| This release introduces a new search index in the US locale: MP3Downloads. | You can use the MP3Downloads search index in an ItemSearch request to find MP3 music that can be downloaded. |
| This release introduces the Kitchen search index in the FR locale. | You can now use the Kitchen search index in ItemSearch requests in the FR locale. |
| This release introduces the Apparel search index in the DE locale. | You can now use the Apparel search index in ItemSearch requests in the DE locale. To find shoes and handbags in the DE locale, use the Apparel search index. |
| This release introduces the Apparel search index in the UK locale. | You can now use the Apparel search index in ItemSearch requests in the UK locale. To find shoes in the UK locale, use the Apparel search index. |
| This release introduces the Baby search index in the UK locale. | You can now use the Baby search index in ItemSearch requests in the UK locale. |
| This release introduces the Baby search index in the DE locale. | You can now use the Baby search index in ItemSearch requests in the DE locale. |
| This release introduces CustomerContentLookup in the DE, FR, JP, and UK locales. | You now can use CustomerContentLookup in these locales with the response groups CustomerInfo (default) and CustomerLists. The latter response group includes wishlist IDs and customer nicknames. |
| This release introduces the Video search index in the FR locale. | You can now use the Video search index in ItemSearch requests in the FR locale. |
| The importrank sort value has been deprecated. | In the DE locale, in the Classical and Music search indices, the importrank sort value has been deprecated. |
| Many new sort values have been added in the Music, Video, VHS, DVD, and Classical search indices. | The new ItemSearch sort values duplicate the functionality of current sort values, which are being maintained in addition to the new values. The new sort values can be found in the appendix. |
| This release introduces a new response group:VariationMatrix. | The VariationMatrix response group returns, for a given parent ASIN, the variation dimension name and value of each child ASIN. If a returned item does not have variations, the VariationMatrix response group will not return any data. |
| This release introduces a new response group: VariationOffers. | The VariationOffers response group enables you to retrieve the offers for the children of a parent ASIN. VariationOffers is a child response group of the Variations response group. VariationOffers differs by not returning item attributes for individual variations. |
| This release introduces a new operation: TagLookup. | TagLookup enables you to find items, guides, and Listmania lists using tags. A tag is a word or phrase that a customer on Amazon’s retail website associates with one of these entities. For example, a customer might tag a given entity with the phrase, “BestCookbook.” |
| ItemLookup, ItemSearch, and CustomerContentLookup have three, new, optional parameters. | All three operations can now accept tag-related parameter values to find items based on tags. The input parameters, TagPage, TagsPerPage, and TagSort, help retrieve and organize tag-related response elements. |
| This release introduces tag-oriented response groups. | The new, tag-related response groups are: TaggedGuides, TaggedItems, TaggedListmaniaLists, TagsSummary, and Tags. Using these response groups, you can retrieve tag information for items, guides, and Listmania lists. Tags and TagSummary specify the amount of information returned. The other tag-related response groups, TaggedGuides, TaggedItems, and Tagged ListmaniaLists, specify the kind of entity tagged. |
