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Amazon E-Commerce Service Developer Guide Version 2007-07-16 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide AmazonE-CommerceService:DeveloperGuide Copyright©2004-2007AmazonWebServicesLLCoritsaffiliates.Allrightsreserved. AMAZONandAMAZON.COMareregisteredtrademarksofAmazon.com,Inc.oritsAffiliates.Allothertrademarksarethe propertyoftheirrespectiveowners. ThirdPartyInformation:Thisguidecontainslinkstothird-partywebsitesthatarenotunderthecontrolofAmazon.com,and Amazon.comisnotresponsibleforthecontentofanylinkedsite.Ifyouaccessathird-partywebsitementionedinthisguide,then youdosoatyourownrisk.Amazon.comprovidestheselinksatyourownconvenience,andtheinclusionofthelinkdoesnot implythatAmazon.comendorsesoracceptsanyresponsibilityforthecontentonthosethird-partysites. Thisbookwaslastupdated2007-09-01. AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide Table of Contents What'sNew......................................................................................................................................1 ProgrammingGuide.........................................................................................................................3 WelcometotheAmazonE-CommerceService...........................................................4 WhoShouldReadThisGuide?...........................................................................4 WhatIsECS?......................................................................................................4 HowDoIMakeMoneyUsingECS?..................................................................5 InternationalLocales...........................................................................................5 OrganizationofThisGuide.................................................................................6 GettingSetUp..............................................................................................................6 GettingRegistered...............................................................................................6 BecominganECSDeveloper....................................................................6 AWSAccessKeyID........................................................................6 SecretAccessKey..................................................................7 RegisteringwithAmazonPayments..........................................................7 BecominganAssociate..............................................................................7 BecomingaSeller......................................................................................8 BecomingaMarketplaceProMerchant....................................................8 BecominganAmazonAdvantageSeller...................................................8 ReadingAmazon'sLicensingAgreement...........................................................8 IntroducingE-CommerceandWebServices..............................................................10 WhatisE-Commerce?......................................................................................10 WhatisaWebService?....................................................................................10 WhatisXML?...................................................................................................11 XMLSyntax............................................................................................11 XMLStructures.......................................................................................12 UsingXML..............................................................................................12 WhatisaWSDL?..............................................................................................12 RestrictedPartsoftheWSDL..................................................................12 AnatomyofaWSDL...............................................................................13 RequestDefinitions........................................................................14 ResponseDefinitions.....................................................................15 ResponseGroupDefinitions.................................................16 PortType...............................................................................17 Binding...........................................................................................17 Service............................................................................................18 WSDLLocation.......................................................................................18 WhatisaSchema?............................................................................................19 SchemaLocations....................................................................................20 ECSTerminologyandBasicConcepts.......................................................................20 TheMarketplace................................................................................................21 VendorsonAmazon..........................................................................................21 Associates................................................................................................23 Sellers......................................................................................................24 AmazonAdvantageSellers............................................................25 IndividualandProMerchantSellers..............................................25 IndividualSellers...........................................................................26 ProMerchantSellers......................................................................26 Merchants................................................................................................27 Merchants@ProMerchants...........................................................27 Merchants@Sellers.......................................................................28 ItemsforSale....................................................................................................29 ItemIdentifiers.........................................................................................29 OtherItemIdentifiers.....................................................................30 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide SummaryofECSOperations............................................................................30 FindItems................................................................................................30 FindOutMoreAboutSpecificItems......................................................31 ShoppingCart..........................................................................................31 CustomerContent....................................................................................31 SellerInformation....................................................................................32 OtherOperations......................................................................................32 ECSDeveloperCommunity..............................................................................32 ECSDeveloperAids.........................................................................................33 VisualIntroductiontoECS.........................................................................................33 FindingItems.....................................................................................................34 FindingOutMoreAboutanItem......................................................................35 GettingSellerInformation................................................................................35 ImplementingaShoppingCart.........................................................................35 OrganizationofItemsforSaleonAmazon................................................................36 ItemOrganization..............................................................................................36 BrowseNodes...................................................................................................37 BrowseNodeProperties..........................................................................38 RootCategory................................................................................38 BrowseNodesandItems.........................................................................39 BrowseNodeIDs.....................................................................................40 BrowseNodesandSearchIndices...........................................................41 FindingBrowseNodes............................................................................41 SearchIndices...................................................................................................43 