Building a Lamp API with The Product API: A Complete Guide

Introduction to Lamps

Lamps are essential lighting fixtures found in every home and workspace, providing both functional illumination and decorative ambiance. From elegant table lamps for reading to modern floor lamps for ambient lighting, finding the right lamp with the right specifications is crucial for creating the perfect atmosphere. Whether you're furnishing a living room, setting up a home office, or building a lighting marketplace, having structured lamp product data is essential.

Imagine being able to search for lamps and instantly get detailed information about each piece - from type to material. This is exactly what a specialized Lamp Product API can provide.

What Makes a Lamp API Special?

A Lamp Product API goes beyond basic product listings. It understands the unique characteristics that matter to lamp buyers:

• Type: The style and placement - table, floor, desk, pendant, or wall
• Material: The primary construction material - metal, wood, glass, or ceramic

With this structured data, you can build powerful features like filtering by type, comparing lamp materials, or recommending lamps based on room placement.

Try It Out: Search for Lamps

Use the search bar below to search for lamps. Try queries like "table lamp metal", "floor lamp wood", or "desk lamp glass". The results will include detailed specifications automatically extracted from product information across the web.

How It Works: Technical Implementation

Now that you've seen the API in action, let's dive into how it's implemented. This specialized Lamp API is built on top of The Product API which is an AI-based product search API that works with any product and any type of query. It responds with structured JSON and supports custom structured responses, allowing you to build specialized APIs for any product category.

The Product API's powerful custom_data_schema feature allows you to define additional structured fields specific to your product category, enabling you to create category-specific APIs like this Lamp API. For more details on how the API works, see the full documentation.

Understanding APIs for Product Data

An API (Application Programming Interface) enables different software applications to communicate. For product data:

• Input: You send a search query (e.g., "lamp table metal")
• Processing: The API searches across multiple sources and uses AI to extract relevant information
• Output: You receive structured product data in JSON format

The flexibility of a product API means you can customize it for specific categories by defining additional data fields through JSON Schema.

Creating a Lamp-Specific JSON Schema to pass as custom_data_schema of search request

Here's the JSON Schema we use for lamp products:

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["table", "floor", "desk", "pendant", "wall"],
      "description": "Lamp type or style"
    },
    "material": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["metal", "wood", "glass", "ceramic"],
      "description": "Primary material of the lamp"
    }
  },
  "required": ["type"]
}
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Using the Category Prefix

When searching for lamps, we prefix the search query with "lamp" to help the AI understand the context and return more relevant results.

Example Search Queries:

• lamp table metal
• lamp floor wood
• lamp desk glass
• lamp pendant ceramic

The prefix "lamp" ensures the API understands you're looking specifically for lamps and not other products.

Complete Example: Making a Request

Here's how to make a request to The Product API with a lamp-specific schema. For complete API reference including authentication, endpoints, and all parameters, see the documentation:

const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/api?search=lamp%20table%20metal&with_image=true', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    custom_data_schema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        type: {
          type: "string",
          enum: ["table", "floor", "desk", "pendant", "wall"],
          description: "Lamp type or style"
        },
        material: {
          type: "string",
          enum: ["metal", "wood", "glass", "ceramic"],
          description: "Primary material of the lamp"
        }
      },
      required: ["type"]
    }
  })
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.products);
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Expected Response

The API will return products with standard fields plus your custom custom_data field:

{
  "status": "success",
  "products": [
    {
      "name": "Modern Metal Table Lamp",
      "description": "A sleek metal table lamp perfect for reading and ambient lighting...",
      "brand": "Lighting Co",
      "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
      "custom_data": {
        "type": "table",
        "material": "metal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Conclusion

By combining the flexible Product API with a lamp-specific JSON Schema, you can create a powerful, specialized API for lamp products. The key is:

1. Define your schema based on what lamp data matters to your application
2. Use category prefixes in search queries for better context
3. Leverage the custom_data field to build rich, category-specific features

The same approach works for any product category - you just need to define the right schema for your needs!

Ready to get started? Create your own product API on The Product API and start building your own category-specific APIs today!

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Ready to build your own category-specific API? Check out our other API preset guides for chairs, desks, tables, and more!