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Categories & attributes

Categories are a hierarchical set of groups in which publications of a similar nature are listed, called “Category Tree”. These categories help users to easily find the type of publication they want and each site (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, etc.) has its own set of categories. To help you, we recommend using the category predictor that suggests the best category according to the product title. Otherwise, before posting a car, you should explore the category structure and choose which one you want to post to. An attribute serves to represent a characteristic of the item, for example from now on Brand and Model are mandatory attributes to be able to publish. Remember that the attributes vary according to the category.

Look at our webinar on Category Predictor:




Contents

→Categories
→Categories predictor
→Category-specific attributes
→Mandatory attributes
→Top values
→Dump categories
→Search by category
→Paging & sizing results
→Default values
→Limit
→Offset
→Define a range of results


Categories

The Sites resource can give you the category structure for a particular country, in this case Argentina.

Request:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/categories

Response:

[

    {

        "id": "MLA5725",

        "name": "Accesorios para Vehículos"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1512",

        "name": "Agro"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1403",

        "name": "Alimentos y Bebidas"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1071",

        "name": "Animales y Mascotas"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1367",

        "name": "Antigüedades y Colecciones"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1368",

        "name": "Arte, Librería y Mercería"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1743",

        "name": "Autos, Motos y Otros"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1384",

        "name": "Bebés"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1246",

        "name": "Belleza y Cuidado Personal"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1039",

        "name": "Cámaras y Accesorios"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1051",

        "name": "Celulares y Teléfonos"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1648",

        "name": "Computación"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1144",

        "name": "Consolas y Videojuegos"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1276",

        "name": "Deportes y Fitness"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA5726",

        "name": "Electrodomésticos y Aires Ac."

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1000",

        "name": "Electrónica, Audio y Video"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA2547",

        "name": "Entradas para Eventos"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA407134",

        "name": "Herramientas y Construcción"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1574",

        "name": "Hogar, Muebles y Jardín"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1499",

        "name": "Industrias y Oficinas"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1459",

        "name": "Inmuebles"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1182",

        "name": "Instrumentos Musicales"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA3937",

        "name": "Joyas y Relojes"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1132",

        "name": "Juegos y Juguetes"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA3025",

        "name": "Libros, Revistas y Comics"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1168",

        "name": "Música, Películas y Series"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1430",

        "name": "Ropa y Accesorios"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA409431",

        "name": "Salud y Equipamiento Médico"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1540",

        "name": "Servicios"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA9304",

        "name": "Souvenirs, Cotillón y Fiestas"

    },

    {

        "id": "MLA1953",

        "name": "Otras categorías"

    }

]

For second level categories or information related to specific categories, you must use the /categories resource and send the category ID as a parameter. Let's see what we find in category MLA1743 "Auto, Motos y Otros".

Request:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/categories/MLA1743

Response:

{

    "id": "MLA1743",

    "name": "Autos, Motos y Otros",

    "picture": "http://resources.mlstatic.com/category/images/e1a43666-ad57-4b8b-b405-f9d04dbbd8fc.png",

    "permalink": "http://www.mercadolibre.com.ar/vehiculos/",

    "total_items_in_this_category": 176713,

    "path_from_root": [

        {

            "id": "MLA1743",

            "name": "Autos, Motos y Otros"

        }

    ],

    "children_categories": [

        {

            "id": "MLA93412",

            "name": "Autos Chocados y Averiados",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 1406

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1745",

            "name": "Autos de Colección",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 2670

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1744",

            "name": "Autos y Camionetas",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 104271

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA58254",

            "name": "Camiones",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 3242

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA51547",

            "name": "Colectivos",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 555

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA7312",

            "name": "Maquinaria Agrícola",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 3644

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA405183",

            "name": "Maquinaria Vial",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 2293

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA80579",

            "name": "Motorhomes",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 984

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1763",

            "name": "Motos",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 38878

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1785",

            "name": "Náutica",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 7730

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1784",

            "name": "Planes de Ahorro",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 1708

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA93430",

            "name": "Semirremolques",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 1147

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1907",

            "name": "Otros Vehículos",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 8081

        }

    ],

    "attribute_types": "none",

    "settings": {

        "adult_content": false,

        "buying_allowed": false,

        "buying_modes": [

            "classified"

        ],

        "catalog_domain": null,

        "coverage_areas": "not_allowed",

        "currencies": [

            "USD",

            "ARS"

        ],

        "fragile": false,

        "immediate_payment": "optional",

        "item_conditions": [

            "used",

            "not_specified",

            "new"

