Node.js client to get unthrottled access to Amazon Product Advertising API

Node.js client for Amazon Product Advertising API. If you are frequently running into the RequestThrottled error You are submitting requests too quickly. Please retry your requests at a slower rate, this gives you unthrottled access to Amazon product data using a shared cache.

This is meant to be a drop-in replacement for amazon-product-api Node.js client. If you are already using it, replace require('amazon-product-api') with require('amazon-unthrottled-api') and you should be good to go.

Installation

Install using npm:

npm install amazon-unthrottled-api

Usage

Require library

var amazon = require('amazon-unthrottled-api');

Create client

var client = amazon.createClient({
  awsId: "aws ID",
  awsSecret: "aws Secret",
  awsTag: "aws Tag"
});

Now you are ready to use the API!

ItemSearch

The ItemSearch operation searches for items on Amazon. The Product Advertising API returns up to ten items per search results page.

📖 Documentation

Using promises:

client.itemSearch({
  keywords: 'Quentin Tarantino',
  searchIndex: 'DVD'
}).then(function(results){
  console.log(results);
}).catch(function(err){
  console.log(err);
});

Query params:

You can add these params for the itemSearch method:

• keywords: Defaults to ''.

• searchIndex: Defaults to 'All'.

• itemPage: Defaults to '1'.

ItemLookup

Given an Item identifier, the ItemLookup operation returns some or all of the item attributes, depending on the response group specified in the request.

📖 Documentation

Using promises:

client.itemLookup({
  idType: 'UPC',
  itemId: '884392579524'
}).then(function(results) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
}).catch(function(err) {
  console.log(err);
});

Query params:

You can add any available params for the ItemLookup method.

• idType: Type of item identifier used to look up an item. Availiable options - 'ASIN', 'UPC', 'EAN'. Defaults to 'ASIN'.

• itemId: One or more (up to ten) positive integers that uniquely identify an item.

• searchIndex: Defaults to 'All'.

BrowseNodeLookup

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.

📖 Documentation

Using promises:

client.browseNodeLookup({
  browseNodeId: '549726',
  responseGroup: 'NewReleases'
}).then(function(results) {
  console.log(results);
}).catch(function(err) {
  console.log(err);
});

Query params:

You can add any available params for the BrowseNodeLookup method.

• browseNodeId: A positive integer assigned by Amazon that uniquely identifies a product category.

• responseGroup: You can use multiple values by separating them with comma (e.g responseGroup: 'MostGifted,NewReleases,MostWishedFor,TopSellers'). Defaults to 'BrowseNodeInfo'.