Overview
Summary	Online retailer
Category	Shopping
Tags	shopping
Date Reviewed	2005-12-02
Description	Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS) exposes Amazon's product data and e-commerce functionality. This allows developers, web site owners and merchants to leverage the data and functionality that Amazon uses to power its own e-commerce business. Both REST and SOAP APIs are provided, this profile below is for the REST API.
API Home Page	http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=sc_f ...
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Protocol
Protocols	REST, SOAP
WSDL	http://webservices.amazon.com/AWSECommerceSer ...
Data Formats	All WSDL and XSD XML Schemas
Service Endpoint	http://webservices.amazon.com/
Functionality
API Groups	BrowseNodeLookup, Customer Content, Items, List, Cart, Third Party Listings, TransactionLookup
Example API Methods	ItemSearch
Client Install Required	No
Security
Authentication Model	Shared secret access key
SSL Support	No
Read-only Without Login	No
Support
Vendor API Kits	Perl, PHP, VB.NET, #, VB6, Python, Java
Community API Kits
API Blog
API Forum	Forums
Developer Support	FAQ
Signup and Licensing
Signup Requirements
Developer Key Required	Yes
Account with Service Required	Yes
Commercial Licensing	Upon request
Provider
Non-Commercial Licensing	Yes
Data Licensing
Usage Fees	None
Usage Limits	One call per second per client IP address also limits on how long data can be cached locally
Terms of Service	AWS License Agreement

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