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A request is a way of asking Amazon Associates Web Service to do something for you. For example, you might ask Amazon Associates Web Service to return information about a product category or about a single item. You might request that Amazon Associates Web Service return pictures of items for sale, or what other customers thought of them, or how much they cost. Amazon Associates Web Service enables you to ask these questions by sending requests over the Internet using REST or SOAP. Amazon Associates Web Service answers your request by returning an XML document.
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Processing responses is discussed in the next section. |
The following sections describe how to make an Amazon Associates Web Service request using multiple programming languages:
