> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.oxylabs.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.oxylabs.io/api-targets/e-commerce/amazon/best-sellers.md).

# Best Sellers

Discover Amazon Best Sellers data with Web Scraper API. Collect top-ranking product details, categories, and prices using customizable parameters.

The `amazon_bestsellers` source retrieves Amazon Best Sellers pages of a category. With `"parse": true` the response is structured JSON (fields described in the [data dictionary](#data-dictionary) below); without it, the response contains the page HTML in `content`.

## Request samples

In the code examples below, we make a request to retrieve the `2`nd page of Best Sellers in category, which ID is `172541`, on `amazon.com` marketplace.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl 'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries' \
--user 'USERNAME:PASSWORD' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
        "source": "amazon_bestsellers",
        "domain": "com",
        "query": "172541",
        "start_page": 2,
        "parse": true
    }'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests
from pprint import pprint

# Structure payload.
payload = {
    'source': 'amazon_bestsellers',
    'domain': 'com',
    'query': '172541',
    'start_page': 2,
    'parse': True
}

# Get response.
response = requests.request(
    'POST',
    'https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries',
    auth=('USERNAME', 'PASSWORD'),
    json=payload
)

# Instead of response with job status and results url, this will return the
# JSON response with the result.
pprint(response.json())
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
const https = require("https");

const username = "USERNAME";
const password = "PASSWORD";
const body = {
    source: "amazon_bestsellers",
    domain: "com",
    query: "172541",
    start_page: 2,
    parse: true
};

const options = {
    hostname: "realtime.oxylabs.io",
    path: "/v1/queries",
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        Authorization:
            "Basic " + Buffer.from(`${username}:${password}`).toString("base64"),
    },
};

const request = https.request(options, (response) => {
    let data = "";

    response.on("data", (chunk) => {
        data += chunk;
    });

    response.on("end", () => {
        const responseData = JSON.parse(data);
        console.log(JSON.stringify(responseData, null, 2));
    });
});

request.on("error", (error) => {
    console.error("Error:", error);
});

request.write(JSON.stringify(body));
request.end();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```http
# The whole string you submit has to be URL-encoded.

https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries?source=amazon_bestsellers&domain=com&query=172541&start_page=2&parse=true&access_token=12345abcde
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="PHP" %}

```php
<?php

$params = array(
    'source' => 'amazon_bestsellers',
    'domain' => 'com',
    'query' => '172541',
    'start_page' => 2,
    'parse' => true
);

$ch = curl_init();

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($params));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "USERNAME" . ":" . "PASSWORD");

$headers = array();
$headers[] = "Content-Type: application/json";
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);

$result = curl_exec($ch);
echo $result;

if (curl_errno($ch)) {
    echo 'Error:' . curl_error($ch);
}
curl_close($ch);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Golang" %}

```go
package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io/ioutil"
    "net/http"
)

func main() {
    const Username = "USERNAME"
    const Password = "PASSWORD"

    payload := map[string]interface{}{
        "source": "amazon_bestsellers",
        "domain": "com",
        "query": "172541",
        "start_page": 2,
        "parse": true,
    }

    jsonValue, _ := json.Marshal(payload)

    client := &http.Client{}
    request, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
        "https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries",
        bytes.NewBuffer(jsonValue),
    )

    request.SetBasicAuth(Username, Password)
    response, _ := client.Do(request)

    responseText, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(response.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(responseText))
}

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="C#" %}

```csharp
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace OxyApi
{
    class Program
    {
        static async Task Main()
        {
            const string Username = "USERNAME";
            const string Password = "PASSWORD";

            var parameters = new {
                source = "amazon_bestsellers",
                domain = "com",
                query = "172541",
                start_page = 2,
                parse = true
            };

            var client = new HttpClient();

            Uri baseUri = new Uri("https://realtime.oxylabs.io");
            client.BaseAddress = baseUri;

            var requestMessage = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "/v1/queries");
            requestMessage.Content = JsonContent.Create(parameters);

            var authenticationString = $"{Username}:{Password}";
            var base64EncodedAuthenticationString = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.ASCIIEncoding.UTF8.GetBytes(authenticationString));
            requestMessage.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Basic " + base64EncodedAuthenticationString);

            var response = await client.SendAsync(requestMessage);
            var contents = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            Console.WriteLine(contents);
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Java" %}

