Chapter�1.燱elcome
From Product Advertising API: 2009-11-01
Welcome
This is the Product Advertising API Developer Guide. This section describes who should read this guide, how the guide is organized, and other resources related to the Product Advertising API.
Audience
This guide is intended for developers who want to build an e-commerce storefront that sells items listed on www.amazon.com, or an application that helps others build e-commerce storefronts.
Required Knowledge and Skills
Use of this guide assumes you are familiar with the following:
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XML (For an overview, go to the W3 Schools XML Tutorial)
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Basic understanding of web services (For an overview, go to the W3 Schools Web Services Tutorial)
How This Guide Is Organized
This guide is organized into several major sections described in the following table.
| Information | Relevant Sections |
|---|---|
| Describes the changes in this document since its last publication. | What's New |
| General information about the Product Advertising API | Introduction to Product Advertising API |
| Conceptual information about the Product Advertising API | Terminology and Basic Concepts |
| Programming Reference--Provides task-oriented descriptions of how to use and implement Product Advertising API operations. | Programming Reference |
| API Reference--A reference that describes Product Advertising API operations, response groups, locales, and parameter constraints. | API Reference |
| Typographic and symbol conventions | Document Conventions |
Product Advertising API Resources
The following table lists related resources that you'll find useful as you work with this service.
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Product Advertising API Getting Started Guide | The Getting Started Guide provides a quick introduction to getting set up and generating requests to the Product Advertising API. |
| Product Advertising API Release Notes | The Release Notes give a high-level overview of the current release. They specifically note any new features, corrections, and known issues. |
| Product Advertising API Developer Resource Center | A central starting point find documentation, code samples, release notes, and other information to help you build innovative applications with the Product Advertising API. |
| A community-based forum for developers to discuss technical questions related to Amazon Web Services. | |
| Contact Us | A central contact point for inquiries concerning AWS billing, account, events, abuse, etc. |
| Conditions of Use | Detailed information about the copyright and trademark usage at Amazon.com and other topics. |
Other resources are the locales' primary web pages for information about Product Advertising API:
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Product Advertising API information for US | The primary US web page for information about Product Advertising API. |
| Product Advertising API information for CA | The primary CA web page for information about Product Advertising API. |
| Product Advertising API information for UK | The primary UK web page for information about Product Advertising API. |
| Product Advertising API information for FR | The primary FR web page for information about Product Advertising API. |
| Product Advertising API information for DE | The primary DE web page for information about Product Advertising API. |
| Product Advertising API information for JP | The primary JP web page for information about Product Advertising API. |