Amazon Product Advertising API Developer's Manual page 204

Product Advertising API Developer Guide
ItemSearch is the operation that is used most often in requests. In general, when trying to find an item
for sale, you use this operation.
Availability
All locales.
Request Parameters
ItemSearch has a lot of parameters. Not all of them pertain, however, to all search indices. For example,
when the search index is apparel, it would be inappropriate to use the Actor parameter. As a result,
each search index can use only a subset of all of the parameters. For a complete list of the ItemSearch
parameters that can be used with a specific search index in a specific locale, refer to
ItemSearch Parameter Combinations (p.
The parameters that apply to the largest number of search indices are shown in the following table.
Parameter
BrowseNode
Condition
Keywords
MaximumPrice
MinimumPrice
Title
ItemSearch requires that you specify a search index and at least one of the following parameters:
• Actor
• Artist
• AudienceRating
• Author
• Brand
• BrowseNode
Name
Actor
ItemSearch
398).
Valid Search Indices
All but All, Blended
All but All, Blended
All
All but All, Blended
All but All, Blended
All but All, Blended
• Composer
• Conductor
• Director
• Keywords
• Manufacturer
Description
Name of an actor associated with the item. You can enter
all or part of the name.
Type: String
Default: None
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Search Index and
• MusicLabel
• Orchestra
• Power
• Publisher
• Title
Required
No