Get detailed product information from Amazon by ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). Returns product title, price, description, images, reviews summary, seller info, shipping options, and other product attributes for the specified ASIN.
AI agents call merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced to retrieve information from Dataforseo without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
asin | string | Yes | product ID required field unique product identifier (ASIN) in Amazon you can receive the asin parameter by making a separate request to the merchant_amazon_prod |
language_code | string | — | language code required field example: "en_US" supported languages: ar_SA, ar_AE, zh_CN, zh_TW, cs_CZ, nl_NL, en_AU, en_CA, en_IN, en_AE, en_GB, en_US, fr_CA, fr |
location_name | string | — | full name of the location required field Location format - hierarchical, comma-separated (from most specific to least) Can be one of: 1. Country only: "United |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool queries Amazon's product data by ASIN and returns read-only information. There are no side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or used to trigger external operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal; an agent could only retrieve product information already publicly available. This is a straightforward data retrieval tool.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] detailed product information from Amazon' and 'Returns product title, price, description, images, reviews summary, seller info, shipping options, and other product attributes.' These are retrieval operations with no…
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Get detailed product information from Amazon by ASIN (Amazon Standard Identification Number). Returns product title, price, description, images, reviews summary, seller info, shipping options, and other product attributes for the specified ASIN. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataforseo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced accepts 3 parameters: asin, language_code, location_name. Required: asin. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Dataforseo MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Dataforseo. Nothing to install.
merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
merchant_amazon_asin_live_advanced is provided by the Dataforseo MCP server (dataforseo-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.