Has anyone used this in production software?

The reason I ask is it seems that they are basically killing off their own API. Even the API itself is hard to find. Their terms of use are draconian and they state that to use it, the sole purpose of your app must be to drive traffic back to amazon.

I could rant for a while about amazon being giant douchebags. Like how they killed Delicious Library for iOs last year. Or how they're deprecating functions in the API left and right. But I'll stop here.

Anyone using it or know of alternatives?

11/25/2010 12:51:52 PM

im horrified

11/25/2010 3:24:04 PM

well this is bad news - I was hoping to add some amazon stuff to our new site. We're regularly checking out new books, music, etc - I was hoping to post some recommended products for a little side revenue.

11/25/2010 5:35:09 PM

Well, just clearly read the license and the rate limiting.

11/25/2010 5:50:22 PM

^^just reread your question. if you're actually intended to generate revenue (people clicking on the links), you are probably in the clear. See, I actually don't want to do that. I just want the product info. That's my problem.

And to answer my own question, the closest alternative I have found is eBay's Finding API. I have yet to check it out in depth, but it may do the job. There seems to be a painful process for getting your app checked though if you want to make more than 5000 requests per day.

11/29/2010 7:47:12 AM

wait wait wait wait wait

let me make sure i've got this straight

you're saying amazon is being giant douchebags

because you want to use an API they provide for the purpose of earning themselves more revenue

in order to skim their intellectual property for some cross purpose

and they aren't making that easy for you?

[Edited on November 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM. Reason : ///]

11/29/2010 8:26:43 AM

Hi. You're probably new to the Wolf Web.

11/29/2010 1:29:28 PM