Browsenodelookup - Amazon Product Advertising API Developer's Manual

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BrowseNodeLookup

Description
Given a browse node ID, BrowseNodeLookup returns the specified browse node's name, children, and
ancestors. The names and browse node IDs of the children and ancestor browse nodes are also returned.
BrowseNodeLookup enables you to traverse the browse node hierarchy to find a browse node.
As you traverse down the hierarchy, you refine your search and limit the number of items returned. For
example, you might traverse the following hierarchy: DVD>Used DVDs>Kids and Family, to select out of
all the DVDs offered by Amazon only those that are appropriate for family viewing. Returning the items
associated with Kids and Family produces a much more targeted result than a search based at the level
of Used DVDs.
Alternatively, by traversing up the browse node tree, you can determine the root category of an item. You
might do that, for example, to return the top seller of the root product category using the TopSeller
response group in an ItemSearch (p. 196)
You can use BrowseNodeLookup iteratively to navigate through the browse node hierarchy to reach the
node that most appropriately suits your search. Then you can use the browse node ID in an
(p. 196) request. This response would be far more targeted than, for example, searching through all of the
browse nodes in a search index.
Availability
All locales
Request Parameters
Name
BrowseNodeId
ResponseGroup
BrowseNodeLookup also accepts the parameters that all operations can use. For more information, see,
Common Request Parameters (p. 210)
BrowseNodeLookup
request.
Description
A positive integer assigned by Amazon that uniquely
identifies a product category.
Type: String
Default: None
Valid Values:A positive integer. For a list of valid browse
node IDs, see the section called "Browse Node
IDs" (p. 465).
Specifies the types of values to return. You can specify
multiple response groups in one request by separating
them with commas.
Default: BrowseNodeInfo (p. 217)
Valid Values: MostGifted (p. 248)
| MostWishedFor (p. 249)
API Version 2011-08-01
165
| NewReleases (p. 251)
| TopSellers (p. 280)
ItemSearch
Required
Yes
No