Question

it seems that amazon has changed their API, i get error from Python:

id = "..."
pas = "..."
produit = amazon.API(id, pas, "fr")
produit.item_search("playstation")

and i get this error:

AWSError: AWS.MissingParameters: Your request is missing required
parameters. Required parameters include AssociateTag.

and i’ve tried the example in the documentation and it’s the same:

produit.item_search('Books', Publisher='Galileo Press')

AWSError: AWS.MissingParameters: Your request is missing required
parameters. Required parameters include AssociateTag.

i’ve found this:

Changing the example to:

api = API(AWS_KEY, SECRET_KEY, 'de',ASSOC_TAG)

from here:
https://bitbucket.org/basti/python-amazon-product-api/issue/33/required-parameters-include-associatetag

any ideas? or the documentation should be updated?

Answer 1

They dropped support for obsolete APIs recently, and the newest version requires a valid Associate Tag.

https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/api-changes.html

Associate Tag Parameter: Every request made to the API should include a valid Associate Tag. Any request that does not contain a valid Associate Tag will be rejected with an appropriate error message.

ASSOC_TAG must be your real tag (one that matches the API key).