This plug-in embeds an Amazon Web Services request into a content article. The amazon web services content plugin works for Joomla 1.5x. It requires an API key, which you can easily obtain by opening an account at http://aws.amazon.com/

There are two versions of this plugin. One is a content plugin for the Joomla core content articles. The second version is a content field plugin for Mighty Extensions Resources.

Usage

Joomla Core Content

To embed the plugin, use the following format:



with the parameters specified as a list separated by semi-colons (;). yes can be replaced by no to switch the options off, replace xxxxxxxx with the relevant values.

Country can take the values

com
de
co.uk
fr
jp
ca

for the relevant Amazon sites.

Some more examples:-



Replace xxxxxx with your chosen values.

You can find the Amazon itemId by looking at the Amazon listing for your chosen item. It will be listed under product details. It will be the value of the ASIN number, except in the case of books, where it will be the ISBN-10 number.

You don't specify a search index where you are using the item id, the value will be ignored.

If you are doing a keyword search, the search index does not need to be specified, because the default value of 'All' will be used.

If you are using an author or title search, you will need to specify Books or another category where this kind of search is supported (see the Amazon documentation for further details).

The available values for searchIndex are:-

All           
Apparel    
Automotive           
Baby        
Beauty         
Blended      
Books      
Classical      
DigitalMusic           
DVD      
Electronics       
ForeignBooks        
GourmetFood           
Grocery           
HealthPersonalCare        
Hobbies           
HomeGarden         
Industrial           
Jewelry           
KindleStore           
Kitchen       
Magazines          
Merchants           
Miscellaneous           
MP3Downloads           
Music      
MusicalInstruments           
MusicTracks       
OfficeProducts           
OutdoorLiving         
PCHardware          
PetSupplies          
Photo         
SilverMerchant          
Software      
SoftwareVideoGames        
SportingGoods        
Tools         
Toys       
VHS      
Video      
VideoGames      
Watches        
Wireless           
WirelessAccessories           

Not all of these are available for all Amazon countries.

If the administrator allows the Amazon associates ID can be set by the author. Otherwise the adminstrator can specify that his or her own associates ID must be used. This is done by editing the plugin parameters in the Joomla plugin manager.

Mighty Extensions Resources Plugin

The parameters are the same as for the Joomla core content plugin, however in this case they are set through the Resources plugin field parameters, in the same way as for other Resources field plugins.

To use the plugin, upload and install it using the Joomla installer in the normal way. Make sure that the plugin is enabled using the Joomla plugin manager.

To include an Amazon Web Services field in your content article, edit your content type to add a new field of type 'AmazonWS'. Then set the field parameters.

When an author creates an article they will be able to set the ItemId, searchIndex and Keywords as field parameters. If the administrator allows they will also be able to use their own associates id. Otherwise the adminstrator can specify that his or her own associates ID must be used. This is done by editing the plugin parameters in the plugin field manager.