Amazon Product SearchInstall

Overview

This node allows users to search for products on Amazon and retrieve detailed product information using the Amazon Product Advertising API. It supports two main operations:

• Search Products: Search for products by keywords and get a list of matching items with selected details such as title, price, images, ratings, and more.
• Get Product Details: Retrieve detailed information about a specific product by providing its ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number).

Common scenarios include:

• Building automated workflows that fetch product data for e-commerce comparison or market research.
• Enriching datasets with up-to-date Amazon product information.
• Creating alerts or reports based on product availability, pricing, or reviews.

Example use case:

• A user inputs "wireless headphones" as keywords, selects fields like Title, Price, and Images, and receives a list of relevant products with those details for further processing.

Properties

Output

The node outputs JSON data structured according to the chosen operation:

• Search Products:

  • success: Boolean indicating if the search was successful.
  • operation: The string "searchProducts".
  • results: An array of product objects, each containing:
    • title: Product title.
    • asin: Amazon Standard Identification Number.
    • url: Direct URL to the product page on Amazon.
    • price: Display price string.
    • imageUrl: URL of the product image.
    • rating: Average customer star rating.
    • reviewCount: Number of customer reviews.
    • features: List of product features.

• Get Product Details:

  • success: Boolean indicating if the retrieval was successful.
  • operation: The string "getProductDetails".
  • product: Object containing detailed product information:
    • title, asin, url, price, imageUrl, rating, reviewCount, features, brand, description.

The node does not output binary data.

Dependencies

• Requires an API key credential for the Amazon Product Advertising API, including access key, secret key, partner tag, and marketplace.
• Uses the external amazon-paapi library to interact with the Amazon API.
• The node expects these credentials and configuration to be set up within n8n.

Troubleshooting

• Common issues:

  • Invalid or missing API credentials will cause authentication failures.
  • Exceeding Amazon API rate limits may result in errors or throttling.
  • Providing invalid ASINs or empty keyword searches can lead to no results.
  • Selecting unsupported or incorrect fields in "Include Fields" may cause incomplete data.

• Error messages:

  • Errors returned from the Amazon API are caught and included in the output under the error field.
  • Typical error message: "An unknown error occurred" indicates unexpected failures; check credentials and network connectivity.
  • To resolve errors, verify API credentials, ensure correct input parameters, and respect API usage limits.

Links and References

• Amazon Product Advertising API Documentation
• amazon-paapi npm package