slightly OT: how to search amazon?

[Chris Sheffield]

Thanks, Bob. I wondered the same thing. But I'm pretty sure I've seen apps that do this. Although I guess it's possible they use other sources besides Amazon? Or maybe they are members of Amazon's Associates program?

Anyway, thanks for taking the time to reply. I'll keep digging.

Chris


On Jul 12, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:

> My advice would be to contact Amazon. They may provide an API. My gut tells me however that using their site in the way you prescribe would be looked down upon by them, and they probably have a mechanism in place to prevent too many queries from one IP in a given time frame. 
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> On Jul 12, 2012, at 2:53 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote:
> 
>> Hope no one minds if I ask this here. I'm having a hard time finding much in my searches for how to do this.
>> 
>> Does anyone know how one would go about searching for product info on amazon.com via a custom url? If I wanted to include a search in an app by using isbn, key words, etc., what's the best way to do that? I've found information on how to create a search url, but that just loads a search results page, viewable in a browser. Is there a way to modify the url so that it grabs some nicely formatted search results, rather than html for a web page that has to be parsed to get the info I need?
>> 
>> Mostly what I'm trying to do is look up info on books, movies, tv shows, or other products and display relevant information to the user (i.e. author, title, actors, series, etc.).
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>> 
>> 
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