Managing a Shopping Cart

If you have a CartId and HMAC for an existing cart, you can:

Modifying an Existing Cart

The CartModify operation allows you to perform several functions:

There are thus several useful combinations of parameters for the CartModify operation:

To alter an item's quantity with CartModify, you must first identify the CartItemId of the entry to be altered. This was returned in Cart/CartItems/CartItem/CartItemId when you added the item to the cart (through CartAdd or CartCreate).

To try this for yourself, first create a cart and then use the CartItemId, CartId and HMAC values, copy the REST request below into your browser and insert your own values:

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For SOAP requests, you would have an Items container element with an Item element for each cart entry, rather than the Item.x notation used for REST.

You can also use CartModify to change a cart item to a saved item and vice versa. To try this for yourself, copy the REST request below into your browser and insert your own values:

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In the XML data returned by this request, note that the modified entry is returned as a <SavedForLaterItem> element rather than a <CartItem>.

For SOAP requests, you would have an Items container element with an Item element for each cart entry, rather than the Item.x notation used for REST.

You can change the quantity of a cart item, while also changing it from a saved item to a cart item, as shown below.

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For SOAP requests, you would have an Items container element with an Item element for each cart entry, rather than the Item.x notation used for REST.

You can modify multiple cart entries, by specifying their CartItemId and the desired action or quantity for that entry, as shown below.

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For SOAP requests, you would have an Items container element with an Item element for each cart entry, rather than the Item.x notation used for REST.

Displaying the Contents of an Existing Cart

If you have created a cart, you can retrieve the entries in the cart with the CartGet operation. Both cart entries and saved entries are returned.

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Clearing All Entries in a Cart

The CartClear operation allows you to remove all entries from a cart that has not yet been merged with the Amazon cart via the purchase URL, both cart items and saved items.

There is only one set of parameters for the CartClear operation

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Note that this operation returns a Cart/ element, but the CartItems/ element will be empty and there will be no PurchaseURL element. Clearing a cart does not destroy it. The cart will continue to exist for the life defined by Amazon (currently 90 days).