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Developer Guide (API Version 2013-08-01)

AWS Documentation » Amazon Product Advertising API Docs » Developer Guide » Programming Guide » Find Items to Buy » Request and Response Examples » Discover Similar Items

Discover Similar Items

The following request uses the ItemLookup operation with the Similarities response group. The request finds items similar to UPC 047875840041 (Call of Duty: Black Ops video game).

Example Request

http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?
  Service=AWSECommerceService
  &Operation=ItemLookup
  &ResponseGroup=Similarities
  &SearchIndex=All
  &IdType=UPC
  &ItemId=047875840041
  &AWSAccessKeyId=[Your_AWSAccessKeyID]
  &AssociateTag=[Your_AssociateTag]
  &Timestamp=[YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ]
  &Signature=[Request_Signature]

Example Response

The following response returns five similar items.

<Item> 
  <ASIN>B003JVCA9Q</ASIN> 
  <SimilarProducts> 
    <SimilarProduct> 
      <ASIN>B0015AARJI</ASIN> 
      <Title>PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller</Title> 
    </SimilarProduct> 
    <SimilarProduct> 
      <ASIN>B002I0K6DG</ASIN> 
      <Title>Killzone 3</Title> 
    </SimilarProduct> 
    <SimilarProduct> 
      <ASIN>B000ZK9QCS</ASIN> 
      <Title>God of War III</Title> 
    </SimilarProduct> 
    <SimilarProduct> 
      <ASIN>B003L8DXOI</ASIN> 
      <Title>Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood</Title> 
    </SimilarProduct> 
    <SimilarProduct> 
      <ASIN>B000HKP88C</ASIN> 
      <Title>Grand Theft Auto IV</Title> 
    </SimilarProduct> 
  </SimilarProducts>
</Item>