Networks and network groups in the Affiliate.com API

A network is an affiliate platform that connects publishers (you) with merchants and their products. Examples include Impact US, Rakuten US, Awin UK, and FlexOffers. Each network operates independently — it has its own set of merchants, products, and affiliate link formats.

Network groups

Related regional networks are organized into network groups. For example, Impact Sweden, Impact UK, and Impact US all belong to the “Impact” group. Network groups let you find and filter across all regional variants of a network without needing to know every individual network ID. You can list all network groups from:

GET /v1/network-groups

And list all networks from:

GET /v1/networks

Network object

{
  "id": 211,
  "slug": "rnet_wet1d3wp",
  "name": "ClixGalore Australia",
  "region": "AU",
  "url": "https://www.clixgalore.com",
  "logo_url": "https://img.affiliate.com/logos/groups/10011/64x64.png",
  "icon_url": "https://img.affiliate.com/logos/groups/10011/64x64.png",
  "canonical_id": "net_01kkgbymywvbf5qjdcdwchxdhk",
  "merchant_count": 398,
  "merchant_count_active": 13,
  "product_count": 61972,
  "group": {
    "id": 10011,
    "name": "ClixGalore"
  },
  "country": {
    "id": "AU",
    "iso3": "AUS",
    "name": "Australia"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.affiliate.com/v1/networks/rnet_01kkgbyq5vgd49n19twet1d3wp",
    "canonical": "https://api.affiliate.com/v1/networks/net_01kkgbymywvbf5qjdcdwchxdhk"
  }
}

Key fields

Field	Type	Description
`id`	integer	Unique identifier for the network. Use this in product search requests
`slug`	string	Unique network slug in `rnet_` format.
`name`	string	Display name of the network (e.g., “Awin UK”, “Impact US”)
`region`	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 region code (e.g., `"US"`, `"GB"`).
`url`	string	Network homepage URL.
`logo_url`	string	URL to the network’s logo image
`icon_url`	string	URL to the network’s icon.
`canonical_id`	string	Canonical network ID in `net_ULID` format — groups all regional variants.
`merchant_count`	integer	Total number of merchants registered in this network
`merchant_count_active`	integer	Number of merchants with active product feeds
`product_count`	integer	Total number of products available through this network
`group.id`	integer	ID of the network group this network belongs to
`group.name`	string	Name of the network group (e.g., “Impact”, “Awin”, “ClixGalore”)
`country.id`	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., `"US"`, `"GB"`)
`country.iso3`	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code (e.g., `"USA"`, `"GBR"`)
`country.name`	string	Full country name (e.g., “United States”, “United Kingdom”)
`links.self`	string	API link to this regional network record.
`links.canonical`	string	API link to the canonical (cross-region) network.

How networks relate to merchants

Each merchant belongs to exactly one network. When you look up a merchant, its network object tells you which network it operates through. When you search for products, each product includes a network object so you know which network is providing the listing.

Using network IDs in product search

To scope a product search to one or more networks, include the network ID in your search criteria:

{
  "search": [
    {
      "field": "any",
      "value": "running shoes",
      "operator": "LIKE"
    },
    {
      "field": "network.id",
      "value": "314",
      "operator": "="
    }
  ],
  "networks": {
    "314": {
      "affiliate_id": "your_affiliate_id",
      "sub_id": "your_sub_id"
    }
  }
}

To search across multiple networks at once, separate the IDs with ||:

{
  "field": "network.id",
  "value": "314||329||600",
  "operator": "="
}

You can also filter by network name if you don’t have the ID:

{
  "field": "network.name",
  "value": "impact",
  "operator": "LIKE"
}

To find the correct network ID for a given network, use the networks endpoint with a name search:

GET /v1/networks?search=impact

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Networks and network groups in the Affiliate.com API

Network groups

Network object

Key fields

How networks relate to merchants

Using network IDs in product search

​Network groups

​Network object

​Key fields

​How networks relate to merchants

​Using network IDs in product search

Network groups

Network object

Key fields

How networks relate to merchants

Using network IDs in product search