Amazon contains valuable data -- product listings, prices, ratings, review counts, and more. Scraping this data directly means dealing with anti-bot detection, CAPTCHAs, IP rotation, and constantly breaking selectors. The Scavio API handles all of that and returns clean, structured JSON from a single POST request.
This tutorial shows you how to scrape Amazon using PHP and the Scavio API. By the end, you will have a working PHP script that fetches real-time Amazon data and parses the results.
Prerequisites
- PHP installed on your machine
- A Scavio API key (free tier includes 50 credits on signup -- no credit card required)
Step 1: Install Dependencies
cURL is built into PHP, so there is nothing to install.
# The cURL extension ships with PHPStep 2: Make Your First Amazon Search
Send a POST request to the Scavio Amazon API endpoint with your query. The API returns structured JSON with product listings, prices, ratings, and more.
<?php
// Amazon search has no sort parameter - rows come back in the marketplace's own ranking.
// Use country (us, gb, de, ...) to pick the marketplace.
$apiKey = "sk_live_your_key";
$query = "mechanical keyboard";
$ch = curl_init("https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/amazon/search");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer $apiKey",
"Content-Type: application/json",
],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["query" => $query, "country" => "us"]),
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);Step 3: Example Response
The API returns structured JSON. Here is an example response for a Amazon search:
{
"data": {
"query": "laptop",
"page": 1,
"count": 16,
"products": [
{
"asin": "B0GRVFY42Q",
"title": "HP 15.6\" FHD Laptop 2026 Edition, Intel Processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD",
"url": "https://www.amazon.com/HP-Laptop-Intel-Processor-256GB/dp/B0GRVFY42Q",
"image": "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71sTXs4lkqL._AC_UY218_.jpg",
"price": 414.99,
"currency": "USD",
"rating": 4.2,
"reviews_count": 517,
"is_sponsored": false,
"position": 3
}
]
},
"response_time": 3120,
"credits_used": 1,
"credits_remaining": 4820
}Every field is structured and typed -- no HTML parsing, no CSS selectors, no regex extraction. Your PHP code can access any field directly.
Step 4: Full Working Example
Here is a complete, runnable PHP script that searches Amazon and prints the results:
<?php
/**
* Search Amazon data with the Scavio API.
* POST /api/v1/amazon/search - rows come back under data.products.
*/
// Amazon search has no sort parameter - rows come back in the marketplace's own ranking.
// Use country (us, gb, de, ...) to pick the marketplace.
const API_URL = "https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/amazon/search";
function search_amazon(string $query): array {
$apiKey = getenv("SCAVIO_API_KEY");
$ch = curl_init(API_URL);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer $apiKey",
"Content-Type: application/json",
],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(["query" => $query, "country" => "us"]),
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
if ($httpCode !== 200) {
throw new Exception("Scavio API error: $httpCode");
}
return json_decode($response, true);
}
$data = search_amazon("mechanical keyboard");
echo json_encode($data, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT);Why Use Scavio Instead of Scraping Amazon Directly?
- No proxy management. Direct scraping requires rotating proxies to avoid IP bans. Scavio handles all of this server-side.
- No CAPTCHA solving. Amazon aggressively blocks automated requests. Scavio returns clean data every time.
- Structured JSON output. No HTML parsing or CSS selector maintenance. Get typed, consistent data from every request.
- Multi-platform in one API. Search Google, Amazon, YouTube, and Walmart from the same API key with the same authentication pattern.
- Free tier included. 50 credits on signup with no credit card required. Each search costs 1 credit.