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Product Advertising API Developer Aids

Product Advertising API: 2009-11-01

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Product Advertising API Developer Aids

Topics

  • Store Builders
  • Integration Software Services

Product Advertising API has been around along enough that some developers have created tools that make the job of creating your online, Product Advertising API-driven store easier to build. The following sections provide links to some of those web sites.

Store Builders

Store builder applications create part or all of a web site for an Amazon Associate, Marketplace Seller, or Merchant. Store builders make it easy for less technical vendors or web site owners to create a customized web experience for their customers. The following sites offer store builders or tools that help you enhance your store:

  • Associate Engine: http://www.c3scripts.com/amazon

  • Amazon Products Feed: http://www.mrrat.com/aws/index.html

  • Associates Shop: http://www.associatesshop.filzhut.de/

  • Active Circle: http://www.activecircle.com

  • Mr. Rat: http://www.mrrat.com

Integration Software Services

Perhaps you want to work with a company to help integrate Product Advertising API into your online stores. The following development groups offer this service:

  • Mercent: http://www.mercent.com

  • Monsoon Retail: http://www.monsoonretail.com

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Table of contents

  • Welcome
  • What's New
  • Introduction to the Product Advertising API
  • Programming Guide
    • Getting Set Up
      • Becoming a Product Advertising API Developer
      • Becoming an Associate
      • Reading the Licensing Agreement
    • E-Commerce and Web Services
      • What is E-Commerce?
      • What is a Web Service?
      • What is XML?
        • XML Syntax
        • XML Structures
        • Using XML
      • What is a WSDL?
        • Restricted Parts of the WSDL
        • Anatomy of a WSDL
          • Request Definitions
          • Response Definitions
            • Response Group Definitions
            • PortType
          • Binding
          • Service
        • WSDL Locations
      • What is a Schema?
        • Schema Locations
    • Product Advertising API Terminology and Basic Concepts
      • The Marketplace
      • What Is the Product Advertising API?
      • How Do I Make Money Using the Product Advertising API?
      • International Locales
      • Items for Sale
      • Summary of Product Advertising API Operations
        • Find Items
        • Find Out More About Specific Items
        • Shopping Cart
        • Customer Content
        • Seller Information
        • Other Operations
      • Product Advertising API Developer Community
      • Product Advertising API Developer Aids
    • Visual Introduction to Product Advertising API
      • Tools to Find Items
      • Tools to Find Out More About an Item
      • Tools to Get Seller Information
      • Tools to Implement a Shopping Cart
    • Organization of Items for Sale on Amazon
      • Item Organization
      • Browse Nodes
        • Browse Node Properties
          • Root Category
        • Browse Nodes and Items
        • Browse Node IDs
        • Browse Nodes and Search Indices
        • Finding Browse Nodes
      • Search Indices
        • Search Indices and Locales
      • Variations
        • Variation Parents
        • Returning Variations
          • Variation Images
        • Variation Dimensions
      • Collections
        • Parent and Child Collection Items
      • Tags
      • Lists
        • Product Advertising API Operations and Lists
        • URLs for Lists
          • URLs for WishLists
          • URLs for Listmania Lists
          • URLs for WeddingRegistry and BabyRegistry Lists
        • Finding List IDs
      • Accessories
    • Requests
      • Anatomy of a REST Request
      • Request Limitations
      • REST Syntax
        • Separator Characters
        • Setting Parameter Values
          • Compound Parameters
      • SOAP Requests
        • The Structure of a SOAP Request
          • SOAP Endpoints
          • The XML Message for an ItemSearch SOAP Request
      • Request Authentication
        • What Is Authentication?
        • Your Product Advertising API Account
        • Your AWS Identifiers
        • Viewing Your AWS Identifiers
        • HMAC-SHA Signatures for REST Requests
          • Authentication Parameters
          • Basic Authentication Process
        • Authenticating REST Requests
          • Java Sample Code for Calculating Signature Version 2 Signatures
