Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS) provides two types of inquiries:
A search is a request that returns information matching the specified criteria. Searches can return no data (if nothing matches the criteria specified) or multiple objects that match. An example of a search might be to retrieve all videos directed by Stanley Kubrick.
A lookup is a request for a specific object or set of objects, specified by a unique identifier(s). An example of a lookup might be to retrieve information about a book by its Amazon Standard Identification Number (ASIN).
ECS provides search and lookup requests for products, restaurants, customers, and sellers.
The following operations are available through ECS.
Product data operations allow you to look up Amazon products, either by searching for groups of products or by looking up specific items.
| ECS Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| ItemSearch | Search the product database using a one of a variety of possible criteria. |
| ItemLookup | Look up specific product(s) in the Amazon database. |
| SimilarityLookup | Look up products that are similar to specific other products. |
| SellerListingSearch | Search for seller product listings (zShops and Marketplace). |
| SellerListingLookup | Look up a specific zShops or Marketplace product listing from a particular seller. |
The shopping cart operations allow you to create a shopping cart of items and hand it off to Amazon so the customer can purchase the selected items.
| ECS Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| CartCreate | Create a shopping cart and add an item(s). |
| CartAdd | Add products to the shopping cart |
| CartModify | Change quantities or status of entries in the shopping cart. |
| CartClear | Clear all entries in a shopping cart |
| CartGet | Get the contents of a shopping cart with updated price and availability information. |
Customer content operations allow you to look up publicly available customer content, such as reviews, wish lists and Listmania lists.
| ECS Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| CustomerContentSearch | Search for customers. |
| CustomerContentLookup | Look up specific customer(s) information (location/name/reviews). |
| ListLookup | Look up specific list(s) created by customers. |
| ListSearch | Search for customer-created lists. |
ECS allows you to look up feedback on specific sellers and get seller product listings.
| ECS Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| SellerLookup | Look up information about a specific seller. |
| ECS Operation | Description |
|---|---|
| BrowseNodeLookup | Returns information about a browse node, including child nodes. |
| Help | Returns information about how to use an ECS operation or about what to expect from ECS response groups. |
| TransactionLookup | Look up the amount of a specific transaction. |