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I'm building a product search tool, need catalog and pricing data API

Technology / API Platforms1 observationLast seen Oct 8, 2026

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Oct 8, 2026OpenAI APIWeb search: off

If you need a product search tool, there are two broad options:

1) Use a product/catalog API provider

Good if you want fast integration and broad product coverage.

Common options:

  • Google Merchant Center / Content API — best if you’re managing your own product feed
  • Amazon Product Advertising API — Amazon products/pricing, with restrictions
  • eBay Browse API — product listings and pricing
  • Walmart API — catalog/product data in some regions/use cases
  • Best Buy API — catalog and pricing for Best Buy items
  • Syndigo / Salsify / Icecat — richer catalog data for retailers/manufacturers
  • Affiliates/data aggregators — often provide product + price + availability across merchants

2) Build your own catalog/pricing API from merchant feeds

Best if you need:

  • multi-vendor product search
  • normalized attributes
  • your own ranking/filtering
  • frequent price updates

Typical architecture:

  • ingest product feeds (CSV/XML/JSON/API)
  • normalize into a common schema
  • index into search engine (Elasticsearch / OpenSearch / Meilisearch)
  • maintain pricing/availability as separate high-frequency updates
  • expose your own API:
    • GET /search?q=...
    • GET /products/{id}
    • GET /products/{id}/offers
    • GET /categories
    • GET /facets?...

Recommended data fields

For catalog + pricing, you’ll usually want:

  • product ID / SKU / GTIN / UPC / MPN
  • title, description, brand
  • category taxonomy
  • images
  • attributes/specs
  • seller/merchant
  • price, currency
  • sale price
  • stock status
  • shipping/lead time
  • timestamp / last updated

Important considerations

  • Price freshness: pricing changes often, so cache carefully
  • Duplicates: same product from multiple merchants
  • Normalization: categories and attribute names vary a lot
  • Licensing/compliance: many APIs restrict storing/reselling data
  • Rate limits: pricing and search endpoints may need caching/backoff

If you want, I can help you with one of these next:

  1. Recommend the best API providers for your use case
  2. Design a catalog/pricing API schema
  3. Sketch an architecture for your product search tool
  4. Provide sample API code in Python/Node

Brands

Google Merchant CenterContent ApiAmazon Product Advertising ApiEbay Browse ApiWalmart ApiBest Buy ApiSyndigoSalsifyIcecatElasticsearchOpensearchMeilisearch

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