[yoaviram]

Why not use the API? Disclaimer: I'm the author of python-amazon-simple-product-api [1]

[1] https://github.com/yoavaviram/python-amazon-simple-product-a...

[k__]

Sometimes this isn't possible.

I wrote an app that is basically a new UI for the Amazon products. It runs entirely on the client. The Amazon API simply didn't work in that setup.

[AznHisoka]

Are you referring to the Product Advertising API?

Doesnt that require you to have a quota of affiliate sales to keep using it? I can’t find where they state this requirement but I remembered they were very sneaky about disclosing this. If you dont have any affiliate sales after X months, your API key will stop working.

[ZoomStop]

Currently you have to be a member of their affiliate program to get API access. To become a full "member" you have to be a prospect who generates three referral sales (iirc) within a 30 day period. So once in you have the API, but getting in isn't as easy as filling out a form. From there you can get your API rate limits increased from the default 1x call per second up to 10 based on your prior 30 day affiliate sales.

[greglindahl]

Last I looked that limit was per IP address.

[raitucarp]

Man, looks great. I also build something similar in node.js. I implement everything what documentation said (complete implementation). ICYMI:

https://github.com/Ribhnux/piranhax

[wdr1]

The API comes with a TOS that severely restricts what you can do with the data.