# ScopeAPI Amazon Categories

> ScopeAPI Amazon Categories is a paid API for AI agents from scopepay.vercel.app, paid per call via x402, $0.25/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Retrieves the list of Amazon product categories available for e-commerce data queries

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://scopepay.vercel.app/api/amazon/categories
- Price: $0.25/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/scopeapi-amazon-categories-b1815974
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_MM5l_HrkRAYZetmqTmYUc

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability scopeapi-amazon-categories-b1815974
```

Example prompt: Can you pull the list of Amazon product categories available through ScopeAPI so I can see which departments I can dig into for e-commerce data?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need to enumerate or browse the available Amazon product category taxonomy before making more targeted product or market queries. Ideal as a discovery step to understand what category-level data is available before drilling into specific categories.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or invalid API key returns 401 unauthorized
- Payment not completed via x402/USDC returns 402 Payment Required
- Rate limit exceeded returns 429 Too Many Requests
- Upstream Amazon data unavailable returns 503 Service Unavailable
- Malformed query parameters return 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

37 paid REST endpoints: Facebook social & ads intelligence, Amazon e-commerce data, job market intelligence. Pay per call via x402 micropayments (USDC on Base).

## Output

A JSON object with a 'data' field containing the list of Amazon product categories and a 'source' field identifying 'ScopeAPI' as the provider.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {},
  "source": "ScopeAPI"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/scopeapi-amazon-categories-b1815974/health.json
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