# Affiliates The **Affiliates** object helps you to search and extract information about your affiliates. The methods below will return the affiliate(s) details only if they (the affiliates) are associated with the merchant. Otherwise, they will return an error (invalid request). This will happen even if the affiliate code provided belongs to a valid affiliate from the Affiliate Network, but one that's not associated with the vendor making the calls. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.2checkout.com/soap-api-reference/soap-api-6.0/api-requests/affiliates.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.