        ],

        "items_reviews_allowed": false,

        "listing_allowed": false,

        "max_description_length": 50000,

        "max_pictures_per_item": 15,

        "max_pictures_per_item_var": 6,

        "max_sub_title_length": 70,

        "max_title_length": 60,

        "maximum_price": null,

        "minimum_price": null,

        "mirror_category": null,

        "mirror_master_category": null,

        "mirror_slave_categories": [],

        "price": "required",

        "reservation_allowed": "mandatory",

        "restrictions": [],

        "rounded_address": false,

        "seller_contact": "optional",

        "shipping_modes": [

            "not_specified",

            "custom"

        ],

        "shipping_options": [],

        "shipping_profile": "not_allowed",

        "show_contact_information": true,

        "simple_shipping": "not_allowed",

        "stock": "required",

        "sub_vertical": null,

        "subscribable": false,

        "tags": [],

        "vertical": "motors",

        "vip_subdomain": "vehiculo",

        "buyer_protection_programs": [

            "delivered",

            "undelivered"

        ],

        "status": "enabled"

    },

    "meta_categ_id": null,

    "attributable": false,

    "date_created": "2018-04-25T08:12:56.000Z"

}

Realiza una llamada a una categoría en particular, encontrarás todos los atributos disponibles y puedes saber si son obligatorios u opcionales para publicar en la categoría. Por ejemplo, para explorar el árbol de categorías debes utilizar “path_from_root” para conocer los niveles anteriores y "children_categories" para los niveles abajo. Realizaremos otra llamada, ahora en la categoría MLA1744, que es la categoría de los automóviles.

Request:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/categories/MLA1744

Response:

{

    "id": "MLA1744",

    "name": "Autos y Camionetas",

    "picture": "http://resources.mlstatic.com/category/images/470e5a62-5d07-432a-8f00-6a67b2ffada8.png",

    "permalink": null,

    "total_items_in_this_category": 104271,

    "path_from_root": [

        {

            "id": "MLA1743",

            "name": "Autos, Motos y Otros"

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1744",

            "name": "Autos y Camionetas"

        }

    ],

    "children_categories": [

        {

            "id": "MLA6039",

            "name": "Alfa Romeo",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 199

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA411489",

            "name": "Aro",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 11

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA10356",

            "name": "Asia",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 8

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA420506",

            "name": "Aston Martin",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 0

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5782",

            "name": "Audi",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 3375

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA410981",

            "name": "BAIC",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 108

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5783",

            "name": "BMW",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 2184

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA422397",

            "name": "Changan",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 58

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA42429",

            "name": "Chery",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 698

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA3185",

            "name": "Chevrolet",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 12132

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA4357",

            "name": "Chrysler",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 186

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5779",

            "name": "Citroën",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 3786

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA411740",

            "name": "Dacia",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 4

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5680",

            "name": "Daewoo",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 21

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6619",

            "name": "Daihatsu",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 33

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA412008",

            "name": "DFSK",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 97

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6671",

            "name": "Dodge",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 510

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA411856",

            "name": "DS",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 123

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA97714",

            "name": "Ferrari",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 23

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA3174",

            "name": "Fiat",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 11657

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA3180",

            "name": "Ford",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 9319

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA410982",

            "name": "Foton",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 67

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA406048",

            "name": "Geely",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 104

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA413791",

            "name": "Great Wall",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 43

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA413792",

            "name": "Haval",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 116

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5791",

            "name": "Honda",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 1555

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA8509",

            "name": "Hummer",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 8

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5683",

            "name": "Hyundai",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 788

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6599",

            "name": "Isuzu",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 50

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA412827",

            "name": "Iveco",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 33

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA417839",

            "name": "JAC",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 61

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA83415",

            "name": "Jaguar",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 42

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6600",

            "name": "Jeep",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 3015

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA7079",

            "name": "Kia",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 909

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA7219",

            "name": "Lada",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 8

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA8125",

            "name": "Land Rover",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 175

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA412093",

            "name": "Lexus",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 7

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA389337",

            "name": "Lifan",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 248

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA407429",

            "name": "Maserati",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 25

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5681",

            "name": "Mazda",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 39

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6038",

            "name": "Mercedes Benz",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 2717