SearchIndicesandLocales......................................................................44 Variations..........................................................................................................45 VariationParents.....................................................................................46 VariationDimensions..............................................................................48 Collections.........................................................................................................49 ParentandChildCollectionItems...........................................................50 Tags...................................................................................................................51 Lists...................................................................................................................52 ECSOperationsandLists........................................................................52 URLsforLists.........................................................................................53 URLsforWishLists.......................................................................53 URLsforListmaniaLists...............................................................53 URLsforWeddingRegistryandBabyRegistryLists.....................53 FindingListIDs.......................................................................................54 Accessories........................................................................................................54 MakingRequestsandUnderstandingResponses.......................................................55 MakingRESTRequests....................................................................................56 MakingSOAPRequests....................................................................................61 UnderstandingResponses.................................................................................68 FindingItemstoBuy..................................................................................................76 SearchOperations.............................................................................................76 ItemsYouCannotBuy......................................................................................77 FindingItemsSoldbyMerchants.....................................................................77 RequiredItemSearchParameters.............................................................78 CommonItemSearchParameters............................................................79 ReturningOnlyAvailableItems....................................................79 InaccurateAvailabilities.......................................................80 AvailabilityParameterRestrictionsandConstraints............81 PowerSearches........................................................................................81 PowerSearchSyntax.....................................................................81 PowerSearchOperators.......................................................83 PowerSearchTips.........................................................................83 SearchingUsingTextStream...................................................................84 UsingSearchBinstoFindItems.......................................................................84 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide NarrowByAttribute.................................................................................85 NarrowByValues....................................................................................87 NarrowByValuesPerSearchIndex..............................................87 FindingItemsSoldbySellers...........................................................................90 FindingItemsUsingBrowseNodes..................................................................91 TraversingtheBrowseNodeHierarchy..................................................92 UnderstandingBrowseNodeResultsWhenDrillingDown....................94 FindingItemsonLists.......................................................................................96 FindingtheItemsUsingtheCustomerID...............................................97 FindingCustomerInformation..........................................................................98 CustomerContentSearch..........................................................................98 CustomerContentLookup.........................................................................99 MotivatingCustomerstoBuy.....................................................................................99 UsingImages...................................................................................................100 MultipleImagesVersusVariationImages............................................102 ImageSets..............................................................................................104 ImageSetCategories....................................................................105 RetrievingImages........................................................................106 ManipulatingImageURLs....................................................................107 Promotions......................................................................................................110 PromotionCategories............................................................................111 RSSFeedsforPromotions.....................................................................113 CustomerandSellerReviews.........................................................................113 GettingCustomerReviews....................................................................113 GettingEditorialReviews......................................................................114 GettingSellerFeedback.........................................................................115 ReturningAdditionalSellerReviews..........................................117 SuggestingOtherItemsSoldbytheSeller......................................................117 SuggestingSimilarItemstoBuy.....................................................................118 FindingSimilarItemIDs.......................................................................118 ReturningItemsSimilartoCartItems...................................................119 UsingSimilarityLookup........................................................................120 SpecifyingMultipleItems............................................................120 FilteringSimilarItems...........................................................................121 SimilarVersionsoftheSameItem........................................................121 RecommendingOtherItemsSoldbytheSameSeller....................................122 TopSellers.......................................................................................................123 GettingTopSellersFromtheShoppingCart........................................125 NewReleases..................................................................................................125 SortingbyPopularity,Price,orCondition......................................................126 SuggestingItemsonaCustomer'sWishList..................................................128 ReturningPriceandAvailabilityInformation..........................................................129 ReturningPrices..............................................................................................129 OfferSummaries....................................................................................130 ReturningMoreInformationAbouttheOffer.......................................131 ProvidingPriceRangesforProductCategories....................................132 ItemsThatDoNotHaveOffers.............................................................132 DeterminingParentItems......................................................................133 ReturningOffersFromItemVariations................................................133 VariationDimensions............................................................................134 DeterminingAvailability.................................................................................135 AvailabilityValues................................................................................135 CheckingforanOfferListingID..........................................................136 DeterminingtheAvailabilityofItemsSoldbySellers..........................138 WorkingWithRemoteShoppingCarts....................................................................139 ShoppingCartConcepts..................................................................................139 CartIdentifiers.......................................................................................139 