Reviews
Topics
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Getting Editorial Reviews (p. 110)
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Getting Customer Reviews (p. 110)
One of the great benefits of shopping on Amazon is the wealth of reviews of both items and sellers.
All of these features, in Product Advertising API, are read-only, that is, it is possible to retrieve reviews
but not possible to create new reviews or lists.
Getting Editorial Reviews
The
EditorialReviews
response group provides the merchant's description of an item. This information
is less of a review and more of a product description. The content of the
EditorialReviews
response
group can be displayed individually as part of an
ItemLookup
,
ItemSearch
, or
SimilarityLookup
request.
For books, Editorial Reviews is a separate listing on the DetailPageURL web page. For example,
The following XML snippet shows part of the equivalent Product Advertising API EditorialReview response.
<EditorialReview>
<Source>Bookwire, April 07, 2006</Source>
<Content>——Rich characters, unexpected plot development,and underlying themes
of hope, lofty ideals, educational excellence, and historical pride.</Content>
</EditorialReview>
The Editorial Reviews section also contains the author's description of the book.
Getting Customer Reviews
The
Reviews
response group provides an iframe URL that contains customer reviews for a specified
item.
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Product Advertising API Developer Guide
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