For information on this project

The old Amazon Product Api is shut down on 31 October 2019

Documentation for the new API

• API Reference
• Product Advertising API Scratchpad

Receiving this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1318, in do_open
    encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding'))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1239, in request
    self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1285, in _send_request
    self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1234, in endheaders
    self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1026, in _send_output
    self.send(msg)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 964, in send
    self.connect()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/http/client.py", line 1400, in connect
    server_hostname=server_hostname)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 407, in wrap_socket
    _context=self, _session=session)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 814, in __init__
    self.do_handshake()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 1068, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/ssl.py", line 689, in do_handshake
    self._sslobj.do_handshake()
ssl.SSLError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#15>", line 1, in <module>
    products = amazon.search_n(1, Keywords='kindle', SearchIndex='All')
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py", line 288, in search_n
    return list(islice(items, n))
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py", line 544, in __iter__
    for page in self.iterate_pages():
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py", line 561, in iterate_pages
    yield self._query(ItemPage=self.current_page, **self.kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py", line 573, in _query
    response = self.api.ItemSearch(ResponseGroup=ResponseGroup, **kwargs)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bottlenose/api.py", line 274, in __call__
    {'api_url': api_url, 'cache_url': cache_url})
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bottlenose/api.py", line 235, in _call_api
    return urllib2.urlopen(api_request, timeout=self.Timeout)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 223, in urlopen
    return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 526, in open
    response = self._open(req, data)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 544, in _open
    '_open', req)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 504, in _call_chain
    result = func(*args)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1361, in https_open
    context=self._context, check_hostname=self._check_hostname)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py", line 1320, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed (_ssl.c:777)>

Any Idea how to resolve this?

I am new to Python and web scraping. I was wondering this is because I am submitting requests too quickly and my requests are being throttled. However I do not know how to deal with the problem and get the price list for 8000 items.

This is my code, and I have 8000 ItemId in 'ISBN_final_list'.

price_and_currency_list = [] for each in ISBN_final_list: product = amazon.lookup(ItemId=each) price_and_currency = product.price_and_currency price_and_currency_list.append(price_and_currency)

When I try looking up a product on US it works. But when I try to set the region to CA It returns even if the ItemID does exist on amazon.ca:

urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

If I test on other regions, it also still works. (assuming the id is valid) So it appears to only not work on canada.

I'm getting this error on my gcloud app which runs python 2.7.16 Same error occurs on python 3.7.1 when executing the command line demo of the documentation

>>> amazon.lookup(ItemId='B07MFZY2F2') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\amazon\api.py", line 174, in lookup response = self.api.ItemLookup(ResponseGroup=ResponseGroup, **kwargs) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\bottlenose\api.py", line 274, in __call__ {'api_url': api_url, 'cache_url': cache_url}) File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\bottlenose\api.py", line 235, in _call_api return urllib2.urlopen(api_request, timeout=self.Timeout) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen return opener.open(url, data, timeout) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "C:\Python27\lib\urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

The code for adding items to the cart raises an error if there are more than qty10 added. Is there a reason for this?

A popular way to read inventory levels of listings is to add qty999 to the cart, which amazon lowers to the actual amount on hand.

I am just wondering the reason for the limit of 10.

Thanks, Jason

Is there a way to do a search for multiple items in a single request (batch requests)?. This is very important because of amazon's one second rule. It does look like some one has implemented it elsewhere as I found this forum post.

region_options = bottlenose.api.SERVICE_DOMAINS.keys()
print(region_options)
for region in region_options:
    try:
        time.sleep(5)
        amazon = AmazonAPI(AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY, AMAZON_ASSOC_TAG, region=region, MaxQPS=0.2)
        products = amazon.search_n(1,Keywords='kindle', SearchIndex='All')
        print("worked for " + region)
        for i, product in enumerate(products):
            print(product.title)
    except Exception as e:
        print("not working for " + region)
        print(e)

dict_keys(['CA', 'CN', 'DE', 'ES', 'FR', 'IN', 'IT', 'JP', 'UK', 'US', 'BR', 'MX'])
not working for CA
HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable
not working for CN
HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable
not working for DE
HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
worked for ES
Nuevo Kindle Paperwhite - Ahora resistente al agua y con el doble de almacenamiento - incluye ofertas especiales
worked for FR
Nouveau Kindle Paperwhite - Maintenant résistant à l'eau et avec deux fois plus d'espace de stockage - Avec offres spéciales
not working for IN
HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
worked for IT
Nuovo Kindle Paperwhite, resistente all’acqua e con il doppio dello spazio di archiviazione - Con offerte speciali
not working for JP
HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable
not working for UK
HTTP Error 400: Bad Request
not working for US
HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable
not working for BR
HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable
not working for MX
HTTP Error 503: Service Unavailable

Process finished with exit code 0

i will try to take a look at the endpoint, maybe for these regions endpoints are different.

