How is this different from best sellers?

/best-sellers returns Amazon’s ranked top 100. /products-by-category returns the category’s product listing, which you can sort by relevance, price, reviews, newest or best selling, up to 20 pages.

Amazon Data API · GET /products-by-category

Amazon products by category API

GET /products-by-category lists the products Amazon shows for a category with no search keyword, one page at a time, up to page 20. It accepts the same category values as /search, a search alias such as electronics or a numeric browse node ID, and returns the same result fields: ASIN, title, price, rating and flags.

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What GET /products-by-category returns

Lists the products Amazon shows for a category with no search keyword, one page at a time. Takes the same category values as /search: a search alias such as electronics, or a numeric browse node ID. Returns the same result fields as /search.

Parameters

Name	Required	Values	Notes
`category`	yes	matches ^[A-Za-z0-9-]+$	Amazon search category alias (e.g. electronics) or numeric browse node ID (e.g. 172282). Same values as /search.
`country`	no	US, CA, MX, BR, GB, DE, FR, IT, ES, NL, SE, PL, BE, TR, AE, SA, EG, IN, JP, SG, AU, IE, ZA	Amazon marketplace, as an ISO country code. GB is amazon.co.uk. Default US (amazon.com).
`page`	no	1 to 20 (default 1)
`sort`	no	relevance, price_asc, price_desc, reviews, newest, bestsellers

Example request

Every parameter that has an example, with country set explicitly. Send your key in X-RapidAPI-Key.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://amazon-data-api-search-product-reviews-best-sellers.p.rapidapi.com/products-by-category?category=electronics&country=US' \
  --header 'X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY' \
  --header 'X-RapidAPI-Host: amazon-data-api-search-product-reviews-best-sellers.p.rapidapi.com'

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://amazon-data-api-search-product-reviews-best-sellers.p.rapidapi.com/products-by-category",
    params={"category": "electronics", "country": "US"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY",
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "amazon-data-api-search-product-reviews-best-sellers.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
body = resp.json()
if "error" in body:  # bad input or not found: HTTP 200 with an error body
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
print(body["data"])

const url = new URL('https://amazon-data-api-search-product-reviews-best-sellers.p.rapidapi.com/products-by-category');
url.search = new URLSearchParams({ category: 'electronics', country: 'US' });

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    'X-RapidAPI-Key': process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
    'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'amazon-data-api-search-product-reviews-best-sellers.p.rapidapi.com',
  },
});
const { data, meta } = await res.json();
console.log(data, meta.fetched_at);

Example response

A recorded response, shortened to 3 items per list.

