Mapping amazon product category to the correct category XSD

Question

Within the _POST_PRODUCT_DATA_ feed the \"ProductData\" node contains data that is specific to the category that the item is within. How exactly though should the category t

Answer 1

Warning This is a fragile workaround at best - you have been warned!

There is no direct mapping from the ProductCategoryId to the XSD. However, there is roughly a one-to-one mapping between BTG (Browse Tree Guide)* and the Product XSD files* (minus the BMVD¹ categories).

The BTG's Node ID column corresponds to the ProductCategoryId. Once you find out which BTG the Self category belongs to you could safely assume that the corresponding XSD file is the correct one.

For example, the Self > ProductCategoryId of 166099011 is found in the Toys and Games BTG which corresponds to the Toys and Games XSD

¹Books, Music, Videos, and DVDs
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