Search + Product

5 min

search + product request live requests only not supported for batches make a type=search request and choose how many of the top search results should have product requests run control the number of search results returned number of results= and the number of corresponding product requests include products count= to run to build a search and/or product request, refer to product parameters and search parameters pages for example, to request search results for the search term "memory cards", and run product requests for the top ten search results,on amazon com , the request would be http https //api rainforestapi com/request?api key=demo\&type=search\&amazon domain=amazon com\&search term=memory+cards\&include products count=10 note each product request counts as +1 credit the base search costs 1 credit, and for every result included in include products count, an additional 1 credit is charged if you set include products count = 10 , the total cost will be 1 (search) + 10 (products) = 11 credits use case and benefits benefit 1 improved api efficiency – the ability to make a single type=search api call and automatically fan out into type=product requests reduces the need for multiple manual api calls, streamlining data retrieval benefit 2 significantly faster response times – various optimization strategies, such as limiting the number of search results, excluding sponsored results, selectively retrieving only necessary fields, will improve response times benefit 3 flexible data selection – users can control the number of search results returned (number of results=) and the number of corresponding product requests (include products count=), optimizing the balance between speed and data completeness benefit 4 parallel processing for maximum speed – the system executes product requests in parallel, ensuring that fetching product details does not create unnecessary sequential delays benefit 5 customizable field selection for performance gains – using the fields= parameter, users can limit api responses to only the essential data, leading to additional speed improvements and reduced payload size example a search request that returns 10 results, runs product requests for those 10 results (excluding any sponsored listings), and only retrieves specific fields in the json response https //api rainforestapi com/request?api key=\<api key>\&type=search\&amazon domain=amazon com\&search term=paranormal+detective\&number of results=10\&include products count=10\&exclude sponsored=true\&fields=search results price,search results product bestsellers rank,search results product specifications,search results product publication date next steps search + product results