MergingLocalandRemoteShoppingCarts.........................................142 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide RemoteShoppingCartTasks..........................................................................145 CreatingaRemoteShoppingCart.........................................................145 SpecifyingtheItemsintheCartCreateRequest..........................146 AssociateTagParameter...............................................................147 MergeCartParameter...................................................................148 UsingValuesReturnedbyCartCreateinOtherCartOperations 148 ModifyingtheItemsinaRemoteShoppingCart........................149 AddingItemstoaCart.................................................................149 AddingItemsasSavedForLater.......................................150 AddingListItemstoaCart................................................151 RemovingItemsFromaCart.......................................................151 ChangingtheMergeCartValue...................................................152 ReturningtheContentsofaCart...........................................................152 AddtoCartForm............................................................................................153 PurchasingtheItemsinaRemoteShoppingCart....................................................154 OrderPipeline.................................................................................................154 ImplementingtheProceedtoCheckoutButton..............................................155 PurchaseURL.........................................................................................155 BuyNowForm................................................................................................156 TrackingTransactions...............................................................................................157 UsingTransactionLookup...............................................................................157 SplitShipmentTransactions............................................................................158 HandlingErrorsandTroubleshootingApplications.................................................158 SyntaxandParameterErrors...........................................................................158 ProcessingError.....................................................................................159 ResultsandErrors..................................................................................160 RetrievingErrors.............................................................................................160 TroubleshootingApplications.........................................................................160 ErrorCodesandMessages..............................................................................161 LocaleConsiderations...............................................................................................168 Locales............................................................................................................168 GeneralDifferences.........................................................................................169 AssociateIDs...................................................................................................169 ShippingRestrictions......................................................................................170 ECSAPIReference......................................................................................................................171 ECSOperations.........................................................................................................171 BrowseNodeLookup........................................................................................172 ResponseTags.......................................................................................172 ResponsetoSampleRequest.................................................................173 FindingBrowseNodeValues................................................................174 RelatedOperations.................................................................................175 CartAdd...........................................................................................................175 CartClear.........................................................................................................180 CartCreate........................................................................................................182 SpecifyingtheItems..............................................................................182 CartGet............................................................................................................187 CartModify......................................................................................................191 CustomerContentLookup................................................................................195 CustomerContentSearch..................................................................................198 Help.................................................................................................................201 ItemLookup.....................................................................................................203 ItemIdentifiers.......................................................................................203 ItemSearch.......................................................................................................210 ListLookup......................................................................................................221 SupportedListTypes.............................................................................222 ListSearch........................................................................................................226 SupportedListTypes.............................................................................226 SellerListingLookup........................................................................................229 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide SellerListingSearch.........................................................................................232 SellerLookup...................................................................................................236 UsingaMerchantID.............................................................................236 SimilarityLookup............................................................................................239 TagLookup......................................................................................................243 TransactionLookup..........................................................................................247 FindingaTransactionID.......................................................................247 CommonRequestParameters...................................................................................250 ECSResponseGroups..............................................................................................252 AccessoriesResponseGroup..........................................................................253 AlternateVersionsResponseGroup................................................................254 BrowseNodeInfoResponseGroup..................................................................257 BrowseNodesResponseGroup.......................................................................258 CartResponseGroup......................................................................................260 CartNewReleasesResponseGroup.................................................................264 CartTopSellersResponseGroup.....................................................................265 CartSimilaritiesResponseGroup....................................................................267 CollectionsResponseGroup...........................................................................269 CustomerFullResponseGroup.......................................................................270 CustomerInfoResponseGroup.......................................................................273 CustomerListsResponseGroup......................................................................274 CustomerReviewsResponseGroup................................................................275 EditorialReviewResponseGroup...................................................................277 HelpResponseGroup......................................................................................279 ImagesResponseGroup..................................................................................281 ItemAttributesResponseGroup......................................................................284 