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA8480",

            "name": "Mini",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 377

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5743",

            "name": "Mitsubishi",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 366

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6173",

            "name": "Nissan",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 1525

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA4100",

            "name": "Peugeot",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 8293

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA8503",

            "name": "Porsche",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 179

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA411743",

            "name": "Proton",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 0

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA99993",

            "name": "Ram",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 461

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA3205",

            "name": "Renault",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 11829

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6041",

            "name": "Rover",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 48

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA411512",

            "name": "Saab",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 4

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6109",

            "name": "Seat",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 58

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA440813",

            "name": "Sero Electric",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 6

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA413532",

            "name": "Shineray",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 94

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA106929",

            "name": "Smart",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 127

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA11927",

            "name": "Ssangyong",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 23

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA7078",

            "name": "Subaru",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 121

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA6583",

            "name": "Suzuki",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 329

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA11807",

            "name": "Tata",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 8

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA5753",

            "name": "Toyota",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 5099

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA3196",

            "name": "Volkswagen",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 19957

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA440812",

            "name": "Volt Motors",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 0

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA7080",

            "name": "Volvo",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 179

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA417354",

            "name": "Zanella",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 4

        },

        {

            "id": "MLA1939",

            "name": "Otras Marcas",

            "total_items_in_this_category": 313

        }

    ],

    "attribute_types": "attributes",

    "settings": {

        "adult_content": false,

        "buying_allowed": false,

        "buying_modes": [

            "classified"

        ],

        "catalog_domain": "MLA-CARS_AND_VANS",

        "coverage_areas": "not_allowed",

        "currencies": [

            "USD",

            "ARS"

        ],

        "fragile": false,

        "immediate_payment": "optional",

        "item_conditions": [

            "used",

            "not_specified",

            "new"

        ],

        "items_reviews_allowed": false,

        "listing_allowed": false,

        "max_description_length": 50000,

        "max_pictures_per_item": 15,

        "max_pictures_per_item_var": 6,

        "max_sub_title_length": 70,

        "max_title_length": 60,

        "maximum_price": null,

        "minimum_price": null,

        "mirror_category": null,

        "mirror_master_category": null,

        "mirror_slave_categories": [],

        "price": "required",

        "reservation_allowed": "mandatory",

        "restrictions": [],

        "rounded_address": false,

        "seller_contact": "optional",

        "shipping_modes": [

            "not_specified",

            "custom"

        ],

        "shipping_options": [],

        "shipping_profile": "not_allowed",

        "show_contact_information": true,

        "simple_shipping": "not_allowed",

        "stock": "required",

        "sub_vertical": "cars",

        "subscribable": false,

        "tags": [],

        "vertical": "motors",

        "vip_subdomain": "auto",

        "buyer_protection_programs": [

            "delivered",

            "undelivered"

        ],

        "status": "enabled"

    },

    "meta_categ_id": null,

    "attributable": true,

    "date_created": "2018-04-25T08:12:56.000Z"

}

Categories predictor

To identify the best category for your post, make a GET request on the /domain_discovery resource from the title provided. In the answer, the first is the one with the highest probability.


Mandatory parameters
site_id: the site where you make the publication.
q: the title of the article to be predicted and must be completely in the language of the site.


Optional parameters

limit: by default, the limit will be 4 with a maximum of 8, so you could define a limit between 1 to 8.
target: it can be composed of core (Product) or classified (Classified) depending on the vertical in which you are publishing.

Request:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/$SITE_ID/domain_discovery/search?q=$Q

Example:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/domain_discovery/search?limit=1&q=fiat%20uno

Response:

[
    {
        "domain_id": "MLA-CARS_AND_VANS",
        "domain_name": "Autos y camionetas",
        "category_id": "MLA24322",
        "category_name": "Uno",
        "attributes": []
    }
]

Response fields

domain_id: ID of the domain you predict for the article.
domain_name: domain name you predict.
category_id: ID of the category you predict for the article.
category_name: name of the category you predict.
attributes: list of attributes for the predicted category.


Category-specific attributes

For the specific attributes and possible values ​​of the categories to publish a car, see the /attributes resource.

