How it works
6 pages
- Platforms & marketplacesA platform is a retailer, a marketplace is one of its regional storefronts. Every call names one of each, and gets the same response shape whichever it picks.3 min read
- Item idsScrapely identifies products by each retailer's own id: ASINs on Amazon, item ids on Walmart, TCINs on Target, SKUs on Best Buy. How to find them, how they are cleaned up, and what happens to a bad one.2 min read
- Tiers & creditsPay as you go: buy credit packs, spend them per item at the tier you choose, and get every failed lookup refunded. No subscriptions; credits never expire.2 min read
- Responses & statusesEvery item endpoint answers the same way: one result per item, each with a status that tells you what to do and whether you paid, plus a summary and the cost.3 min read
- Errors & retriesEvery error has the same shape and a stable code. Branch on the code, show the message, and retry only what is worth retrying.4 min read
- Rate limits & concurrencyTwo separate limits: concurrency (how many item calls run at once, per account) and request rate (API calls per second, per key).1 min read