement | Search Alias returned in Product results A new property search_alias has been added to the type=product API response. The Search Alias property shows the title and value of the search alias shown at the top of the product page.
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Enhancement | Filter Collections by Last Run date The Collections List API has been updated to allow sorting Collections by last_run date. You can also now filter the Collections by date using the last_run_before and last_run_after request parameters. The Collections Dashboard has also been updated to show the Last Run date for each Collection.
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Enhancement | Per-minute Collection scheduling improvements The Per X Minutes Collection scheduling options have been extended to allow you to run Collections on a "Per X Minute" schedule restricted to specific hours of the day and days of the week or month.The schedule_hours , schedule_days_of_week and schedule_days_of_month can now be used with schedule_type=minutes Collections for additional flexibility. This allows for scenarios such as "run this Collection every 5 minutes, between 9am and 5pm, on weekdays only".
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New Feature | Run Collections on a per-minute schedule Collections can now be scheduled on a per-minute basis, in addition to the existing hourly, daily, weekly and monthly schedules. Set schedule_type=minutes when creating your Collection and specify the per-minute schedule using the schedule_minutes parameter. Per-minute schedules of every minute up to every hour are supported.
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New Feature | Account Balance added to Account API The Account API has been updated to include your current Account Balance in the account_balance_usd property. Your Account Balance is used to settle any Overage charges (to avoid multiple small overage charges being made to your payment card). You can top up your Account Balance at any time on the Account page of the Dashboard. |
New Feature | Japan added as a "customer_location" for Amazon.com requests Japan has been added as a customer location for use with Amazon.com requests. This allows for cross-border shipping data to be returned for shoppers located in Japan, ordering from Amazon US.
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Enhancement | Business name and address returned from Seller Profile requests Business name (distinct from the Seller "brand" name) and business address have been added to the type=seller_profile response under the new business_name and business_address properties.
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New Feature | France added as a "customer_location" for Amazon.de requests France has been added as a customer location for use with Amazon.de requests. This allows for cross-border shipping data to be returned for shoppers located in France, ordering from Amazon Germany.
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Enhancement | "From the brand" Brand Story section now parsed in Product requests Rainforest will now extract the hero image, logo image, brand description, FAQ's and promoted products from the "Brand Story" section of the A-Plus content on type=product requests. This new parsing will be populated into the a_plus_content.brand_story object.
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Enhancement | Store Info with logos etc included on Brand Store requests We have updated the Brand Store response to include a new store_info structure that includes the Brand Store logo image, description and hero image.
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New Feature | Reviews extraction added for Audible domains Audible domains are now supported for type=reviews requests.When specifying an Audible domain in a type=reviews request - i.e. amazon_domain=audible.com , the reviews are retrieved from the Amazon Reviews for the given ASIN, rather than the Audible Reviews.
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New Feature | Subscribe and Save data added to Product response Subscribe and Save parsing has been added to the API's type=product response. This includes the base and tiered subscribe and save pricing, plus the associated discount percentages along with the delivery message.
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New Feature | "Compare with similar items" data added to Product response The "Compare with similar items" section of the product page has been added to Rainforest's response to type=product requests.
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Enhancement | Downloadable documents extracted for Product requests Downloadable documents (i.e. User Guide PDF's, specification documents etc) are now extracted in type=product responses, where they are shown on the Product Page itself. The downloadable documents can be found in the new documents array.
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Enhancement | English (United Kingdom) language available English (United Kingdom - en_GB ) is now available as a supported language when making API requests. |
New Feature | New Collections API endpoint to Stop All queued and running Collections The new Stop All Collections API endpoint allows you to stop all running and queued Collections on your account in one API call. Useful if you have accidentally started a large number of Collections and need a quick way to set them all back to idle . |
Enhancement | Extract "rating" when product is no longer available for purchase The rating field will now be extracted, if shown, when the selected ASIN is no longer available for purchase in type=product requests. |
Enhancement | A-Plus body content available stripped of HTML tags A new field a_plus_content.body_text is now available in addition to the existing a_plus_content.body property. The new property contains the A-Plus descriptive content but stripped of any HTML tags. |
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New Feature | Editorial content extracted on Store results Rainforest will now extract editorial content for type=store requests . Store result pages can have different layouts and are not always a standard list of ASIN result. If a store_result has the type=editorial then the ASIN is being displayed as a graphic/creative, instead of a regular ASIN product listing. Previously it was not possible to extract the ASIN detail behind these creative images.
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Enhancement | Exclude sponsored results from search requests Added a new request parameter exclude_sponsored to type=search requests to instruct the API not to returned sponsored search results. |
Enhancement | Audible sample MP3 links Audible sample MP3 links are now returned in the product.audible_sample property for ASINs that contain an Audible sample.
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We started publishing Product Updates in June 2021, please refer to update emails for updates before this date. |
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