```java
package org.example;

import okhttp3.*;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main implements Runnable {
    private static final String AUTHORIZATION_HEADER = "Authorization";
    public static final String USERNAME = "USERNAME";
    public static final String PASSWORD = "PASSWORD";

    public void run() {
        JSONObject jsonObject = new JSONObject();
        jsonObject.put("source", "amazon_bestsellers");
        jsonObject.put("domain", "com");
        jsonObject.put("query", "172541");
        jsonObject.put("start_page", 2);
        jsonObject.put("parse", true);

        Authenticator authenticator = (route, response) -> {
            String credential = Credentials.basic(USERNAME, PASSWORD);
            return response
                    .request()
                    .newBuilder()
                    .header(AUTHORIZATION_HEADER, credential)
                    .build();
        };

        var client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .authenticator(authenticator)
                .readTimeout(180, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
                .build();

        var mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json; charset=utf-8");
        var body = RequestBody.create(jsonObject.toString(), mediaType);
        var request = new Request.Builder()
                .url("https://realtime.oxylabs.io/v1/queries")
                .post(body)
                .build();

        try (var response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.body() != null) {
                try (var responseBody = response.body()) {
                    System.out.println(responseBody.string());
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + exception.getMessage());
        }

        System.exit(0);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Thread(new Main()).start();
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JSON" %}

```json
{
    "source": "amazon_bestsellers",
    "domain": "com",
    "query": "172541",
    "start_page": 2,
    "parse": true
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Request parameter values

{% hint style="info" %}
Besides the parameters listed below, you can include additional parameters such as `user_agent_type`, `geo_location`, `render`, and more to customize your scraping request. Read more [here](/products/web-scraper-api/features.md).
{% endhint %}

<table><thead><tr><th width="230">Parameter</th><th>Description</th><th width="130">Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="background-color:green;"><strong><code>source</code></strong></mark></td><td>Sets the scraper.</td><td><code>amazon_bestsellers</code></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="background-color:green;"><strong><code>query</code></strong></mark></td><td>Browse node ID of the category (e.g. <code>172541</code>) or the lowercase category slug from the Best Sellers URL (e.g. <code>electronics</code>).</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><code>start_page</code></td><td>Starting page number.</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><code>pages</code></td><td>Number of pages to retrieve.</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td><code>geo_location</code>, <code>domain</code>, <code>locale</code>, <code>context:currency</code></td><td>Localization parameters, see <a href="#localization-and-filtering">Localization and Filtering</a>.</td><td>-</td></tr></tbody></table>

&#x20;   \- mandatory parameter

## Response example <a href="#response-example" id="response-example"></a>

A parsed Best Sellers page for node `172541` (Headphones & Earbuds) on amazon.com (list shortened to one item).

<details>

<summary><code>amazon_bestsellers</code> response example</summary>

```json
{
    "results": [
        {
            "content": {
                "page": 1,
                "pages": 2,
                "parse_status_code": 12000,
                "query": "172541",
                "results": [
                    {
                        "asin": "B0FQFB8FMG",
                        "currency": "USD",
                        "image_url": "https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61solmQSSlL._AC_UL300...",
                        "pos": 1,
                        "price": 199,
                        "price_str": "$199.00",
                        "price_upper": 0,
                        "rating": 4.4,
                        "ratings_count": 15399,
                        "title": "Apple AirPods Pro 3 Wireless Earbuds with Active Noise Cancellation | ...",
                        "url": "/Apple-Cancellation-Translation-Headphones-High-Fidelity/dp/B0FQFB8FMG..."
                    },
                    ...
                ],
                "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers/zgbs/x/172541/?pg=1&language=en_US"
            },
            "created_at": "2026-09-23 08:04:24",
            "updated_at": "2026-09-23 08:04:43",
            "page": 1,
            "url": "https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers/zgbs/x/172541/?pg=1&language=en_US",
            "job_id": "7508436091473499137",
            "status_code": 200,
            "parser_type": ""
        }
    ],
    "job": {...}
}
```

</details>

## Localization and Filtering <a href="#localization-and-filtering" id="localization-and-filtering"></a>

{% hint style="warning" %}
**IMPORTANT:** On most page types, Amazon tailors the returned results based on the delivery location of their customers. Therefore, we advise using the `geo_location` parameter to set your preferred delivery location. You can read more about using `geo_location` with Amazon [**here**](https://github.com/oxylabs/gitbook-public-english/blob/master/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/targets/amazon/broken-reference/README.md).
{% endhint %}

<table><thead><tr><th width="180">Parameter</th><th>Description</th><th width="150">Default Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>geo_location</code></td><td>The <em>Deliver to</em> location: a ZIP or postal code of the marketplace country (e.g. <code>10001</code> on <code>com</code>) or a two-letter ISO country code (e.g. <code>DE</code>). Country or city names are not accepted.</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td><code>domain</code></td><td>Amazon marketplace to scrape, e.g. <code>com</code>, <code>co.uk</code>, <code>de</code>. Full list in <a href="/api-targets/e-commerce/amazon.md#domain-and-locale">Domain &#x26; Locale</a>.</td><td><code>com</code></td></tr><tr><td><code>locale</code></td><td>Interface language of the page (<code>Accept-Language</code> value). Values depend on the marketplace; an unsupported value returns <code>400</code> with the accepted list. Full list in <a href="/api-targets/e-commerce/amazon.md#domain-and-locale">Domain &#x26; Locale</a>.</td><td>marketplace default</td></tr><tr><td><code>context:currency</code></td><td>Currency in which prices are shown. Available values depend on the marketplace and some marketplaces (including <code>com</code>) show their default currency only. Available and default values <a href="https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FzrXw45naRpCZ0Ku9AjY1%2Fuploads%2FNNybEQaVnTrc9ymR1NGE%2Fcurrency_new.json?alt=media&#x26;token=a77440f9-50a5-4e07-9">here</a>.</td><td>marketplace default</td></tr></tbody></table>

