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This What's New is associated with the 2008-08-19 version of the Amazon Associates Web Service. This guide was last updated on 2008-12-15.
The following table describes the important changes since the last release of the Amazon Associates Web Service Developer Guide.
| Change | Description | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| New sort parameters | The UK search index, Apparel, has two new sort parameters: reviewrank and -launch-date. | 2008-11-03 |
| New search indices in UK | The UK locale has the following new search indices: Beauty and Shoes. | 2008-11-03 |
| New search index in CA | The CA locale has a new search index: Electronics. | 2008-11-03 |
| New search index in DE | The DE locale has a new search index: Beauty. | 2008-11-03 |
| New search index in JP | The JP locale has a new search index: Grocery. | 2008-11-03 |
| New sort parameters | In the DE locale, the sort values reviewrank was added to the Apparel search index, relevancerank to Shoes, and salesrank to Shoes. The values xsrelevancerank and pmrank were removed from shoes | 2008-10-06 |
| New search index | The HomeImprovement search index was added to the DE and UK locales. The sort values associated with this search index are price, -price, reviewrank, and salesrank. | 2008-10-06 |
| New parameter value | The ItemSearch parameter, ReviewSort, has two new valid values: Rank and -Rank. Rank lists the most helpful reviews first. -Rank returns the least helpful reviews first. | 2008-10-06 |
| New sort value | In the Music search index in the US locale, relevancerank was added as a sort value. | 2008-10-06 |
| New variation dimension | SizePerPearl was added as a variation dimension. | 2008-10-06 |
| New search indices | In the US locale, the search index, Shoes, has been added. Previously, the Apparel search index was used for shoes. Also, the Automotive search index has been added to the DE locale. | 2008-08-19 |
| New operations | The US locale now has three new operations that locate automobiles and automobile parts: VehiclePartLookup, VehiclePartSearch, and VehicleSearch. | 2008-08-19 |
| New response groups | To compliment the new operations, new response groups were added, including: Fitments, HasPartCompatibility, PartBrandBinsSummary, PartBrowseNodeBinsSummary, VehicleMakes, VehicleModels, VehicleOptions, VehiclePartFit, VehicleParts, VehicleTrims, VehicleYears. | 2008-08-19 |
| No UPC in CA | In ItemLookup requests, ItemId cannot be "UPC" in CA. If it is, an error is returned. | 2008-08-19 |
