Search Amazon products by keyword and get the list of matching items. Returns product titles, ASINs, prices, ratings, images, sponsored placements, and other SERP-like results for the specified keyword on Amazon.
AI agents call merchant_amazon_products_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 |
|---|---|---|---|
keyword | string | Yes | keyword required field the keyword that will be searched for on Amazon; example: "shoes" |
sort_by | string | — | results sorting rules optional field supported values: relevance, price_low_to_high, price_high_to_low, featured, avg_customer_review, newest_arrival example: " |
price_max | integer | — | maximum product price optional field maximum price of the returned products listed on Amazon for the specified query example: 100 Note: if you specify price_max |
price_min | integer | — | minimum product price optional field minimum price of the returned products listed on Amazon for the specified query example: 5 Note: if you specify price_min, |
department | string | — | amazon product department optional field specify one of the supported amazon departments for extracting product listings |
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: |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
This tool retrieves and queries publicly available Amazon product data based on search parameters. It has no side effects, does not modify any data, and does not execute code or trigger financial transactions. It is a straightforward Read operation that queries an external API for product information.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Search[es] Amazon products by keyword and get[s] the list of matching items.' Returns 'product titles, ASINs, prices, ratings, images, sponsored placements, and other SERP-like results' — purely data retrieval with no modification,…
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Search Amazon products by keyword and get the list of matching items. Returns product titles, ASINs, prices, ratings, images, sponsored placements, and other SERP-like results for the specified keyword on Amazon. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Dataforseo MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
merchant_amazon_products_live_advanced accepts 7 parameters: keyword, sort_by, price_max, price_min, department, language_code, location_name. Required: keyword. 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_products_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_products_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_products_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_products_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_products_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.