Amazon Flexible Payments Service
Basic Quick Start (API Version 2010-08-28)
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Document History

This documentation is associated with the 2010-08-28 version of the Amazon FPS Basic Quick Start. This guide was last updated on 10-December-2012.

The following table describes the important changes since the last release of this guide.

ChangeDescriptionRelease Date
EnhancementAdded minor changes and typographical fixes applied from a maintenance edit.In this release
Feature DeprecationAmazon FPS has removed support for signature verification using signature version 1. If your application is using this feature, you must convert to a server-side call with Verifying the ReturnURL and IPN Notifications.2011-02-10
Feature DeprecationAmazon FPS has removed support for client-side signature verification using PKI. If your application is using this feature, you must convert to a server-side call with Verifying the ReturnURL and IPN Notifications.2011-02-10
Maintenance UpdateAdded an expanded breadcrumb to the HTML version, and reduced the front matter content. In addition several minor fixes and corrections have been applied.2010-11-01
EnhancementThe RecipientVerificationStatus data type (used by the GetRecipientVerificationStatus action) has been enhanced to enable you to determine whether a verified customer account is unlimited in the amount of money it can receive. For more information, see the Amazon Flexible Payments Service Advanced Quick Start Developer Guide or the Amazon Flexible Payments Service Marketplace Quick Start Developer Guide..2010-11-01
Feature ExtensionAmazon FPS has extended support for signature verification using signature version 1 to 10 February 2011. If your application is using this feature, you must convert to a server-side call with Verifying the ReturnURL and IPN Notifications.2010-11-01
Feature ExtensionAmazon FPS has extended support for client-side signature verification using PKI until 10 February 2011. If your application is using this feature, you must convert to a server-side call with Verifying the ReturnURL and IPN Notifications.2010-09-14
Enhancement

Changed the values for soft descriptors from "AMZ*" and "AMZN PMNTS" to "ASI*" and "Amazon Payments", respectively.

Also, applied minor changes and typographical fixes applied from a maintenance edit

2010-06-11
EnhancementExamples of the email messages sent by Amazon Payments which are relevant to Amazon FPS are now included as part of this guide. Please see Email Notification Templates.2010-01-29
New Feature

support for signature version 2, which completely replaced signature version 1 on 10 February, 2011. The enhanced security features include:

  • a more secure way of calculating signatures for inbound requests and outbound notifications. For more information, see Working with Signatures.

  • support for SHA256 signing algorithm

  • the new VerifySignature FPS Action for server-side testing of return URL responses and IPN notifications. For more information, see VerifySignature.

  • support for PKI based authentication for client-side testing of return URL responses and IPN notification.

    Note

    This feature is deprecated as of 2010-09-14.

2009-11-03
EnhancementThe Access Keys page has been renamed the Security Credentials page, located at http://aws.amazon.com/security-credentials. You must be logged in to view this page.2009-09-09