A+ Content API Use Case Guide

Create and edit A+ content.

API Version: 2020-11-01

What is the A+ Content API?

Use the Selling Partner API for A+ Content (A+ Content API) to build applications for selling partners to create and edit A+ content. You can use this API to create rich, high-quality content that helps buyers make purchasing decisions.

Tutorial: Create and edit A+ content and publish it to your ASINs

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a new content document, add ASINs to the content document, and get the content document approved for publication.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you need:

Authorization from the selling partner for whom you are making calls. Refer to Authorizing Selling Partner API applications for more information.
The Product Listing role assigned to your developer profile.
The Product Listing role selected in the app registration page for your application.
One or more ASINs to which you want to publish content.
Content that you want to publish.

Check existing A+ content

Tasks

Find out which content documents are published to an ASIN
Get all of the content documents that the selling partner created

Find out which content documents are published to an ASIN

Call the searchContentPublishRecords operation, passing the following parameters:

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
`asin`	The Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN). Type: string	Yes
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Request example

GET https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentPublishRecords?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&asin=ZZZZZZZZZZ

Response

Name	Description
`publishRecordList`	The list of A+ content publishing records. Type: `PublishRecordList`
`warnings`	A set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`
`nextPageToken`	A page token that is returned when the results of the call exceed the page size. To get another page of results, call the operation again, passing in this value with the `pageToken` parameter. Type: string

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "nextPageToken": null,
  "publishRecordList": [{
      "marketplaceId": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
      "locale": "en_US",
      "asin": "ZZZZZZZZZZ",
      "contentType": "EBC",
      "contentSubType": "",
      "contentReferenceKey": "d54a4096-f864-4326-bc80-ce8807497f98"
    }, {
      "marketplaceId": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
      "locale": "es_US",
      "asin": "ZZZZZZZZZZ",
      "contentType": "EBC",
      "contentSubType": "",
      "contentReferenceKey": "f58cf4d7-b1b2-4f43-b900-5fd75cb688c5"
    }
  ]
}

To get the content documents and metadata for the records that are returned, use the getContentDocument operation and pass in the contentReferenceKey value.

Get all of the content documents that the selling partner created

Call the searchContentDocuments operation and pass in the following parameter:

Query parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Request example

GET https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Response

Name	Description
`contentMetadataRecords`	The list of A+ content metadata records. Type: `ContentMetadataRecordList`
`warnings`	A set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`
`nextPageToken`	A page token that is returned when the results of the call exceed the page size. To get another page of results, call the operation again, passing in this value with the `pageToken` parameter. Type: string

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "nextPageToken": null,
  "contentMetadataRecords": [{
      "contentReferenceKey": "436e986d-4a94-4511-a857-58802f3ba7b0",
      "contentMetadata": {
        "name": "Name of content document",
        "marketplaceId": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
        "status": "DRAFT",
        "badgeSet": [null, "STANDARD"],
        "updateTime": null
      }
    }
  ]
}

To get the content documents for the records that are returned, call the getContentDocument operation and pass in the contentReferenceKey value.

Create a content document

Tasks

Construct a JSON content document
Create upload destinations for images
Upload images
Submit the content document for validation
Create a content document
Add ASINs to the content document

Construct a JSON content document

Content documents are composed of one or more content modules. Content documents for selling partners can contain up to seven modules, while content documents for vendors can contain up to five content modules.

ContentDocument definition:

Parameter	Description	Required
`name`	The A+ content document name. minLength: 1 maxLength: 100 Type: string	Yes
`contentType`	The A+ content document type. Type: `ContentType`	Yes
`contentSubType`	The A+ content document subtype. This represents a special-purpose type of an A+ content document. Not every A+ content document type will have a subtype, and subtypes can change at any time. Type: `ContentSubType`	No
`locale`	The IETF language tag. This only supports the primary language subtag with one secondary language subtag. The secondary language subtag is almost always a regional designation. This does not support additional subtags beyond the primary and secondary subtags. Pattern: ^[a-z]{2,}-[A-Z0-9]{2,}$ Type: `LanguageTag`	Yes
`contentModuleList`	A list of A+ content modules. Type: `ContentModuleList`	Yes

contentDocument example:

