Common ItemSearch Parameters
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Once you decide on a search index value and check Search Index and ItemSearch Parameter Combinationsto determine what ItemSearch input parameters are valid for that search index, you should set values for as many valid parameters as you can to increase the accuracy of the search results.
The most commonly used input parameters are the ones that can be used with the most search indices, including:
The definitions for all ItemSearch
parameters are in the API
Reference. The following sections describe in greater detail some of the commonly-used
parameters.
Searching Across Indices
ItemSearch
requests require that you specify a search index.
This is because searching across the millions of products in Amazon databases would
take too long. Product Advertising API does, however, enable you to search across multiple search
indices using the All or Blended search indices.
All Search Index
You can use the All search index to do an ItemSearch
search through all search indices. There are,
however, a number of restrictions placed on this request: the only parameter
that you can use in the request is Keywords
, and you
cannot, for example, sort results.
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Blended Searches
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