Post Archive
› July 17, 2002
Simon's use of the Amazon web service interface
Simon Willison has created a search engine example using php and the new Amazon web service API. Neat stuff, and smart move on Amazon's part.
Simon Willison has created a search engine example using php and the new Amazon web service API. Neat stuff, and smart move on Amazon's part.
Simon Willison Posted…
“Smart move on Amazon’s part”–you bet it is. My example is pretty basic, I maily did it to demonstrate the AmazonSearchEngine class I’d put together (which is available for anyone who wants it). The best API demo I’ve seen so far is Amazon Light, which provides an ultra light weight Google style interface to Amazon. The Amazon Similarities Map is pretty cool as well (surf in to it a bit and it generates a connected graph of similarities for an item).