POST/v1/amazon/categories

Amazon Categories API

List all Amazon top-level browse categories with their slug IDs. Taxonomy from $0.01/call.

Fetch the full list of Amazon top-level categories for any country. Returns 59 departments with their display names and slug IDs — the same slugs used by the best-sellers endpoint.

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Try it live

Fill in the fields and hit Run to see a real response.

POST/v1/amazon/categoriesamazon-categories$0.01/call

Response

Example response — hit "Send Request" to see a live result

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "status": "OK",
    "data": [
      {
        "name": "All Departments",
        "id": "aps"
      },
      {
        "name": "Books",
        "id": "stripbooks"
      },
      {
        "name": "Electronics",
        "id": "electronics"
      },
      {
        "name": "Software",
        "id": "software"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Features

✓All Amazon top-level departments

✓Display name + slug ID

✓Nested subcategories for fashion

✓Multi-country support

✓Near-static taxonomy (24h cache)

Use cases

Category Navigation

Build Amazon-style category navigation for your catalog app.

Best-Sellers Dashboards

Drive best-sellers widgets keyed on the official Amazon slugs.

Quick start

Copy this snippet and start making calls.

const res = await fetch('https://api.yepapi.com/v1/amazon/categories', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "country": "US"
  }),
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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Frequently asked questions

Fetch the full list of Amazon top-level categories for any country. Returns 59 departments with their display names and slug IDs — the same slugs used by the best-sellers endpoint.

Each API call costs $0.01. No monthly minimums or subscriptions — you only pay for what you use.

Sign up for a free API key, then send a POST request to /v1/amazon/categories. Check the code example above for a ready-to-use snippet in JavaScript, cURL, or Python.

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