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1. Deals API

If you would like to query for deals against the api you can use the following to search or browse through all available deals in a catalog. A merchant type is used to categorize a merchant.

Request URL

http://api.popshops.com/v2/brgymtenmw5ea9unauesmh9nz/deals.xml?catalog_key=48qsligejm5qng6cv5waprcoq&include_deal_ids=1

Sample requests

Find deals with the term "free" in their name:
http://api.popshops.com/v2/brgymtenmw5ea9unauesmh9nz/deals.xml?catalog_key=48qsligejm5qng6cv5waprcoq&keywords=free

Find deals for free shipping:
http://api.popshops.com/v2/brgymtenmw5ea9unauesmh9nz/deals.xml?catalog_key=48qsligejm5qng6cv5waprcoq&deal_type_id=1

Required request parameters

Field Value Description
catalog_key 48qsligejm5qng6cv5waprcoq Unique key identifying a catalog of merchants. This key is assigned by Rakuten PopShops and can be found in your settings.

Optional request parameters

Field Value Description
keywords string A list of keywords to search across your catalog merchants. keywords=ipod Is a basic search for products containing the keyword "ipod"
keywords=ipod -case is a search for products containing the keyword "ipod" and NOT containing the keyword "case"
deal_type_id integer A Rakuten PopShops deal_type id, limiting deals to a specific deal type (Free shipping, Gift, Sales/Clearance, etc.)
deal_sort
  • start_on_asc
  • start_on_desc
  • end_on_asc
  • end_on_desc
  • merchant_name_asc
  • merchant_name_desc
 Newest start on dates, latest start on dates, newest end on dates, oldest end on dates, merchant names a-z, merchant names z-a
specific
  • 1 or 0
 Indicates whether or not the deal is specific to certain products for a merchant, or if the deal applies to all products from a merchant. The default response brings back both specific and non-specific.
start_on mm/dd/yyyy The date a deal starts on.
end_on mm/dd/yyyy The date a deal ends on.
start_on_min mm/dd/yyyy The earliest date a deal starts on. This can be used with the start_on_max to bring back a list of deals beginning within a specified date range.
start_on_max mm/dd/yyyy The latest date a deal starts on. This can be used with the start_on_min to bring back a list of deals beginning within a specified date range.
end_on_min mm/dd/yyyy The earliest date a deal ends on. This can be used with the end_on_max to bring back a list of deals expiring within a specified date range.
end_on_max mm/dd/yyyy The latest_date a deal ends on. This can be used with the end_on_min to bring back a list of deals expiring within a specified date range.
merchant_id integer A Rakuten PopShops merchant id, limiting deals to a specific merchant
merchant_type_id integer A Rakuten PopShops merchant_type id, limiting deals to a specific merchant type (Appliances, Apparel, Jewelry, etc.)
deal_limit 1 - 100 default is 25 Number of deals to display at a time.
deal_offset integer default is 0 Number to offset the deal results by. For example, to display page 11 with 10 deals per page the deal_limit should be set to 10 and deal_offset should be 110.
url_subid string Custom subid/sid to be appended in any final affiliate deal urls.
include_deal_ids boolean1 or 0 Deal id information will be included on deal nodes. Defaults to 0.

Response fields

Field Description
search_results Contains all of the query responses. Attributes:
  • keywords: any keywords passed in
  • deal_type_id: any deal_type_id passed in
  • deal_sort: any deal_sort passed in
  • specific: any specific passed in
  • start_on: any start_on passed in
  • end_on: any end_on passed in
  • start_on_min: any start_on_min passed in
  • start_on_max: any start_on_max passed in
  • end_on_min: any end_on_min passed in
  • end_on_max: any end_on_max passed in
  • deal_limit: any product_limit passed in
  • deal_offset: any product_offset passed in
  • merchant_id: any merchant_id passed in
  • merchant_type_id: any merchant_type_id passed in
deals Contains deals available matching the query. Attributes:
  • total_count: Total number of deals matching the query.
  • restrictions: Global restrictions that apply to any deal returned.
deal Contains an individual deal. Attributes:
  • name: The name of the deal.
  • description: A description of the deal.
  • url: The redirect url for the deal.
  • image_url: If an image is available for the deal, this will be a url for that image.
  • specific: This is a boolean (true/false) indicating whether the deal is specific to a product, or applies to all products from the merchant.
  • start_on: The start date the deal is valid.
  • end_on: The end date the deal is no longer valid.
  • code: Any associated code for the deal. This is a code that would need to be used to redeem the deal.
  • deal_type_ids: The deal_type id indicating what kind of deal this is.
  • restrictions: Any applicable restrictions unique to this deal or merchant.
  • merchant_id: A unique id for the merchant.
  • merchant_type_id: The id of the merchant_type the merchant of this deal belongs to.
  • id: unique id for specific deal
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2. Deal types API

You can use this to find a list of all available deal types. A deal type is used to categorize a deal. You can use deal_type ids to further filter product/deal queries.

Request URL

http://api.popshops.com/v2/brgymtenmw5ea9unauesmh9nz/deal_types.xml

Request parameters

None

Response fields

Field Description
deal_types Contains all of the query responses. Attributes:
  • total_count: the total count of deal types available
deal_type Contains individual deal types. Attributes:
  • id: Unique id for the deal type that can be used as a parameter value in deal queries.
  • name: The name of the deal type
  • deal_count: The total count of deals available for this specific deal type
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