---
title: "Get Amazon Author Information"
method: GET
path: "/api/amazon/author"
tags: ["Amazon"]
---

# Get Amazon Author Information

`GET /api/amazon/author`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://rest.canopyapi.co`
- URL: `https://rest.canopyapi.co/api/amazon/author`
- Auth: API key in header `API-KEY`

## Query parameters

- `asin` string, required: The asin ID for the author (e.g. B017M7UJX6)
- `domain` 'US' | 'UK' | 'CA' | 'DE' | 'FR' | 'IT' | 'ES' | 'AU' | 'IN' | 'MX' | 'BR' | 'JP' | 'PL' | 'AE' | 'SG' | 'NL' | 'SE': The domain for fetching author data, defaults to US.
- `page` number: The page number requested for book results

## Headers

- `API-KEY` string, required: API key for authentication

## Response `200`

Returns Amazon author information

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `amazonAuthor` object, required
      - `name` string
      - `url` string
      - `imageUrl` string
      - `biography` string
      - `bookResults` object
        - `results` object[]
          - `title` string
          - `url` string
          - `asin` string
          - `price` AmazonProductPrice
            - `symbol` string, required
            - `value` number, required
            - `currency` string, required
            - `display` string, required
          - `mainImageUrl` string
          - `rating` number
          - `ratingsTotal` number
          - `isPrime` boolean
          - `sponsored` boolean
          - `authors` object[]
            - `name` string
            - `url` string
        - `pageInfo` AmazonPageInfo
          - `currentPage` number
          - `totalPages` number
          - `hasNextPage` boolean
          - `hasPrevPage` boolean
          - `totalResults` number

## Other responses

- `400`: Input Validation Error
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `500`: Internal Server Error - request failed

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