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Working on a new Amazon Plugin
Hey guys, I’ve been wanting an Amazon Plugin for a while, so I finally sat down and started working on it. I’m almost done with the preliminary version of it that will work for Books on Amazon. It’ll be similar in functionality to the jgh_amazon plugin, but I want to expand on what this plugin can offer. Instead of just working with books, I am going to add all the different categories and creating one huge doc to explain how to use it. Can I get some more input on other features people would like to have in an Amazon Plugin?
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Re: Working on a new Amazon Plugin
Thanks soulship, I actually looked at his plugin before I started development and came to the following conclusion:
- I liked how you could specify how the information could be layed out
- I liked how you could use Amazon.com, Amazon.de, or Amazon.uk
- I didn’t like that it only works for books
- I didn’t like that it used SOAP
The implementation I have working uses REST and currently works for all modes (e.g. books, electronics, apparel, etc.). I may keep it generic for right now, so that you could use it for any Amazon product, and in later stages expand more.
Other things I’m considering is the ability to cache. I’m researching how to do this, and if it is a good option for this plugin. I hope to have this available soon to the public. Just so everyone knows, I’m testing this on 1.0RC3.
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#4 2005-05-24 06:23:41
- davidm
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Re: Working on a new Amazon Plugin
I just drop in to say it would be a nice plugin to have, so keep the good work !
And since I am french, will it be possible to customize (or hack it) to have it work with local amazon websites ?
Thx
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Re: Working on a new Amazon Plugin
Sounds great! Thanks for working on this. Alot of people will find this useful indeed.
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Ok you guys can check out the plugin at <a href=“http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=8628”>this post</a>. I was actually able to figure out how to add locales. It seems I was originally using the old API and had to rewrite it once I figured out the new API.
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