gatsby-source-amazon-paapi

A Gatsby plugin for sourcing data from the Amazon Product Advertising API. Build your website using Gatsby and use this plugin to add advertising data from Amazon, such as items for sale, customer reviews, seller reviews and product promotions.

Table of Contents

• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
• Usage
  • Plugin Options
• License

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Gatsby

  Refer to Gatsby's official tutorial on how to quick start your own Gatsby site.

• Amazon Product Advertising API

  Refer to Amazon's official documentation on how to register for the Product Advertising API.

Installation

1. Install the plugin.

   npm install --save gatsby-source-amazon-paapi

   or

   yarn add gatsby-source-amazon-paapi

2. Add the plugin in your gatsby-config.js file. See Plugin Options for more details on how to customize the plugin.

   module.exports = {
     plugins: [
       {
         resolve: 'gatsby-source-amazon-paapi',
         options: {
           accessKey: '',
           secretKey: '',
           host: '',
           region: '',
           queries: [{}],
         },
       },
     ],
   };

Usage

Plugin Options

• accessKey, secretKey

  You should be able to get these after registering for the Product Advertising API. Refer to Amazon's official documentation for more details.

• host, region

  These depend on the Amazon locale from which you want to grab data. For possible options, refer to Amazon's official documentation.

• queries

  An array of queries used to find your items of interest. Two parameters are required for every query: PartnerTag and PartnerType. You can find out how to get these two parameters from Amazon's documentation. For all possible parameters you can place in your query, click here.

  module.exports = {
    plugins: [
      {
        resolve: 'gatsby-source-amazon-paapi',
        options: {
          queries: [
            {
              // Amazon partner program credentials
              PartnerTag: '', // required
              PartnerType: '', // required
  
              // Filter items
              Condition: 'Used', // optional
              ItemCount: 10, // optional
              MaxPrice: 3241, // optional
  
              // Values to return
              Resources: ['Images.Primary.Medium', 'ItemInfo.Title'], // optional, defaults to ItemInfo.Title
            },
          ],
        },
      },
    ],
  };

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.