          • Example REST Requests
        • Authenticating SOAP Requests
          • Using SOAP with WS-Security
          • Using SOAP without WS-Security
      • Batch and Multiple Operations Requests
        • Batch Requests
          • Parameters That Differ
          • Shared Parameters
          • Performing Multiple ItemLookups in One Request
        • Multiple Operation Requests
      • Parameters Common to All Product Advertising API Requests
        • Required Parameters
        • General, Optional Parameters
        • XSL Parameters
        • XML-Encoding Parameters
        • Debugging Parameters
        • Help with Operations and Response Groups
      • Responses
        • Anatomy of a Response
        • Version Information Segment
        • Operation Request Segment
        • Request Validation Segment
      • Paging and Sorting Through Responses
        • Paging Through Results
          • Maximum Number Of Returned Pages
        • Sorting Results
          • Default Sort Values
      • Transforming Product Advertising API Responses into HTML Using XSLT
        • XSLT Service URLs
        • Creating an XSL Style Sheet
    • Finding Items to Buy
      • Search Operations
      • Items You Cannot Buy
        • Availability Parameter
          • Parameter Restrictions for Availability
      • Items Sold by Merchants
        • Required ItemSearch Parameters
      • Common ItemSearch Parameters
        • Returning Only Available Items
        • Inaccurate Availabilities
        • Availability Parameter Restrictions and Constraints
      • Power Searches
        • Power Search Syntax
          • Power Search Operators
          • Power Search Tips
        • Searching Using TextStream
      • Using Search Bins to Find Items
        • NarrowBy Attribute
        • NarrowBy Values
          • NarrowBy Values Per Search Index
      • Finding Items Sold by Sellers
      • Finding Items Using Browse Nodes
        • Traversing the Browse Node Hierarchy
        • Understanding BrowseNode Results When Drilling Down
      • Finding Items on Lists
        • Finding Items Using a Customer ID
      • Finding Customer Information
        • CustomerContentSearch
        • CustomerContentLookup
    • Motivating Customers to Buy
      • Images
        • Images Supplied by the Product Advertising API
          • Image Details
      • Promotions
        • Promotion Categories
        • Benefit and Eligible Items
        • Typical Response Elements Used
        • RSS Feeds for Promotions
      • Suggesting Other Items Sold by the Seller
      • Suggesting Similar Items to Buy
        • Finding Similar Item IDs
        • Returning Items Similar to Cart Items
        • Using SimilarityLookup
          • Specifying Multiple Items
        • Filtering Similar Items
        • Similar Versions of the Same Item
      • Recommending Other Items Sold by the Same Seller
      • Top Sellers
        • Getting Top Sellers From the Shopping Cart
      • New Releases
      • Sorting by Popularity, Price, or Condition
      • Suggesting Items on a Customer's Wish List
    • Returning Price and Availability Information
      • Returning Prices
        • Offer Summaries
        • Returning All Offers
        • Returning More Information About the Offer
        • Providing Price Ranges for Product Categories
        • Items That Do Not Have Offers
        • Determining Parent Items
        • Returning Offers From Item Variations
        • Variation Dimensions
      • Determining Availability
        • Availability Values
        • Checking for an Offer Listing ID
        • Using the ItemSearch Availability Parameter
        • Determining the Availability of Items Sold by Sellers
    • Working With Remote Shopping Carts
      • Shopping Cart Concepts
        • Cart Identifiers
        • Merging Local and Remote Shopping Carts
      • Remote Shopping Cart Tasks
        • Creating a Remote Shopping Cart
          • Specifying the Items in the CartCreate Request
          • AssociateTag Parameter
          • MergeCart Parameter
          • Using Values Returned by CartCreate in Other Cart Operations
          • Modifying the Items in a Remote Shopping Cart
          • Adding Items to a Cart
            • Adding Items as Saved For Later
            • Adding List Items to a Cart
          • Removing Items From a Cart
          • Changing the MergeCart Value
        • Retrieving the Contents of a Cart
      • Add to Cart Form
    • Purchasing the Items in a Remote Shopping Cart
      • Order Pipeline
      • Implementing the Proceed to Checkout Button
