Amazon has created several simple sample applications to help you get started with Amazon E-Commerce Service (ECS) and to show you how to access ECS in a variety of languages. All samples may be downloaded at http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/?node=3434641.
Perl command-line application that accepts an ASIN and uses the ECS ItemLookup operation to retrieve all the current prices for that item on Amazon. Demonstrates how to make a REST request and process the result.
Perl command-line application that uses the ECS ItemSearch operation to retrieve Amazon books that match specific keywords. Demonstrates how to make a SOAP request and process the results.
Perl command-line application that uses the ECS ItemSearch operation to retrieve Amazon books that match specific keywords. Demonstrates how to make a REST request and process the results.
Java applet that demonstrates how to use every ECS operation in REST and SOAP. Useful for learning how to use Java to create and submit ECS requests in REST and SOAP. Complete JavaDocs for this sample are also available for download.
To get started with each of the samples, download the sample's zip file from the URL above, unzip the file, and read the document named README.txt.