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by lugg 4426 days ago
Sorry but what's the point? Like what issue with amazon search are you trying to solve?

Cool weekend project either way. Props.
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fjw 4426 days ago
Good question -- it's not really solving anything, it's just a different way of viewing Amazon products in a slightly more slick interface. It might save you a few seconds on a search, or it might not.

I mostly just wanted to play around with the Amazon API and AJAX calls. Thanks!

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amccloud 4426 days ago
Which API are you using? Didn't know they had a product API.
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fjw 4426 days ago
Check out Amazon's Product Advertising API: https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/deta...

It supports Item Lookup, Item Search, Cart Creation, etc. Pretty cool!

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lugg 4425 days ago
You can browse category nodes too iirc
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ChiChou 4425 days ago
It does not improve my search experience of save any time.
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sharifhkhan 4426 days ago
And you didn't set it up so that you can get "up to 8.5% in referral fees when the users you refer to Amazon sites buy qualifying products"?
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lifeformed 4425 days ago
Who cares, why is it wrong to get referrals?
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theshadowmonkey 4424 days ago
+1 what's wrong in using referrals. Every web company out there is earning money more or less the same way.
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