amazOOP Categories
Use amazOOP categories to replace commonly used AWS browse nodes
Mauricio Diaz Orlich
Copyright 2004, Mauricio Diaz
(amazOOP 0.3RC1)
Summary
You can use amazOOP categories to make querying commonly used AWS browse nodes
easier. For instance, if you are only interested in displaying Downloadable
Software on your site, why not create a category called software to replace browse node 531448, which is much harder to remember.
AmazOOP comes with several predefined categories for all four supported locales,
but you are free to add, remove or modify as many as you want. This document shows
you how.
Predefined categories
Almost every time that amazOOP queries AWS
it has to send a mode parameter. The mode corresponds
to the section of the Amazon site you want to query. This is a list of modes officially
supported by AWS:
| Product Line |
US mode parameter |
UK mode parameter |
DE mode parameter |
JP mode parameter |
|---|
| Books |
books |
books-uk |
books-de |
books-jp |
| Popular Music |
music |
music |
pop-music-de |
music-jp |
| Classical Music |
classical |
classical |
classical-de |
classical-jp |
| DVD |
dvd |
dvd-uk |
dvd-de |
dvd-jp |
| Video |
vhs |
vhs-uk |
vhs-de |
vhs-jp |
| Electronics |
electronics |
electronics-uk |
ce-de |
electronics-jp |
| Kitchen & Housewares |
kitchen |
kitchen-uk |
kitchen-de |
NA |
| Software |
software |
sw-vg-uk |
software-de |
software-jp |
| Computer & Video Games |
videogames |
video-games-uk |
video-games-de |
videogames-jp |
| Magazines |
magazines |
NA |
magazines-de |
NA |
| Toys & Games |
toys |
toys-uk |
NA |
NA |
| Camera & Photo |
photo |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Baby |
baby |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Outdoor Living |
garden |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Computers |
pc-hardware |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Tools & Hardware |
tools |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| English/Foreign Books |
NA |
NA |
books-de-intl-us |
books-us |
I find this too complicated, so with amazOOP, I introduced categories
which are ment to simplify AWS
modes, and allow you to customize amazOOP as much as you
want. First, take a look at what the table above looks like to an amazOOP user:
| Product Line |
US mode parameter |
UK mode parameter |
DE mode parameter |
JP mode parameter |
|---|
| Books |
books |
books |
books |
books |
| Popular Music |
music |
music |
music |
music |
| Classical Music |
classical |
classical |
classical |
classical |
| DVD |
dvd |
dvd |
dvd |
dvd |
| Video |
vhs |
vhs |
vhs |
vhs |
| Electronics |
electronics |
electronics |
electronics |
electronics |
| Kitchen & Housewares |
kitchen |
kitchen |
kitchen |
NA |
| Software |
software |
software |
software |
software |
| Computer & Video Games |
videogames |
videogames |
videogames |
videogames |
| Magazines |
magazines |
NA |
magazines |
NA |
| Toys & Games |
toys |
toys |
NA |
NA |
| Camera & Photo |
photo |
electronics |
photo |
electronics |
| Baby |
baby |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Outdoor Living |
garden |
garden* |
garden |
NA |
| Computers |
computers |
NA |
computers |
NA |
| Tools & Hardware |
tools |
tools* |
tools |
NA |
| English/Foreign Books |
NA |
NA |
books_en |
books_en |
| Apparel |
apparel* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Everything else |
everything* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Gourmet Food |
food* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Health & Personal Care |
health* |
health* |
health |
NA |
| Jewelry & Watches |
jewelry* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Office Products |
office* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Sporting Goods |
sports* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
* Note: as of the writing of this document, these categories are not officially
supported by AWS, but
they work.
As you can see, amazOOP categories are more intuitive and a lot easier to remember
because they the same for all locales.
Another benefit of amazOOP's categories is that you can create your own! For example,
amazOOP included already some custom categories when you downloaded it:
| Product Line |
US mode parameter |
UK mode parameter |
DE mode parameter |
JP mode parameter |
|---|
| Spansih Books |
books_es |
NA |
books_es |
NA |
| Spanish Music |
music_es |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| Spanish Software |
software_es |
NA |
NA |
NA |
| French Books |
NA |
NA |
books_fr |
NA |
| Italian Books |
NA |
NA |
books_it |
NA |
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