Feature Request: Access Backend Search Terms for Products

[samborambo305]

• The documentation suggests that the backend search terms field is not programmatically accessible via the API

Preferred solution:

• Make the backend search terms field available on the item object for CRUD operations

[chapmanjw]

@samborambo305 What do you mean by "backend search terms"? What are you specifically looking for?

[samborambo305]

When using Seller Central to create or update products in the catalog there is a field called "search terms"

[chapmanjw]

@samborambo305 That attribute is generic_keyword (Search Terms is the display label for it). When calling the Catalog Items API getCatalogItem or searchCatalogItems operations, you can request the attributes includedData. If the ASIN has this attribute present, it will be included in the attributes data.

[samborambo305]

Interesting, can this attribute also be updated?

[chapmanjw]

Yes. The Listings Items APIs accept this attribute as part of a listing. Listings for the same ASIN are reconciled to produce what you see on the Amazon.com detail pages and in the Catalog Items APIs.

At this time, not all product types are supported by theses APIs. You can use the Product Type Definitions APIs to see which product types are currently supported and retrieve the schemas for each product type (defining the attributes, requirements, etc.). IIRC, we are currently at ~600 product types in ~16 marketplaces for these APIs (of ~2000 product types in ~20 marketplaces).

• Listings Items APIs: https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/listings-items-api-v2021-08-01-use-case-guide
• Product Type Definitions APIs: https://developer-docs.amazon.com/sp-api/docs/product-type-api-use-case-guide

[samborambo305]

Interesting, thank you for the help