About this Sample

• Based on the 2009-03-31 API version.
• This sample shows how to send an authenticated REST request to the Amazon Product Advertising API using Perl

Prerequisites

• Amazon Product Advertising API Account (http://associates.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/main.html/).
• Perl version 5.8.8 or later
• The following Perl Modules:
  1. Data::Dumper http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Dumper
  2. Digest::SHA http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Digest::SHA
  3. URI::Escape http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?URI::Escape
  4. LWP::Simple http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?LWP::Simple
  5. XML::Simple http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?XML::Simple

Reference Documentation

• Online Reference Documentation

Quick Start

1. Ensure the pre-requisite Perl Modules are installed and usable
2. Log in to the AWS portal at http://aws.amazon.com/ and copy your AWS Access Key ID and your AWS Secret Key. You can find them under the Your Account -> Access Identifiers menu after you log in.
3. Extract the amazon-product-advt-api-sample-perl-query.zip file into a working directory.
4. Open the SignedRequestSample.pl file in an editor and change the myAWSId and myAWSSecret values to match the ones you obtained from AWS.
5. Run the script:

       ./SignedRequestSample.pl
   	    

   Or,

       ./SignedRequestSample.pl [insert ASIN here]
   	    

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