{
  "contentDocument": {
    "name": "Example content document",
    "contentType": "EMC",
    "locale": "en-US",
    "contentModuleList": [
      {
        "contentModuleType": "STANDARD_HEADER_IMAGE_TEXT",
        "standardHeaderImageText": {
          "headline": {
            "value": "Lorem ipsum",
            "decoratorSet": []
          },
          "block": {
            "image": {
              "uploadDestinationId": "SampleID",
              "imageCropSpecification": {
                "size": {
                  "width": {
                    "value": 970,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "height": {
                    "value": 600,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                },
                "offset": {
                  "x": {
                    "value": 7,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "y": {
                    "value": 0,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                }
              },
              "altText": "Lorem ipsum"
            },
            "headline": {
              "value": "Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium.",
              "decoratorSet": []
            },
            "body": {
              "textList": [
                {
                  "value": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium. Quisque sed blandit nunc. Pellentesque malesuada lorem vitae justo efficitur viverra.",
                  "decoratorSet": []
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Create upload destinations for images

Call the createUploadDestinationForResource operation of the Uploads API v2020-11-01 and pass in the following parameters:

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceIds`	A list of marketplace identifiers. This specifies the marketplaces where the upload will be available. Only one marketplace can be specified. Type: string	Yes
`contentMD5`	An MD5 hash of the content to be submitted to the upload destination. This value is used to determine if the data has been corrupted or tampered with during transit. Type: string	Yes
`contentType`	The content type of the file to be uploaded. Type: string	No

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`resource`	The URL of the resource for the upload destination that you are creating. For example, to create an upload destination for a content document, the `resource` would be `aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments` and the path would be `/uploads/v1/uploadDestinations/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments`. Type: string	Yes

Request example

POST https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/uploads/2020-11-01/uploadDestinations/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments?contentType=image/jpeg&contentMD5=9e92dc1ed22ffc814f063f02b1c0f233&marketplaceIds=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Response

Name	Description
`payload`	Information about an upload destination. Type: `UploadDestination`
`errors`	A list of error response returned when a request is unsuccessful. Type: `ErrorList`

Response example

{
  "errors": [],
  "payload": {
    "uploadDestinationId": "sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png",
    "url": "https://aplus-media.s3.amazonaws.com/?x-amz-date=20201116T184623Z&x-amz-signature=c5c8efd95d883b6787a2b1a93c7c066f01cb4e8d7be3ece4360aa800332e0cf9&x-amz-meta-owner=A2CZ04NGKYDXDV&acl=private&key=sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png&x-amz-algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&policy=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&x-amz-credential=AKIA6L6R7QE56F6GMG5E/20201116/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request",
    "headers": null
  }
}

Save the uploadDestinationId value to include in your content document in Submit the content document for validation. Save the url value for Upload images.

Upload images

Use the following cURL command with the url response element that the previous task returned.

Example cURL command:

{
  "codes": [
    {
      "code": "curl -F \"key=sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png\" \\\n-F \"acl=private\" \\\n-F \"policy=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\" \\\n-F \"x-amz-credential=AKIA6L6R7QE56F6GMG5E/20201116/us-east-1/s3/aws4_request\" \\\n-F \"x-amz-algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256\" \\\n-F \"x-amz-date=20201203T011128Z\" \\\n-F \"x-amz-signature=c5c8efd95d883b6787a2b1a93c7c066f01cb4e8d7be3ece4360aa800332e0cf9\" \\\n-F \"x-amz-meta-owner=A2CZ04NGKYDXDV\" \\\n-F \"[email protected]\" \\\nhttps://aplus-media.s3.amazonaws.com",
      "language": "curl"
    }
  ]
}

Confirm that you received a 2xx status code in the response. The 2xx status code indicates a successful upload of your image file.

Submit the content document for validation

Call the validateContentDocumentAsinRelations operation and pass in the following parameters:

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The Amazon marketplace identifier of where the A+ content is hosted or published. Type: string	Yes
`asinSet`	The set of ASINs. Type: array(csv)	No

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Note
If your content document includes images, add the uploadDestinationId value that you got from Create upload destinations for images to your content document.

