VariationImages Response Group
The images returned are associated with the merchant selling the item. For that reason, you must specify the merchant ID in the request when you use the VariationImages response group. MerchantId, however, defaults to "Amazon." So, if the item is being sold by Amazon, specifying a MerchantId is not required. If you do not specify a MerchantId and a merchant other than Amazon is selling the item, Product Advertising API will not return images.
Parent ASINs do not always have images associated with them; their children, however, should.
Response Elements
The following table describes the elements returned by VariationImages. The elements on the left side of a slash mark are the parents of the elements on the right side of the slash mark.
VariationImages also returns the elements that all response groups return, which is described in Elements Common to All Response Groups.
Parent Response Group
The following response groups are parent response groups of VariationImages.
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None
Child Response Group
The following response groups are child response groups of VariationImages.
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None
Sample REST Use Case
The following request was used to illustrate the XML response elements returned by VariationImages.
http://ecs.amazonaws.com/onca/xml? Service=AWSECommerceService& AWSAccessKeyId=[AWS Access Key ID]& Operation=ItemLookup& ItemId=0239409223& ResponseGroup=VariationImages
Sample Response Snippet
The following response snippet shows the elements returned by VariationImages.
<ImageSets>
<ImageSet Category="primary">
<SmallImage>
<URL>
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B99999999A.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg
</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">60</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">60</Width>
</SmallImage>
<MediumImage>
<URL>
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B99999999A.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg
</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">140</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">140</Width>
</MediumImage>
<LargeImage>
<URL>
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B99999999A.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">500</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">500</Width>
</LargeImage>
</ImageSet>
<ImageSet Category="variant">
<SmallImage>
<URL>
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B99999999A.01.PT01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg
</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">48</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">60</Width>
</SmallImage>
<MediumImage>
<URL>
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B99999999A.01.PT01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg
</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">120</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">150</Width>
</MediumImage>
<LargeImage>
<URL>
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B99999999A.01.PT01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
</URL>
<Height Units="pixels">400</Height>
<Width Units="pixels">500</Width>
</LargeImage>
</ImageSet>