ItemIdsResponseGroup.................................................................................297 LargeResponseGroup....................................................................................298 ListFullResponseGroup.................................................................................314 ListInfoResponseGroup................................................................................317 ListItemsResponseGroup..............................................................................319 ListmaniaListsResponseGroup......................................................................321 ListMinimumResponseGroup.......................................................................322 MediumResponseGroup................................................................................324 MerchantItemAttributesResponseGroup.......................................................338 NewReleasesResponseGroup........................................................................339 OfferFullResponseGroup..............................................................................341 OfferListings...................................................................................................346 OffersResponseGroup...................................................................................350 OfferSummaryResponseGroup.....................................................................356 PromotionDetailsResponseGroup.................................................................358 PromotionTypes....................................................................................359 PromotionSummaryResponseGroup.............................................................363 PromotionTypes....................................................................................363 RequestResponseGroup................................................................................366 ReviewsResponseGroup................................................................................368 SalesRankResponseGroup............................................................................370 SearchBinsResponseGroup...........................................................................372 SellerResponseGroup....................................................................................377 SellerListingResponseGroup.........................................................................379 SimilaritiesResponseGroup...........................................................................381 SmallResponseGroup....................................................................................383 SubjectsResponseGroup................................................................................385 TaggedGuidesResponseGroup......................................................................386 TaggedItemsResponseGroup........................................................................388 TaggedListmaniaListsResponseGroup..........................................................390 TagsResponseGroup......................................................................................392 TagsSummaryResponseGroup......................................................................395 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide TopSellersResponseGroup............................................................................396 TracksResponseGroup..................................................................................398 TransactionDetailsResponseGroup...............................................................399 VariationMinimumResponseGroup..............................................................403 VariationDimensions............................................................................404 VariationsResponseGroup.............................................................................405 VariationDimensions............................................................................406 VariationImagesResponseGroup...................................................................409 VariationMatrixResponseGroup...................................................................412 VariationOffersResponseGroup....................................................................414 VariationSummaryResponseGroup...............................................................419 ResponseElementsCommontoAllResponseGroups............................................422 ItemSearchSortValuesByLocale...........................................................................422 SortValuesforCA..........................................................................................423 SortValuesforDE..........................................................................................425 SortValuesforFR...........................................................................................433 SortValuesforJP............................................................................................436 SortValuesforUK..........................................................................................443 SortValuesforUS..........................................................................................449 SearchIndexandItemSearchParameterCombinations...........................................462 SearchIndex-ItemSearchParameterCombinationsforCA............................462 SearchIndex-ItemSearchParameterCombinationsforDE.............................466 SearchIndex-ItemSearchParameterCombinationsforFR.............................473 SearchIndex-ItemSearchParameterCombinationsforJP..............................477 SearchIndex-ItemSearchParameterCombinationsforUK............................482 SearchIndex-ItemSearchParameterCombinationsforUS.............................488 SearchIndexSupportbyLocale...............................................................................499 BrowseNodeIDs......................................................................................................501 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide What's New Thefollowingtabledescribesthechangesinthisdocumentsinceitslastpublication.Thisversionofthe AmazonE-CommerceDeveloperGuidedescribesECSversion2007-07-16andwaslastupdatedon 2007-09-01. Change Description Thisreleaseintroduces YoucannowusetheBabysearchindexinItemSearchrequestsintheDE theBabysearchindexin locale. theDElocale Thisreleaseintroduces YounowcanuseCustomerContentLookupintheselocaleswiththere- CustomerContentLookup sponsegroupsCustomerInfo(default)andCustomerLists.Thelatterre- intheDE,FR,JP,and sponsegroupincludeswishlistIDsandcustomernicknames. UKlocales. Thisreleaseintroduces YoucannowusetheVideosearchindexinItemSearchrequestsintheFR theVideosearchindexin locale. theFRlocale Theimportranksortvalue IntheDElocale,intheClassicalandMusicsearchindices,theimpor- hasbeendeprecated. tranksortvaluehasbeendeprecated. Manynewsortvalues ThenewItemSearchsortvaluesduplicatethefunctionalityofcurrentsort havebeenaddedinthe values,whicharebeingmaintainedinadditiontothenewvalues.The Music,Video,VHS, newsortvaluescanbefoundintheappendix. DVD,andClassical searchindices. Thisreleaseintroducesa TheVariationMatrixresponsegroupreturns,foragivenparentASIN,the newresponse variationdimensionnameandvalueofeachchildASIN.Ifareturned group:VariationMatrix. itemdoesnothavevariations,theVariationMatrixresponsegroupwill notreturnanydata. Thisreleaseintroducesa TheVariationOffersresponsegroupenablesyoutoretrievetheoffersfor newresponsegroup: thechildrenofaparentASIN.VariationOffersisachildresponsegroup VariationOffers. oftheVariationsresponsegroup.VariationOffersdiffersbynotreturning itemattributesforindividualvariations. Thisreleaseintroducesa TagLookupenablesyoutofinditems,guides,andListmanialistsusing newoperation:TagLook- tags.AtagisawordorphrasethatacustomeronAmazon’sretailwebsite Version2007-07-16 1 AmazonE-CommerceServiceDeveloperGuide Change Description up. associateswithoneoftheseentities.Forexample,acustomermighttaga givenentitywiththephrase,“BestCookbook.” ItemLookup,ItemSearch, Allthreeoperationscannowaccepttag-relatedparametervaluestofind andCustomerCon- itemsbasedontags.Theinputparameters,TagPage,TagsPerPage,and tentLookuphavethree, TagSort,helpretrieveandorganizetag-relatedresponseelements. new,optionalparameters. Thisreleaseintroduces Thenew,tag-relatedresponsegroupsare:TaggedGuides,TaggedItems, tag-orientedresponse TaggedListmaniaLists,TagsSummary,andTags.Usingtheseresponse groups. groups,youcanretrievetaginformationforitems,guides,andListmania lists.TagsandTagSummaryspecifytheamountofinformationreturned. Theothertag-relatedresponsegroups,TaggedGuides,TaggedItems,and TaggedListmaniaLists,specifythekindofentitytagged. Version2007-07-16 2

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