This repository contains the official Product Advertising API 5.0 Python SDK called paapi5-python-sdk that allows you to access the Product Advertising API from your Python app.
Python 2.7 and 3.4+
You can directly install it from pip using:
pip install paapi5-python-sdkOr, you may also install directly from Github
pip install git+https://github.com/amzn/paapi5-python-sdk.git(you may need to run pip with root permission: sudo pip install git+https://github.com/amzn/paapi5-python-sdk.git)
Then import the package:
import paapi5_python_sdk Install via Setuptools.
python setup.py install --user(or sudo python setup.py install to install the package for all users)
Then import the package:
import paapi5_python_sdkPlease follow the installation procedure and then run the following:
Simple example for SearchItems to discover Amazon products with the keyword 'Harry Potter' in Books category:
from paapi5_python_sdk.api.default_api import DefaultApi
from paapi5_python_sdk.models.partner_type import PartnerType
from paapi5_python_sdk.rest import ApiException
from paapi5_python_sdk.models.search_items_request import SearchItemsRequest
from paapi5_python_sdk.models.search_items_resource import SearchItemsResource
def search_items():
""" Following are your credentials """
""" Please add your access key here """
access_key = "<YOUR ACCESS KEY>"
""" Please add your secret key here """
secret_key = "<YOUR SECRET KEY>"
""" Please add your partner tag (store/tracking id) here """
partner_tag = "<YOUR PARTNER TAG>"
""" PAAPI host and region to which you want to send request """
""" For more details refer: https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/common-request-parameters.html#host-and-region"""
host = "webservices.amazon.com"
region = "us-east-1"
""" API declaration """
default_api = DefaultApi(
access_key=access_key, secret_key=secret_key, host=host, region=region
)
""" Request initialization"""
""" Specify keywords """
keywords = "Harry Potter"
""" Specify the category in which search request is to be made """
""" For more details, refer: https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/use-cases/organization-of-items-on-amazon/search-index.html """
search_index = "Books"
""" Specify item count to be returned in search result """
item_count = 1
""" Choose resources you want from SearchItemsResource enum """
""" For more details, refer: https://webservices.amazon.com/paapi5/documentation/search-items.html#resources-parameter """
search_items_resource = [
SearchItemsResource.ITEMINFO_TITLE,
SearchItemsResource.OFFERS_LISTINGS_PRICE,
]
""" Forming request """
try:
search_items_request = SearchItemsRequest(
partner_tag=partner_tag,
partner_type=PartnerType.ASSOCIATES,
keywords=keywords,
search_index=search_index,
item_count=item_count,
resources=search_items_resource,
)
except ValueError as exception:
print("Error in forming SearchItemsRequest: ", exception)
return
try:
""" Sending request """
response = default_api.search_items(search_items_request)
print("API called Successfully")
print("Complete Response:", response)
""" Parse response """
if response.search_result is not None:
print("Printing first item information in SearchResult:")
item_0 = response.search_result.items[0]
if item_0 is not None:
if item_0.asin is not None:
print("ASIN: ", item_0.asin)
if item_0.detail_page_url is not None:
print("DetailPageURL: ", item_0.detail_page_url)
if (
item_0.item_info is not None
and item_0.item_info.title is not None
and item_0.item_info.title.display_value is not None
):
print("Title: ", item_0.item_info.title.display_value)
if (
item_0.offers is not None
and item_0.offers.listings is not None
and item_0.offers.listings[0].price is not None
and item_0.offers.listings[0].price.display_amount is not None
):
print(
"Buying Price: ", item_0.offers.listings[0].price.display_amount
)
if response.errors is not None:
print("\nPrinting Errors:\nPrinting First Error Object from list of Errors")
print("Error code", response.errors[0].code)
print("Error message", response.errors[0].message)
except ApiException as exception:
print("Error calling PA-API 5.0!")
print("Status code:", exception.status)
print("Errors :", exception.body)
print("Request ID:", exception.headers["x-amzn-RequestId"])
except TypeError as exception:
print("TypeError :", exception)
except ValueError as exception:
print("ValueError :", exception)
except Exception as exception:
print("Exception :", exception)
search_items()Complete documentation, installation instructions, and examples are available here.
This SDK is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE.txt and NOTICE.txt for more information.