Body parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`postContentDocumentRequest`	The content document request details. Type: `postContentDocumentRequest`	Yes

Request example

POST https: //sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentAsinValidations?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&asinSet=0123456789&asinSet=ZZZZZZZZZZ
{
  "contentDocument": {
    "name": "Example content document",
    "contentType": "EMC",
    "locale": "en-US",
    "contentModuleList": [
      {
        "contentModuleType": "STANDARD_HEADER_IMAGE_TEXT",
        "standardHeaderImageText": {
          "headline": {
            "value": "Lorem ipsum",
            "decoratorSet": []
          },
          "block": {
            "image": {
              "uploadDestinationId": "sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png",
              "imageCropSpecification": {
                "size": {
                  "width": {
                    "value": 970,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "height": {
                    "value": 600,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                },
                "offset": {
                  "x": {
                    "value": 7,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "y": {
                    "value": 0,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                }
              },
              "altText": "Lorem ipsum"
            },
            "headline": {
              "value": "Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium.",
              "decoratorSet": []
            },
            "body": {
              "textList": [
                {
                  "value": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium. Quisque sed blandit nunc. Pellentesque malesuada lorem vitae justo efficitur viverra.",
                  "decoratorSet": []
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response

Error response example:

{
  "warnings": [],
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "CONTENT_FAILED_VALIDATION",
      "message": "These keywords violate our community guidelines: $.",
      "details": ""
    }
  ]
}

Check for errors. If you receive an error, correct the error and retry. Repeat until you receive no errors.

📘
Note
A 200 status code in the response indicates that Amazon ran a validation on your content document. This status code does not indicate that your content document passed validation. Your content document has passed validation when the validateContentDocumentAsinRelations operation returns no errors.

Create a content document

Call the createContentDocument operation and pass in the following parameters:

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Body parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`postContentDocumentRequest`	The content document request details. Type: `postContentDocumentRequest`	Yes

Request example

POST https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER
{
  "contentDocument": {
    "name": "Example content document",
    "contentType": "EMC",
    "locale": "en-US",
    "contentModuleList": [
      {
        "contentModuleType": "STANDARD_HEADER_IMAGE_TEXT",
        "standardHeaderImageText": {
          "headline": {
            "value": "Lorem ipsum",
            "decoratorSet": []
          },
          "block": {
            "image": {
              "uploadDestinationId": "sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png",
              "imageCropSpecification": {
                "size": {
                  "width": {
                    "value": 970,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "height": {
                    "value": 600,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                },
                "offset": {
                  "x": {
                    "value": 7,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "y": {
                    "value": 0,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                }
              },
              "altText": "Lorem ipsum"
            },
            "headline": {
              "value": "Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium.",
              "decoratorSet": []
            },
            "body": {
              "textList": [
                {
                  "value": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium. Quisque sed blandit nunc. Pellentesque malesuada lorem vitae justo efficitur viverra.",
                  "decoratorSet": []
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	A set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`
`contentReferenceKey`	A unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Type: `ContentReferenceKey`

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "contentReferenceKey": "52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa"
}

Add ASINs to the content document

Call the postContentDocumentAsinRelations operation and pass in the following parameters:

Query parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Body parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`postContentDocumentAsinRelationsRequest`	The content document ASIN relations request details. Type: `PostContentDocumentAsinRelationsRequest`	Yes

Request example

POST https: //sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa/asins?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER
{
  "asinSet": ["0123456789", "ZZZZZZZZZZ"]
}

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	The set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`

Response example

{
  "warnings": []
}

Get the content document approved for publication

Tasks

Submit your content document for approval
Check the approval status of your submission

Submit your content document for approval

Call the postContentDocumentApprovalSubmission operation and pass in the following parameters:

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Query parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Request example

POST https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa/approvalSubmissions?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	The set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`

Response example

{
  "warnings": [
    {
      "code": "ASIN_FAILED_VALIDATION",
      "message": "",
      "details": "0123456789"
    }
  ]
}

Check for warnings and errors. If you receive a warning or error, correct and retry. Repeat until you receive no warnings errors.