Request:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/categories/MLA1744/attributes

Short response:

[
    {
        "id": "BRAND",
        "name": "Marca",
        "tags": {
            "catalog_required": true,
            "required": true
        },
        "hierarchy": "PARENT_PK",
        "relevance": 1,
        "value_type": "string",
        "value_max_length": 255,
        "values": [
        ...
           {
                "id": "389168",
                "name": "Chery"
            },
            {
                "id": "58955",
                "name": "Chevrolet"
            },
            {
                "id": "66395",
                "name": "Chrysler"
            },
            {
                "id": "389169",
                "name": "Citroën"
            },
        ...
        ],
        "attribute_group_id": "FIND",
        "attribute_group_name": "Ficha técnica"
    },
    {
        "id": "MODEL",
        "name": "Modelo",
        "tags": {
            "catalog_required": true,
            "required": true
        },
        "hierarchy": "PARENT_PK",
        "relevance": 1,
        "value_type": "string",
        "value_max_length": 255,
        "values": [
        ...
            {
                "id": "389394",
                "name": "Aircross"
            },
            {
                "id": "389395",
                "name": "Airtrek"
            },
            {
                "id": "71720",
                "name": "Albea"
            },
            {
                "id": "60597",
                "name": "Alhambra"
            },
            {
                "id": "64101",
                "name": "Alliance"
            },
        ...
        ],
        "attribute_group_id": "FIND",
        "attribute_group_name": "Ficha técnica"
    },
    {
        "id": "VEHICLE_YEAR",
        "name": "Año",
        "tags": {
            "required": true
        },
        "hierarchy": "PARENT_PK",
        "relevance": 1,
        "value_type": "number",
        "value_max_length": 18,
        "attribute_group_id": "FIND",
        "attribute_group_name": "Ficha técnica"
    },
    {
        "id": "TRIM",
        "name": "Versión",
        "tags": {
            "catalog_required": true,
            "required": true
        },
        "hierarchy": "PARENT_PK",
        "relevance": 1,
        "value_type": "string",
        "value_max_length": 255,
        "attribute_group_id": "FIND",
        "attribute_group_name": "Ficha técnica"
    },
   {
   ...
   }
]
Notes:
- In the response are all the attributes referring to the category. As the result is very large, the example is limited.
- It is important to include the attributes of a publication's data sheet and thus fulfill the goal Listing Quality.

Mandatory attributes

The mandatory attributes are configured as “required” in the category detail. In the example above, you can see what price and stock are required. Coverage areas are not allowed and the seller_contact is optional.


Top values

Important:
This resource is available only for the countries Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay for the CARS_AND_VANS domain.

With this resource you will be able to know what are the most used values ​​for a specific attribute of a domain. You can also further search by indicating other attribute values ​​so that only the values ​​that apply to them are listed.
Sellers will be able to use the values ​​obtained to choose the correct one among them and improve the quality of the publications.

Mandatory parameters

domain_id: is the ID of the domain we want to refer to.

attribute_id: is the ID of the attribute for which we need to know the most used values.


Optionals parameters

limit: is the limit of results that is requested has a maximum of 1000.

metric_type: It is the metric by which the results will be ordered, in principle only NOLs are supported (new publications in the last 90 days). The only parameter at the moment is NOL_90. Soon, we will add new criteria. Example: metric_type = NOL_90.

To identify the recommended and known attributes, you must perform a POST.

Simple rrequest with a single attribute

curl -X POST https://api.mercadolibre.com/catalog_domains/$DOMAIN_ID/attributes/$ATTRIBUTE_ID/top_values

Example:

curl -X POST https://api.mercadolibre.com/catalog_domains/MLA-CARS_AND_VANS/attributes/BRAND/top_values

Response:<7

[

    {

        "id": "60249",

        "name": "Volkswagen",

        "metric": 7987

    },

    {

        "id": "66432",

        "name": "Ford",

        "metric": 5619

    },

    {

        "id": "9909",

        "name": "Renault",

        "metric": 4659

    },

    {

        "id": "58955",

        "name": "Chevrolet",

        "metric": 4319

    },

    {

        "id": "60279",

        "name": "Peugeot",

        "metric": 4285

    },

    {

        "id": "67781",

        "name": "Fiat",

        "metric": 4172

    },

…

]

Example with more than one attribute

Request:

curl -X POST https://api.mercadolibre.com/catalog_domains/$DOMAIN_ID/attributes/$ATTRIBUTE_ID/top_values

{

    "known_attributes": [

        {

            "id": "attributes.id",

            "value_id": "attributes.value_id"

        }

    ]

}

Example:

curl -X POST https://api.mercadolibre.com/catalog_domains/MLA-CARS_AND_VANS/attributes/MODEL/top_values

{

    "known_attributes": [

        {

            "id": "BRAND",

            "value_id": "60249"

        }

    ]

}

In this case, the content of the response will be the most used models of the 6249 Volkswagen brand.

Note:
The list of known_attributes represents the set of attributes that will be taken into account for the calculation of top values.

