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+5  Q: 

Find the newest products using Amazon API

Is it possible to find all the new Amazon products in a specific category using the Amazon Associates Web Service or any other tool ?

I tried also the RSS which give only 10 results and it is updated only once in few months. Do you have any other ideas ?

+4  A: 
markpasc  2009-04-02 00:09:32
I don't know if this matters, but most products are listed under multiple browse nodes. So if you can traverse browse node hierarchy, get what you can from each and remove duplicates, you would get better coverage. Plus you can also do reverse mapping from product (its ASIN) back to all browse nodes it's assigned in, to build longer lists.
StaxMan  2009-04-22 21:48:23
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How do these guys (http://www.associate-o-matic.com/demo/uk/shop.php) do it?

Rohan Dighe  2010-06-03 05:45:29
I think they are using web scraping tools in order to do that. The Amazon API still does not allow it.
 2010-06-23 16:59:27

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