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Welcome to the Amazon Fulfillment Web Service Getting Started Guide. Amazon Fulfillment Web Service is a set of operations designed to help you automate the process of shipping your inventory to an Amazon fulfillment center and—if you sell on a site other than Amazon—to ship your items from the fulfillment center to the seller. If you sell on Amazon, this last part is done automatically.
This guide is designed to help you understand how to make requests to the the Amazon Fulfillment Web Service, and present some ideas for using this service. This section describes who should read this guide, how the guide is organized, and other resources related to the Amazon Fulfillment Web Service.
The Amazon Fulfillment Web Service will occasionally be referred to within this guide as simply "Amazon FWS"; all copyrights and legal protections still apply.
This guide is intended for developers who want a quick introduction to Amazon FWS and who want to build fulfillment properties into an already-existing web site or web application, such as an inventory system.
Use of this guide assumes you are familiar with the following:
XML (for an overview, go to W3 Schools XML Tutorial)
Basic understanding of web services (for an overview, go to W3 Schools Web Services Tutorial)
In addition, you need to be familiar with one of the following programming languages, or be willing to work with a language-agnostic scratchpad tool.
Java
C#
To use Amazon FWS, you need to create a merchant account with Amazon.com. This is a requirement because you have to list an item to sell in order to have Amazon fulfill it. Only merchants can list an item. The process of registering for a merchant account is documented in Registering for a Merchant Account.
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This guide explains how to implement an Amazon FWS operation and process the response using multiple programming languages. You can use these examples as a model for implementing all of the other Amazon FWS operations in a more sophisticated web site or application.
The information in this guide is meant to be read sequentially. Each concept and implementation detail builds upon the previous ones. We recommend, therefore, that you read this short guide in the order presented. If you are already an AWS developer, we note steps that you can skip.
The major sections of this guide are:
"What's New" lists the changes in this guide since the last version.
"Introduction to Amazon FWS" introduces you to Amazon FWS and summarizes its main features.
"Getting Set Up" describes what you need to do to prepare to send your first Amazon FWS request. It includes getting an AWS developer account, signing up for Amazon FWS, and getting the tools you need to run the samples.
"Making Requests to Amazon FWS" walks you through running the samples that we provide.
"Where to Go from Here" offers some ideas for you to learn more about Amazon FWS.
In the HTML version of this document, you can hide the sections of this guide that don't apply to the programming language you are using. There is a language selection menu in the upper-right corner of pages with language-specific text. Select your language to hide all others, or select All to show the examples in all available languages.
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The following table lists related resources that you'll find useful as you work with this service.
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| Amazon Fulfillment Web Service Developer Guide | The Developer Guide provides a detailed discussion of the service. It includes an architectural overview and a programming reference. |
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The API Guide is a reference for the operations and associated parameters used in the inbound, outbound, and inventory APIs. | |
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The inbound quick reference card gives a concise listing of parameters used for the inbound operations | |
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The outbound quick reference card gives a concise listing of parameters used for the outbound operations | |
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The inventory quick reference card gives a concise listing of parameters used for the inventory operations | |
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The schema documentation gives an easy-to-view, graphical representation of the service's schema | |
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The schema documentation gives an easy-to-view, graphical representation of the service's schema | |
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The schema documentation gives an easy-to-view, graphical representation of the service's schema | |
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The Release Notes give a high-level overview of the current release. They specifically note any new features, corrections, and known issues. | |
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The Seller Central Help page contains topical help and answers to common questions for tasks relating to selling on Amazon and using Amazon for fulfillment. | |
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A central starting point to find documentation, code samples, release notes, and other information to help you build innovative applications with AWS. | |
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A community-based forum for developers to discuss technical questions related to Amazon Web Services. | |
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The home page for AWS Technical Support, including access to our Developer Forums, Technical FAQs, Service Status page, and (if you’re subscribed to this program) AWS Premium Support. | |
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The primary web page for information about Amazon FWS. | |
| Contact Us | A central contact point for inquiries concerning AWS billing, account, events, abuse, etc. |
| Conditions of Use | Detailed information about the copyright and trademark usage at Amazon.com and other topics. |