```json
{
    "source": "amazon_bestsellers",
    "domain": "de",
    "query": "172541",
    "geo_location": "10115",
    "parse": true
}
```

## Data dictionary

#### HTML example

<figure><img src="https://597677712-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FBaJCXoqO1zdFnaMnCKrg%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-a74c48b93b275d9cfde2e5c15ea3512aa176aab7%2Famazon_best_sellers.png?alt=media" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

#### JSON structure

The `amazon_bestsellers` provides comprehensive data on the best-selling products on Amazon. The table below presents a detailed list of each field we parse, along with its description and data type. The table also includes some metadata.

<table><thead><tr><th width="239">Key</th><th width="364">Description</th><th>Type</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>url</code></td><td>The URL of the Amazon Best Sellers page.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>page</code></td><td>The current page number.</td><td>integer</td></tr><tr><td><code>pages</code></td><td>The total number of pages.</td><td>integer</td></tr><tr><td><code>query</code></td><td>The original search term.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results</code></td><td>A list of best-selling items, one object per item</td><td>array</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.pos</code></td><td>An indicator denoting the position of a bestselling item.</td><td>integer</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.url</code></td><td>The URL of the best selling item.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.asin</code></td><td>Amazon Standard Identification Number.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.price</code></td><td>The price of the product.</td><td>float</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.title</code></td><td>The title of the product.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.image_url</code></td><td>The URL of the product image.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.rating</code></td><td>The rating of the product.</td><td>float</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.currency</code></td><td>The currency in which the price is denominated.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.is_prime</code></td><td>Indicates whether the product is eligible for Amazon Prime.</td><td>boolean</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.price_str</code></td><td>The price as displayed on the page, including the currency symbol (e.g. $199.00)</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.price_upper</code></td><td>The upper limit of the price if applicable.</td><td>float</td></tr><tr><td><code>results.ratings_count</code></td><td>The total number of ratings given to the product.</td><td>integer</td></tr><tr><td><code>parse_status_code</code></td><td>The status code of the parsing job. You can see the parser status codes described <a href="/products/web-scraper-api/response-codes.md"><strong>here</strong></a>.</td><td>integer</td></tr><tr><td><code>created_at</code></td><td>The timestamp when the scraping job was created.</td><td>timestamp</td></tr><tr><td><code>updated_at</code></td><td>The timestamp when the scraping job was finished.</td><td>timestamp</td></tr><tr><td><code>job_id</code></td><td>The ID of the job associated with the scraping job.</td><td>string</td></tr><tr><td><code>status_code</code></td><td>The status code of the scraping job. You can see the scraper status codes described <a href="https://github.com/oxylabs/gitbook-public-english/blob/master/scraping-solutions/web-scraper-api/targets/amazon/broken-reference/README.md"><strong>here</strong></a>.</td><td>integer</td></tr><tr><td><code>parser_type</code></td><td>The type of parser used for parsing the data.</td><td>string</td></tr></tbody></table>


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