Filtering by category is not working on deals endpoint.

Question

Hi,

While testing the Deals endpoint I found out that the category filter is not working as expected.
Example below for "Beauty & Personal Care" category, which id is 11055981.

const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  url: 'https://real-time-amazon-data.p.rapidapi.com/deals-v2',
  params: {
    country: 'US',
    categories: '11055981'
  },
  headers: {
    'X-RapidAPI-Key': 
    'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'real-time-amazon-data.p.rapidapi.com'
  }
};

First returned deal should not be in that category.

{
  deal_id: 'a2d2a9a1',
  deal_type: 'BEST_DEAL',
  deal_title: 'SAMSUNG 49-Inch Odyssey G9 Series DQHD 1000R Curved Gaming Monitor, 1ms(GtG), VESA DisplayHDR 1000, 240Hz, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, Height Adjustable Stand, LS49CG954ENXZA, 2024',
  deal_photo: 'https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71lXYTc4nLL.jpg',
  deal_state: 'AVAILABLE',
  deal_url: 'https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-DisplayHDR-FreeSync-Adjustable-LS49CG954ENXZA/dp/B0CP6HW894',
  canonical_deal_url: 'https://www.amazon.com/deal/a2d2a9a1',
  deal_starts_at: '2024-05-13T07:05:00.000Z',
  deal_ends_at: '2024-05-20T06:59:59.000Z',
  deal_price: { amount: '799.99', currency: 'USD' },
  list_price: { amount: '1299.99', currency: 'USD' },
  savings_percentage: 38,
  savings_amount: { amount: '500.0', currency: 'USD' },
  deal_badge: '38% off',
  type: 'SINGLE_ITEM',
  product_asin: 'B0CP6HW894'
}

Can you please check if there is anything wrong?
Or I'm not using this endpoint correctly?

Thanks.

OpenWeb Ninja · Answer

Happy to help and glad it works for you now.

Feel free to reach out if anything comes up.

valnuro · Answer

You are right sorry about this. I was using the same category id than for US.

OpenWeb Ninja · Answer

Hey,

First, are you using the Deals V2 endpoint? The Deals endpoint was deprecated today, it will still return results but the filters are not working anymore.

I just tried to filter for Automotive both in GB (domain: amazon.co.uk. category id: 248878031) and CA (domain: amazon.ca. category_id: 6948390011) and it works for me on the Deals V2 endpoint.

Do you perhaps have an example of a category that the endpoint fails to filter on?

valnuro · Answer

Hi,

Sorry to re-open this but I have the same issue on other countries, I only tested Canada (CA) and Great Britain (GB) for now.

OpenWeb Ninja · Answer

Sure, sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for letting me know.

Please feel free to reach out in case you have any question or if anything comes up.

valnuro · Answer

It seems better indeed, thanks a lot for your quick help.

OpenWeb Ninja · Answer

Hi,

Thank you for your message.

There was indeed an issue with the categories filter that is now fixed. Does it work for you now?

Thank you,
Adam @ OpenWeb Ninja

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Filtering by category is not working on deals endpoint.