License Agreement URL
Locale
https://afiliados.amazon.es/gp/advertising/api/detail/agreement.html
Spain
https://affiliate-program.amazon.co.uk/gp/advertising/api/detail/agreement.html
United Kingdom
https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/agreement.html
United States
Note
If you plan to use the Product Advertising API to advertise Amazon products from a locale other
than the one you signed up in, please be sure to review the license agreement for that locale.
The terms and conditions for each locale apply to any use of the Product Advertising API in that
locale.
Please review the
Application Best Practices Guide
to make sure your application is compliant, scalable,
and efficient.
Important
In addition to the Product Advertising API License Agreement, be sure to read your locale's
Associates Program Operating Agreement for more details on usage guidelines, policies, and
requirements.
E-Commerce and Web Services
Topics
•
What is E-Commerce? (p. 11)
•
What is a Web Service? (p. 12)
•
What is XML? (p. 12)
•
What is a WSDL? (p. 14)
•
What is a Schema? (p. 21)
This chapter is for readers who are new to the concepts of e-commerce and web services. If you are
familiar with these topics, proceed to the next chapter.
This chapter provides an overview of e-commerce, web services and associated technologies.
What is E-Commerce?
E-commerce (Electronic Commerce) is the practice of using computers to buy, sell, and market goods
and services across a network, such as the Internet.
This book assumes that you have at least some familiarity with buying or selling items over the Internet.
If this is not the case for you, go to www.amazon.com, find an item to buy and proceed a few steps into
the purchase procedure. For a basic understanding of e-commerce, go to
www.amazon.com
.
In Product Advertising API, e-commerce is facilitated by web services.
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