200 OK

{
  "data": {
    "category": "electronics",
    "page": 1,
    "results": [
      {
        "position": 1,
        "asin": "B0FQFB8FMG",
        "title": "Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation",
        "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQFB8FMG",
        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61solmQSSlL._AC_UL320_.jpg",
        "price": 199,
        "original_price": 249,
        "currency": "USD",
        "rating": 4.4,
        "total_ratings": 17060,
        "is_prime": null,
        "is_sponsored": false,
        "is_amazon_choice": false,
        "is_best_seller": true,
        "sales_volume": "10K+ bought in past month",
        "subtitle": "Live Translation, Heart Rate Sensing, Hearing Aid Feature, Bluetooth Headphones, Spatial Audio, USB-C Charging",
        "badges": [
          "Best Seller"
        ],
        "best_seller_category": "in Earbud & In-Ear Headphones",
        "amazon_choice_keyword": null,
        "deal_badge": null,
        "sustainability": false,
        "is_small_business": false,
        "seller_id": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
        "image_large": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61solmQSSlL._AC_UL960_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg",
        "authors": [],
        "publication_date": null,
        "formats": [],
        "series": null,
        "unit_price": null,
        "original_price_type": "List",
        "savings_percent": null,
        "coupon": null,
        "promotions": [],
        "more_buying_choices": {
          "price": 183.44,
          "offers_count": 7,
          "text": "$183.44 (7+ used & new offers)"
        },
        "delivery": {
          "text": "FREE delivery Mon, Nov 2",
          "fastest_text": null
        },
        "stock_left": null,
        "points": null,
        "installments": null
      },
      {
        "position": 2,
        "asin": "B07RZ3LSHM",
        "title": "Complete Protect: One plan covers eligible past & future Amazon Purchases",
        "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RZ3LSHM",
        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UPkD0ruML._AC_UL320_.jpg",
        "price": 16.99,
        "original_price": null,
        "currency": "USD",
        "rating": 4.3,
        "total_ratings": 11304,
        "is_prime": null,
        "is_sponsored": false,
        "is_amazon_choice": false,
        "is_best_seller": false,
        "sales_volume": null,
        "subtitle": null,
        "badges": [],
        "best_seller_category": null,
        "amazon_choice_keyword": null,
        "deal_badge": null,
        "sustainability": false,
        "is_small_business": false,
        "seller_id": null,
        "image_large": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41UPkD0ruML._AC_UL960_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg",
        "authors": [],
        "publication_date": null,
        "formats": [],
        "series": null,
        "unit_price": null,
        "original_price_type": null,
        "savings_percent": null,
        "coupon": null,
        "promotions": [],
        "more_buying_choices": null,
        "delivery": null,
        "stock_left": null,
        "points": null,
        "installments": null
      },
      {
        "position": 3,
        "asin": "B0DCH8VDXF",
        "title": "Apple EarPods Headphones with USB-C Plug, Wired Ear Buds with Built-in Remote to Control Music, Phone Calls, and Volume",
        "url": "https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DCH8VDXF",
        "image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/513OSdW4elL._AC_UL320_.jpg",
        "price": 19,
        "original_price": null,
        "currency": "USD",
        "rating": 4.5,
        "total_ratings": 19556,
        "is_prime": null,
        "is_sponsored": false,
        "is_amazon_choice": false,
        "is_best_seller": true,
        "sales_volume": "10K+ bought in past month",
        "subtitle": null,
        "badges": [
          "Best Seller"
        ],
        "best_seller_category": "in Headphones, Earbuds & Accessories",
        "amazon_choice_keyword": null,
        "deal_badge": null,
        "sustainability": false,
        "is_small_business": false,
        "seller_id": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
        "image_large": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/513OSdW4elL._AC_UL960_FMwebp_QL65_.jpg",
        "authors": [],
        "publication_date": null,
        "formats": [],
        "series": null,
        "unit_price": null,
        "original_price_type": null,
        "savings_percent": null,
        "coupon": null,
        "promotions": [],
        "more_buying_choices": {
          "price": 17.87,
          "offers_count": 4,
          "text": "$17.87 (4+ used & new offers)"
        },
        "delivery": {
          "text": "Join Prime to get FREE delivery Wed, Oct 28",
          "fastest_text": "Or Non-members get FREE delivery Sat, Oct 31 on $35 of items shipped by Amazon"
        },
        "stock_left": null,
        "points": null,
        "installments": null
      }
    ],
    "has_next_page": true,
    "total_results": 74728,
    "total_results_text": "1-24 of over 70,000 results",
    "total_pages": 400,
    "corrected_query": null,
    "related_searches": [],
    "refinements": [
      {
        "id": "primeRefinements",
        "name": "Eligible for Free Shipping",
        "options": [
          {
            "name": "Free Shipping by Amazon Get FREE Shipping on eligible orders shipped by Amazon",
            "value": "n:172282,p_76:1249137011"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "deliveryRefinements",
        "name": "Delivery Day",
        "options": [
          {
            "name": "Get It by Tomorrow",
            "value": "n:172282,p_90:8308921011"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "departments",
        "name": "Department",
        "options": [
          {
            "name": "Accessories & Supplies",
            "value": "n:172282,n:281407"
          },
          {
            "name": "Camera & Photo",
            "value": "n:172282,n:502394"
          },
          {
            "name": "Car & Vehicle Electronics",
            "value": "n:172282,n:3248684011"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "sort_options": [
      "Featured",
      "Price: Low to High",
      "Price: High to Low"
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "country": "US",
    "cached": false,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-26T14:05:11.000Z"
  }
}

What people use it for

Browse a whole niche when you do not know the keywords yet.
Find new products in a category with sort=newest.
Pull the cheapest or best-reviewed items of a category for a comparison page.

FAQ

How is this different from best sellers?: /best-sellers returns Amazon’s ranked top 100. /products-by-category returns the category’s product listing, which you can sort by relevance, price, reviews, newest or best selling, up to 20 pages.

Related endpoints

GETAmazon category and browse node API/categories GETAmazon best sellers API/best-sellers GETAmazon search API/search

See all 17 endpoints and 23 marketplaces on the Amazon product API page.

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