Check the approval status of your submission

Call the getContentDocument operation and pass in the following parameters:

📘
Note
Call the getContentDocument operation no more than once an hour for each content document that you are checking for approval status.

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes
`includedDataSet`	The set of A+ content data types to include in the response. Specify `METATDATA` to get the submission status and not the content document itself. Type: `IncludedDataSet`	Yes

Request example

GET https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&includedDataSet=METADATA

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	A set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`
`contentRecord`	A content document with additional information for content management. Refer to the `status` property for the submission status. Type: `ContentRecord`

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "contentRecord": {
    "contentReferenceKey": "52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa",
    "contentMetadata": {
      "name": "Example content document",
      "marketplaceId": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "badgeSet": ["STANDARD"],
      "updateTime": "2020-11-18T03:05:50.052Z"
    },
    "contentDocument": null
  }
}

To get the status of your submission, check the status property. Possible status values are:
- APPROVED: The content is approved and published to the applied ASINs.
- REJECTED: The content has been rejected in moderation. Revise the content based on the provided rejection reasons and resubmit.
- DRAFT: The content has not yet been submitted for approval. Wait a minimum of one hour and resubmit.
- SUBMITTED: The content has been submitted for approval and is currently waiting for moderation. Wait a minimum of one hour and resubmit.

Tutorial: Manage existing content

This tutorial demonstrates how to manage existing content.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you need:

Authorization from the selling partner for whom you are making calls. Refer to Authorizing Selling Partner API applications for more information.
The Product Listing role assigned to your developer profile.
The Product Listing role selected in the app registration page for your application.
One or more ASINs to which you would like to publish content.
Content that you want to publish.

Suspend a content document from all applied ASINs

Call the postContentDocumentSuspendSubmission operation and pass in the following parameters:

📘
Note
When you publish a content document to an ASIN that already has content published to it, Amazon suspends the existing content from the ASIN. This suspension also occurs when you remove an ASIN from a content document. You don't need the postContentDocumentSuspendSubmission operation in either scenario.

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Query parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Request example

POST https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa/suspendSubmissions?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	The set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`

Response example

{
  "warnings": []
}

Get previously published content

To get content previously published by the selling partner, call the getContentDocument operation. Specify includedDataSet=METADATA to get content metadata. Specify includedDataSet=CONTENTS to get content documents.

Request example

GET https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&includedDataSet=CONTENTS&includedDataSet=METADATA

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "contentRecord": {
    "contentReferenceKey": "52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa",
    "contentMetadata": {
      "name": "Example content document",
      "marketplaceId": "ATVPDKIKX0DER",
      "status": "APPROVED",
      "badgeSet": ["STANDARD"],
      "updateTime": "2020-11-14T02:04:05.502Z"
    },
    "contentDocument": {
      "name": "Example content document",
      "contentType": "EMC",
      "locale": "en-US",
      "contentModuleList": [
        {
          "contentModuleType": "STANDARD_HEADER_IMAGE_TEXT",
          "standardHeaderImageText": {
            "headline": {
              "value": "Lorem ipsum",
              "decoratorSet": []
            },
            "block": {
              "image": {
                "uploadDestinationId": "sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png",
                "imageCropSpecification": {
                  "size": {
                    "width": {
                      "value": 970,
                      "units": "pixels"
                    },
                    "height": {
                      "value": 600,
                      "units": "pixels"
                    }
                  },
                  "offset": {
                    "x": {
                      "value": 7,
                      "units": "pixels"
                    },
                    "y": {
                      "value": 0,
                      "units": "pixels"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "altText": "Lorem ipsum"
              },
              "headline": {
                "value": "Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium.",
                "decoratorSet": []
              },
              "body": {
                "textList": [
                  {
                    "value": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc faucibus neque auctor faucibus pretium. Quisque sed blandit nunc. Pellentesque malesuada lorem vitae justo efficitur viverra.",
                    "decoratorSet": []
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Update a content document

Call the updateContentDocument operation and pass in the following parameters:

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Query parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Body parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`postContentDocumentRequest`	The content document request details. Type: `postContentDocumentRequest`	Yes

