Apr 10 2008

5 Minute Guide to the Java Amazon Associates Web Service API

Tag: amazon, java, tutorial, webservices — pmularien @ 6:17 am

On a side project recently, I decided to try out the Amazon Associated Web Service API, a Java library provided by Amazon which wraps the Amazon Associates Web Service calls with a friendly Java API.

For those who are considering integration with Amazon Associates Web Services (used for things as item search, item detail retrieval, and cart manipulation), this API provides a very deep and rich integration with Amazon, with a relatively shallow learning curve. I’ll provide a simple example here of doing an item lookup by ASIN (Amazon’s unique product IDs), and point you around some of the data structures you’ll encounter when dealing with ASINs.

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