I haven't spent much time debugging this but it appears some titles are retuned empty while they are not from the Amazon product API

product = AmazonAPI(AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY, AMAZON_ASSOC_TAG, region="UK").lookup(ItemId='B00PK4LLLS')
print product.title

this prints None

product on amazon.co.uk https://www.amazon.co.uk/Downton-Abbey-Moorland-Holiday-Christmas/dp/B00PK4LLLS

Version: 2.2.11

After running the sample commands provided in the documentation, `from amazon.api import AmazonAPI

amazon = AmazonAPI(AMAZON_ACCESS_KEY, AMAZON_SECRET_KEY, AMAZON_ASSOC_TAG)

product = amazon.lookup(ItemId='B00EOE0WKQ')`

I'm getting this error:

product = amazon.lookup(ItemId='B00EOE0WKQ') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/amazon/api.py", line 174, in lookup response = self.api.ItemLookup(ResponseGroup=ResponseGroup, **kwargs) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/bottlenose/api.py", line 265, in __call__ {'api_url': api_url, 'cache_url': cache_url}) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/bottlenose/api.py", line 226, in _call_api return urllib2.urlopen(api_request, timeout=self.Timeout) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 154, in urlopen return opener.open(url, data, timeout) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 435, in open response = meth(req, response) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 548, in http_response 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 473, in error return self._call_chain(*args) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 407, in _call_chain result = func(*args) File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 556, in http_error_default raise HTTPError(req.get_full_url(), code, msg, hdrs, fp) urllib2.HTTPError: HTTP Error 400: Bad Request

I have the latest python 2.9.13 and all packages with the latest versions also.

After running the install via the pip command, opening a new console window with python and trying to run the import command from amazon.api import AmazonAPI I get ImportError: No module named amazon.api

This module no longer works since Amazon updated its API, so I've added a warning message and a link to my module to help people find it. It would be nice if you could apply this pull request.

Thanks for this module! I have been trying my first steps today, by my requests produce an error:

HTTPError: HTTP Error 410: Gone

When I login to PartnerNet, I currently see a huge red notification telling everyone that the API v4 has been discontinued since 31 March, 2020 (which was 5 weeks ago as I am typing this).

Is it possible the module still uses API v5, which would explain the error?

I'll try using the new API without the wrapper for now. But would be happy about any response, if this is indeed the issue.

Detailed example below.

from amazon.api import AmazonAPI

# fill these in if you want to try the example
secrets = {
  "access_key": "",
  "secret_key": "",
  "assoc_id": ""
}

amazon = AmazonAPI(secrets['access_key'], secrets['secret_key'], secrets['assoc_id'], region='US')

products = amazon.search(Keywords='Tolkien', SearchIndex='All')

for i, product in enumerate(products):
    print(f"{i}: f{product.title}")

Output:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTTPError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-9-cc24b8799447> in <module>
----> 1 for i, product in enumerate(products):
      2     print(f"{i}: f{product.title}")

~/projects/tolkien-stats/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py in __iter__(self)
    542             Yields a :class:`~.AmazonProduct` for each result item.
    543         """
--> 544         for page in self.iterate_pages():
    545             for item in getattr(page.Items, 'Item', []):
    546                 yield AmazonProduct(

~/projects/tolkien-stats/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py in iterate_pages(self)
    559             while not self.is_last_page:
    560                 self.current_page += 1
--> 561                 yield self._query(ItemPage=self.current_page, **self.kwargs)
    562         except NoMorePages:
    563             pass

~/projects/tolkien-stats/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/amazon/api.py in _query(self, ResponseGroup, **kwargs)
    571             An lxml root element.
    572         """
--> 573         response = self.api.ItemSearch(ResponseGroup=ResponseGroup, **kwargs)
    574         root = objectify.fromstring(response)
    575         if (hasattr(root.Items.Request, 'Errors') and

~/projects/tolkien-stats/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bottlenose/api.py in __call__(self, **kwargs)
    272         # make the actual API call
    273         response = self._call_api(api_url,
--> 274                                   {'api_url': api_url, 'cache_url': cache_url})
    275 
    276         # decompress the response if need be

