Document History

This documentation is associated with the 2008-09-17 version of the Amazon FPS Marketplace Quick Start. This guide was last updated on DD-Mont-YYYY.

The following table describes the important changes since the last release of this guide.

Change Description Release Date

WSDL Update Amazon FPS has released a new WSDL version (2010-08-28). This documentation is out of date, and will not be updated except for major corrections. For the latest version of this document, please navigate to http://aws.amazon.com/documentation/fps/. in this release (2010-11-01)

Feature Rollback Amazon FPS has discontinued support for signature verification using signature version 1. If your application is using this feature, you must convert to a server-side call with Verifying the ReturnURL and IPN Notifications. in this release 2010-11-01

Feature Rollback Amazon FPS has discontinued support for client-side signature verification using PKI. If your application is using this feature, you must convert to a server-side call with Verifying the ReturnURL and IPN Notifications. 2010-09-14

Enhancement

Changed the values for soft descriptors from "AMZ*" and "AMZN PMNTS" to "ASI*" and "Amazon Payments", respectively.

Also, applied minor changes and typographical fixes applied from a maintenance edit

2010-06-11

Enhancement Examples of the email messages sent by Amazon Payments which are relevant to Amazon FPS are now included as part of this guide. Please see E-mail Notification Templates. 2010-01-29

New Feature

GetRecipientVerificationStatus enables you to test that the intended recipient has a verified Amazon Payments account before you present the payment option for that seller or recipient on your web site. For more information, see GetRecipientVerificationStatus.

2010-1-15

New Feature

support for signature version 2, which completely replaced signature version 1 on 01 November, 2010. The enhanced security features include:

a more secure way of calculating signatures for inbound requests and outbound notifications. For more information, see Working with Signatures.
support for SHA256 signing algorithm
the new VerifySignature FPS Action for server-side testing of return URL responses and IPN notifications. For more information, see VerifySignature.
support for PKI based authentication for client-side testing of return URL responses and IPN notification.
Note
This feature is deprecated as of 2010-09-14.

2009-11-03

Enhancement The Access Keys page has been renamed the Security Credentials page, located at http://aws.amazon.com/security-credentials. You must be logged in to view this page. 2009-09-09