Dump categories

Remember that we recommend using the category predictor in your development, but if you prefer, you can download the category tree for the country's site for offline processing. This resource returns the category tree in JSON format within a gzip encoded response. To get the Argentina categories, use this URL:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/all

It contains 2 headers that can be used to check when the last dump was generated.

X-Content-Created [contenido X creado]: contains the date of the last generation.

X-Content-MD5: Contains the latest generation MD5 checksum.

Request:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/all

Response:

HTTP/2 200 

content-type: application/json

content-length: 0

date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:40:14 GMT

x-amz-id-2: VTcFVSUdn06VM4dbsuP5vZyHQ5fycw3kHjUgzRxEzSJxSJfEuYpr9DlHZ6ab+2DPvJ/SD97R7OQ=

x-amz-replication-status: COMPLETED

x-amz-request-id: 8BA998DE0241013D

x-amz-version-id: nhcoZXYi83Rh5CjxRYMmFLRIPO_cz7yl

x-content-type-options: nosniff

x-request-id: 071f0a43-1b95-4b04-accd-77646bd6dc3e

x-frame-options: DENY

x-xss-protection: 1; mode=block

access-control-allow-origin: *

access-control-allow-headers: Content-Type

access-control-allow-methods: PUT, GET, POST, DELETE, OPTIONS

access-control-max-age: 86400

accept-ranges: bytes

last-modified: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 20:01:12 GMT

cache-control: max-age=300

content-encoding: gzip

x-content-created: 2020-04-29T20:01:12.000Z

x-content-md5: 7526ed93467ec227359522beac126d82

x-cache: Miss from cloudfront

via: 1.1 b7b2667a8f791fb60d70bb1835ef9b2b.cloudfront.net (CloudFront)

x-amz-cf-pop: GRU1-C1

x-amz-cf-id: bvgXHVEFMS1BSLQCqEJxXmUL6zMRQQnCHBCCJMg78WUfPLVYGubO8Q==

Search by category

The search operation returns publications that belong to a Mercado Libre publication category; While there may be a lot of posts in certain categories, don't worry, you can paginate the results. Read about pagination in search results. To access all the posts in a certain category, you have to do the following:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/MLA/search?category=MLA5726

The search response has a large number of parameters. Use the http OPTIONS method to get a JSON-encoded response that will describe the API, with all the methods and connections allowed between another part of the API.


Paging & sizing results

Now you can work with specific sets of results every time you make a call to the resource. Most of the resources have common url parameters to paginate and size limit and offset results.

Default values

The default values ​​are offset=0 and limit=50.

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/search?q=ipod nano

In the pagination section of the JSON response, you can see the total number of posts matching the search and the offset value with the default limit applied.

.....

  "paging": {

    "total": 285,

    "offset": 0,

    "limit": 50,

  }

  .....

Limit

To reduce the page size, you can change the limit parameter. For example, if you are interested in retrieving only the first 3 posts.

Example:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/search?q=ipod nano&limit=3

This action retrieves a JSON data with a set of 3 posts, as in the answer below:

{

  "site_id": "MLA",

  "query": "ipod nano",

  "paging": {

    "total": 284,

    "offset": 0,

    "limit": 3,

  },

  "results": [

    {...},

    {...},

    {...},

  ],

  "sort": {...},

  "available_sorts": [...],

  "filters": [...],

  "available_filters": [...],

}

Offset

By using the offset attribute, you can move the lower limit of the result block. For example, if you are interested in retrieving the 50 posts that follow the default answer.

Example:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/search?q=ipod nano&offset=50

Response:

{

  "site_id": "MLA",

  "query": "ipod nano",

  "paging": {

    "total": 285,

    "offset": 50,

    "limit": 50,

  },

  "results": [...],

  "sort": {...},

  "available_sorts": [...],

  "filters": [...],

  "available_filters": [...],

}

Esta respuesta recupera 50 publicaciones a partir de los primeros cincuenta.


Define a range of results

It is possible to combine both parameters. You can retrieve posts from 3rd to 6th in the original search result:

curl -X GET https://api.mercadolibre.com/sites/MLA/search?q=ipod nano&offset=3&limit=3

This action retrieves a JSON data with a set of 3 posts, as illustrated below:

{

  "site_id": "MLA",

  "query": "ipod nano",

  "paging": {

    "total": 285,

    "offset": 3,

    "limit": 3,

  },

  "results": [

    {...},

    {...},

    {...},

  ],

  "sort": {...},

  "available_sorts": [...],

  "filters": [...],

  "available_filters": [...],

}