~/projects/tolkien-stats/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/bottlenose/api.py in _call_api(self, api_url, err_env)
    233                 else:
    234                     # the simple way
--> 235                     return urllib2.urlopen(api_request, timeout=self.Timeout)
    236             except:
    237                 if not self.ErrorHandler:

/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in urlopen(url, data, timeout, cafile, capath, cadefault, context)
    221     else:
    222         opener = _opener
--> 223     return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
    224 
    225 def install_opener(opener):

/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in open(self, fullurl, data, timeout)
    530         for processor in self.process_response.get(protocol, []):
    531             meth = getattr(processor, meth_name)
--> 532             response = meth(req, response)
    533 
    534         return response

/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in http_response(self, request, response)
    640         if not (200 <= code < 300):
    641             response = self.parent.error(
--> 642                 'http', request, response, code, msg, hdrs)
    643 
    644         return response

/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in error(self, proto, *args)
    568         if http_err:
    569             args = (dict, 'default', 'http_error_default') + orig_args
--> 570             return self._call_chain(*args)
    571 
    572 # XXX probably also want an abstract factory that knows when it makes

/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in _call_chain(self, chain, kind, meth_name, *args)
    502         for handler in handlers:
    503             func = getattr(handler, meth_name)
--> 504             result = func(*args)
    505             if result is not None:
    506                 return result

/usr/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in http_error_default(self, req, fp, code, msg, hdrs)
    648 class HTTPDefaultErrorHandler(BaseHandler):
    649     def http_error_default(self, req, fp, code, msg, hdrs):
--> 650         raise HTTPError(req.full_url, code, msg, hdrs, fp)
    651 
    652 class HTTPRedirectHandler(BaseHandler):

HTTPError: HTTP Error 410: Gone

Sadly as I'm sure many of you know if you don't generate sales within 30 days your access if removed.

Luckily an amazing cache has been created here: https://www.commercedna.com/ is it possible to integrate this into the project?

https://pypi.org/project/python-amazon-simple-product-api/

Some of ItemIDs are for products that no longer exist:

• B00EOE0WKQ
• B0051QVESA

Consequently, when the example code is run, it throws this error: raise AsinNotFound("ASIN(s) not found: '{0}'".format(amazon.api.AsinNotFound: ASIN(s) not found

For the sake of making things easier, it would be nice to update them with products that still exist.

oorel@mash2527:~$ oorel@mash2527:~$sudo pip install python-amazon-simple-product-api Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): python-amazon-simple-product-api in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): bottlenose in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from python-amazon-simple-product-api) Downloading/unpacking lxml (from python-amazon-simple-product-api) Downloading lxml-4.3.3.tar.gz (4.4MB): 4.4MB downloaded Running setup.py (path:/tmp/pip_build_root/lxml/setup.py) egg_info for package lxml Building lxml version 4.3.3. Building without Cython. ERROR: /bin/sh: 1: xslt-config: not found

** make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed **

Using build configuration of libxslt

warning: no previously-included files found matching '*.py'

Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): python-dateutil in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from python-amazon-simple-product-api) Installing collected packages: lxml Running setup.py install for lxml Building lxml version 4.3.3. Building without Cython. ERROR: /bin/sh: 1: xslt-config: not found

** make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed **

Using build configuration of libxslt
building 'lxml.etree' extension
x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -DCYTHON_CLINE_IN_TRACEBACK=0 -Isrc -Isrc/lxml/includes -I/usr/include/python2.7 -c src/lxml/etree.c -o build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.7/src/lxml/etree.o -w
src/lxml/etree.c:97:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory
 #include "Python.h"
                    ^
compilation terminated.
Compile failed: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
cc -I/usr/include/libxml2 -c /tmp/xmlXPathInitZXlX0g.c -o tmp/xmlXPathInitZXlX0g.o
/tmp/xmlXPathInitZXlX0g.c:1:26: fatal error: libxml/xpath.h: No such file or directory
 #include "libxml/xpath.h"
                          ^
compilation terminated.
*********************************************************************************
Could not find function xmlCheckVersion in library libxml2. Is libxml2 installed?
*********************************************************************************
error: command 'x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' failed with exit status 1
Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/tmp/pip_build_root/lxml/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /tmp/pip-v84ZR4-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
Building lxml version 4.3.3.

Building without Cython.

ERROR: /bin/sh: 1: xslt-config: not found

** make sure the development packages of libxml2 and libxslt are installed **

Using build configuration of libxslt

running install

running build

running build_py

creating build