        • PurchaseURL
      • Buy Now Form
    • Tracking Transactions
      • Using TransactionLookup
      • Split Shipment Transactions
    • Handling Errors and Troubleshooting Applications
      • Syntax and Parameter Errors
        • Processing Error
        • Results and Errors
      • Retrieving Errors
      • Troubleshooting Applications
      • Error Codes and Messages
        • Error Codes
        • Error Messages
    • Best Programming Practices
    • Locale Considerations
      • Locales
      • General Differences
      • Associate IDs
      • Shipping Restrictions
  • API Reference
    • Operations
      • BrowseNodeLookup
      • CartAdd
      • CartClear
      • CartCreate
      • CartGet
      • CartModify
      • CustomerContentLookup
      • CustomerContentSearch
      • Help
      • ItemLookup
      • ItemSearch
      • ListLookup
        • Supported List Types
      • ListSearch
      • SellerListingLookup
      • SellerListingSearch
      • SellerLookup
        • Using a Merchant ID
      • SimilarityLookup
      • TagLookup
      • TransactionLookup
        • Finding a Transaction ID
      • VehiclePartLookup
      • VehiclePartSearch
      • VehicleSearch
    • Common Request Parameters
    • Response Groups
      • Accessories Response Group
      • AlternateVersions Response Group
      • BrowseNodeInfo Response Group
      • BrowseNodes Response Group
      • Cart Response Group
      • CartNewReleases Response Group
      • CartTopSellers Response Group
      • CartSimilarities Response Group
      • Collections Response Group
      • CustomerFull Response Group
      • CustomerInfo Response Group
      • CustomerLists Response Group
      • CustomerReviews Response Group
      • EditorialReview Response Group
      • Fitments Response Group
      • HasPartCompatibility Response Group
      • Help Response Group
      • Images Response Group
      • ItemAttributes Response Group
      • ItemIds Response Group
      • Large Response Group
      • ListFull Response Group
      • ListInfo Response Group
      • ListItems Response Group
      • ListmaniaLists Response Group
      • ListMinimum Response Group
      • Medium Response Group
      • MerchantItemAttributes Response Group
      • MostGifted Response Group
      • MostWishedFor Response Group
      • NewReleases Response Group
      • OfferFull Response Group
      • OfferListings
      • Offers Response Group
      • OfferSummary Response Group
      • PartBrandBinsSummary Response Group
      • PromotionDetails Response Group
        • Promotion Types
      • PromotionSummary Response Group
      • RelatedItems Response Group
      • Request Response Group
      • Reviews Response Group
      • SalesRank Response Group
      • SearchBins Response Group
      • Seller Response Group
      • SellerListing Response Group
      • Similarities Response Group
      • Small Response Group
      • Subjects Response Group
      • TaggedGuides Response Group
      • TaggedItems Response Group
      • TaggedListmaniaLists Response Group
      • Tags Response Group
      • TagsSummary Response Group
      • TopSellers Response Group
      • Tracks Response Group
      • TransactionDetails Response Group
      • VariationMinimum Response Group
        • Variation Dimensions
      • Variations Response Group
        • Variation Dimensions
      • VariationImages Response Group
      • VariationMatrix Response Group
      • VariationOffers Response Group
      • VariationSummary Response Group
      • VehicleMakes Response Group
      • VehicleModels Response Group
      • VehicleOptions Response Group
      • VehiclePartFit Response Group
      • VehicleParts Response Group
      • VehicleTrims Response Group
      • VehicleYears Response Group
    • Response Elements Common to All Response Groups
    • Response Elements
    • ItemSearch Sort Values By Locale
      • Sort Values for CA
      • Sort Values for DE
      • Sort Values for FR
      • Sort Values for JP
      • Sort Values for UK
      • Sort Values for US
    • Search Index and ItemSearch Parameter Combinations
      • SearchIndex-ItemSearch Parameter Combinations for CA
      • SearchIndex-ItemSearch Parameter Combinations for DE
      • SearchIndex-ItemSearch Parameter Combinations for FR
      • SearchIndex-ItemSearch Parameter Combinations for JP
      • SearchIndex-ItemSearch Parameter Combinations for UK
      • SearchIndex-ItemSearch Parameter Combinations for US
    • Search Index Support by Locale
  • Glossary
  • Document Conventions
  • Index

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