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Date	Version	Description
Mar 28, 2024	0.20.70	`cid` and `category` in response object for `/product_search` replaced
Dec 15, 2024	—	`cid` and `category` removed from the `/product_search` response object
Jun 11, 2025	0.121.0	`product_picture_url` in response object for `/product_search` `product_pic_url` in response objects for `/prices` and `/product_search`

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`cid` and `category` in response object for `/product_search` replaced

Item	Description
Date	Mar 28, 2024
Version	0.20.70
Status	Unsupported
Effect	Backwards compatible
Impact	`/product_search`

The cid has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update. Please use the client_category_id instead. category has been deprecated and will be removed in a future update. However, the client_category will return the same information.Example response:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "child_products": [],
      "pid": 1122795690,
-     "cid": 132,
-     "category": Laptops,
+     "client_category": Laptops,
+     "client_category_id": 2000
      "product_name": "Asus Zenfone 9 8GB 5G 128GB White",
      "pic_url": "https://img.valuechecker.net/,..j",
      "product_picture_url": "https://img.valuechecker.net/,..j",
      "specs": [
        {
          "spec_id": 999,
          "spec_name_display": "Marke",
          "spec_value_display": "Asus",

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