What's New

This What's New is associated with the 2008-06-26 version of the Amazon Associates Web Service. This guide was last updated on 2008-09-15.

The following table describes the important changes since the last release of the Amazon Associates Web Service Developer Guide.

ChangeDescriptionRelease Date
Format changeThe URL format of the DetailPageURL has changed. 2008-06-23
New response groupsThe BrowseNodeLookup operation can now use two new response groups: MostGifted, MostWishedFor. Both of these response groups return up to ten items ranked accordingly, i.e., the ten items sent the greatest number of times as a gift, and the ten items that are on the greatest number of wishlists, respectively.2008-06-23
CorrectionIf you set IsOmitPurchasedItems=1 in a ListLookup request, items on a wishlist that have been purchased will not be returned in the response. The items omitted, however, were still counted in the total number found. Therefore, with that parameter set, it was not possible to return the number of items reported as the total number found. The value for Total now represents the total found minus those omitted because of the IsOmitPurchasedItems parameter. 2008-06-23
New search index in JPYou can now use the Beauty search index in the JP locale. Items in this search index include, for example, cosmetics and hair styling products.2008-06-23
Add items to registries and wishlistsThe Small response group now includes links that enable you to add an item to a customer's Baby Registry, Wedding Registry, and Wishlist. , Wedding Registry, or WishList. The links also enable you to display Tell a Friend, All Reviews, and All Offers. All response groups, such as Medium and Large, that are parents of Small also include these links. This is the first time that the Amazon Associates Web Service has enabled customers to add items to lists, display reviews separately, and recommend items to frieinds.2008-06-23