name: amazon-search description: Search Amazon products - find items, compare prices, read reviews
Amazon Product Search
Search for products on Amazon. Find items by keyword, category, or criteria.
When to Use
- User wants to find a product on Amazon
- User asks "find me a [product] on Amazon"
- User wants to compare prices
- User needs product recommendations
How It Works
Uses the SearchAPI Amazon Search engine to query Amazon's catalog.
Usage
Basic Product Search
orth run searchapi /api/v1/search -q 'engine=amazon_search&q=wireless earbuds'
curl equivalent
curl -X POST "https://api.orth.sh/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"api":"searchapi","path":"/api/v1/search","query":{"engine":"amazon_search","q":"wireless earbuds"}}'
Search with Category
orth run searchapi /api/v1/search -q 'engine=amazon_search&q=laptop&category_id=electronics'
Parameters
- engine (required) - Must be
amazon_search - q (required) - Search query
- category_id - Amazon category (electronics, books, etc.)
- page - Page number for pagination
Response
Top-level keys: search_metadata, search_parameters, search_information, organic_results, filters, pagination.
Each item in organic_results array:
- position (integer) - Result rank
- asin (string) - Amazon product ID
- title (string) - Product name
- link (string) - Product page URL
- image (string) - Product thumbnail URL
- price (string) - Display price (e.g., "$69.99")
- extracted_price (number) - Numeric price for comparison
- original_price / extracted_original_price - Pre-discount price (if on sale)
- currency (string) - Currency code (e.g., "USD")
- rating (number) - Star rating (0-5)
- reviews (integer) - Number of reviews
- is_prime (boolean) - Prime eligible
- is_best_seller / is_amazon_choice (boolean) - Badge flags
- delivery (string) - Delivery estimate text
Pagination: Use page=2, page=3, etc. for more results.
Examples
User: "Find wireless earbuds on Amazon"
orth run searchapi /api/v1/search -q 'engine=amazon_search&q=wireless earbuds'
User: "Search for laptops under $500"
orth run searchapi /api/v1/search -q 'engine=amazon_search&q=laptop under 500'
User: "Find highly rated coffee makers"
orth run searchapi /api/v1/search -q 'engine=amazon_search&q=coffee maker best rated'
Error Handling
- 400 - Invalid engine name or missing
qparameter - 401 - Invalid API key
- 429 - Rate limit — wait and retry
- Empty
organic_resultsarray means no products matched the query — try broader search terms - Use separate
-qflags if&in query string causes issues:-q 'engine=amazon_search' -q 'q=wireless earbuds'