What is smolagents?
Hugging Face's lightweight framework for building AI agents. Minimal, code-first approach to agent development.
Searching Amazon Bestsellers with smolagents
This integration lets your smolagents agent search Amazon Bestsellers in real time via the Scavio API. The agent gets back structured JSON with products, badge, sales_volume, price -- ready for reasoning and decision-making.
Setup
Bash
pip install smolagents requestsCode Example
Here is a complete smolagents agent that searches Amazon Bestsellers using Scavio:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import json
import os
import requests
# There is no bestsellers endpoint and Amazon search takes no sort parameter, so this is the marketplace's default ranking for the query, not the Best Sellers chart. Store position per ASIN on each run to see movement.
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Amazon Bestsellers through the Scavio API (POST /api/v1/amazon/search).
Args:
query: What to look for.
"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/amazon/search",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query, "country": "us"},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("electronics bestsellers")
print(result)Full Working Example
A production-ready example with error handling:
Python
from smolagents import tool, CodeAgent, HfApiModel
import json
import os
import requests
# There is no bestsellers endpoint and Amazon search takes no sort parameter, so this is the marketplace's default ranking for the query, not the Best Sellers chart. Store position per ASIN on each run to see movement.
@tool
def scavio_search(query: str) -> str:
"""Query Amazon Bestsellers through the Scavio API (POST /api/v1/amazon/search).
Args:
query: What to look for.
"""
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/amazon/search",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["SCAVIO_API_KEY"],
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query, "country": "us"},
timeout=60,
)
response.raise_for_status()
return json.dumps(response.json())
agent = CodeAgent(tools=[scavio_search], model=HfApiModel())
result = agent.run("electronics bestsellers")
print(result)Pricing
Scavio offers a free tier with 50 credits on signup (1 credit per search). No credit card required. This is enough to build and test your smolagents integration. Paid plans start at $30/month for higher volumes.