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

Introduction to Treadmills

Treadmills are essential cardio equipment for fitness enthusiasts, home gyms, and commercial facilities. From compact folding treadmills for home use to heavy-duty commercial models, finding the right treadmill with the right specifications is crucial for effective workouts and business operations. Whether you're building a fitness equipment marketplace, creating a gym management platform, or developing an inventory system for a fitness retailer, having structured treadmill product data is essential.

Imagine being able to search for treadmills and instantly get detailed information about each product - from treadmill type to maximum speed. This is exactly what a specialized Treadmill Product API can provide.

What Makes a Treadmill API Special?

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

• Treadmill Type: The specific type of treadmill - manual, motorized, folding, commercial, or under-desk models
• Max Speed: The maximum speed capability, which is crucial for determining workout intensity and user needs

With this structured data, you can build powerful features like filtering by treadmill type, searching by speed range, or comparing different treadmill options.

Try It Out: Search for Treadmills

Use the search bar below to search for treadmills. Try queries like "treadmill motorized 12 mph", "treadmill folding", "treadmill commercial", or "treadmill under-desk". 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 Treadmill 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 Treadmill 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., "treadmill motorized 12 mph")
• 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 Treadmill-Specific JSON Schema to pass as custom_data_schema of search request

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

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "treadmill_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Type of treadmill (e.g., 'manual', 'motorized', 'folding', 'commercial', 'under-desk')"
    },
    "max_speed": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Maximum speed in mph or km/h (e.g., '12 mph', '20 km/h')"
    }
  },
  "required": ["treadmill_type"]
}

Using the Category Prefix

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

Example Search Queries:

• treadmill motorized 12 mph
• treadmill folding
• treadmill commercial
• treadmill under-desk

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

Complete Example: Making a Request

Here's how to make a request to The Product API with a treadmill-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=treadmill%20motorized%2012%20mph&with_image=true', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    custom_data_schema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        treadmill_type: {
          type: "string",
          description: "Type of treadmill"
        },
        max_speed: {
          type: "string",
          description: "Maximum speed in mph or km/h"
        }
      },
      required: ["treadmill_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": "NordicTrack Commercial 1750 Treadmill",
      "description": "The NordicTrack Commercial 1750 is a motorized treadmill with advanced features...",
      "brand": "NordicTrack",
      "image": "https://example.com/image.jpg",
      "custom_data": {
        "treadmill_type": "motorized",
        "max_speed": "12 mph"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Conclusion

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

1. Define your schema based on what treadmill 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 gym equipment, bicycles, sports equipment, and more!