Request example

POST https: //sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER
{
  "contentDocument": {
    "name": "Example content document",
    "contentType": "EMC",
    "locale": "en-US",
    "contentModuleList": [
      {
        "contentModuleType": "STANDARD_HEADER_IMAGE_TEXT",
        "standardHeaderImageText": {
          "headline": {
            "value": "Example headline",
            "decoratorSet": []
          },
          "block": {
            "image": {
              "uploadDestinationId": "sc/7ae2d3b1-fdd3-42c4-98c4-9cc509fb95d8.png",
              "imageCropSpecification": {
                "size": {
                  "width": {
                    "value": 970,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "height": {
                    "value": 600,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                },
                "offset": {
                  "x": {
                    "value": 7,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  },
                  "y": {
                    "value": 0,
                    "units": "pixels"
                  }
                }
              },
              "altText": "Example alt text"
            },
            "headline": {
              "value": "Example heading",
              "decoratorSet": []
            },
            "body": {
              "textList": [
                {
                  "value": "Example text.",
                  "decoratorSet": []
                }
              ]
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	A set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`
`contentReferenceKey`	A unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Type: `ContentReferenceKey`

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "contentReferenceKey": "52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa"
}

Get the ASINs that are related to a content document

Call the listContentDocumentAsinRelations operation and pass in the following parameters:

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Query parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes
`includedDataSet`	The set of A+ content data types to include in the response. Type: < enum `IncludedDataSet` > array(csv)	No Default: no metadata is returned.
`asinSet`	The set of ASINs. Type: < string > array(csv)	No Default: all ASINs applied to the content document are returned.

Request example

GET https://sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa/asins?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&includedDataSet=METADATA&asinSet=0123456789&asinSet=ZZZZZZZZZZ

Response

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes
`includedDataSet`	The set of A+ content data types to include in the response. Type: < enum `IncludedDataSet` > array(csv)	No Default: no metadata is returned.
`asinSet`	The set of ASINs. Type: < string > array(csv)	No Default: all ASINs applied to the content document are returned.

Response example

{
  "warnings": [],
  "nextPageToken": null,
  "asinMetadataSet": [
    {
      "asin": "ZZZZZZZZZZ",
      "badgeSet": null,
      "parent": "ZZZZZZZZZZ",
      "title": "Example title",
      "imageUrl": null,
      "contentReferenceKeySet": null
    }
  ]
}

Add or remove ASINs from a content document

Call the postContentDocumentAsinRelations operation and pass in the following parameters:

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Important
The ASINs that you post will replace all ASINs related to a content document, which can result in additional or removed ASINs. Removing the ASIN can suspend the content document from the ASIN. Post the entire set of ASINs related to a content document.

Path parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`contentReferenceKey`	The unique reference key for the A+ content document. A content reference key cannot form a permalink and can change in the future. A content reference key is not guaranteed to match any A+ content identifier. Get this value from Task 5. Create a content document. Type: string	Yes

Query parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`marketplaceId`	The identifier for the marketplace where the A+ content is published. Type: string	Yes

Body parameter

Parameter	Description	Required
`postContentDocumentAsinRelationsRequest`	The content document ASIN relations request details. Type: `PostContentDocumentAsinRelationsRequest`	Yes

Request example

POST https: //sellingpartnerapi-na.amazon.com/aplus/2020-11-01/contentDocuments/52c2534c-d37a-4854-b9b3-79e2f8a86bfa/asins?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER
{
  "asinSet": ["0123456789", "ZZZZZZZZZZ"]
}

Response

Name	Description
`warnings`	A set of messages to the user, such as warnings or comments. Type: `MessageSet`

Response example

{
  "warnings": []
}

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Tutorial: Create and edit A+ content and publish it to your ASINs

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Check existing A+ content

Find out which content documents are published to an ASIN

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Get all of the content documents that the selling partner created

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Create a content document

Construct a JSON content document

Create upload destinations for images

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Upload images

Submit the content document for validation

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Get the content document approved for publication

Submit your content document for approval

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Check the approval status of your submission

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Tutorial: Manage existing content

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Suspend a content document from all applied ASINs

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Get previously published content

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Update a content document

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