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##Amazon ECS

###Product API and Associate Tag Enabled

by Jd Fiscus
Help by: Aaron Kuzemchak
Original by: Jan Eichhorn - ://github.com/Exeu/Amazon-ECS-PHP-Library

Hey everybody,

This is a Codeigniter library where you can search the Amazon Product API.
Also you can put an affiliate ID in so that all returning results will give
you a customized affiliate referral url.

###DOCUMENTATION: Amazon ECS Documentation is located at http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSECommerceService/latest/DG/

###INSTALLATION: Just copy the files from this package to the corresponding folder in your
application folder. For example, copy AmazonECS/config/amazon_ecs.php to
system/application/config/amazon_ecs.php.

####Obtaining API Keys: AWS Developer

1. Sign up for free at http://aws.amazon.com/
2. Go into you account and look at the security credentials
3. Item 3
   • Access Key ID = $config['ECS_API_KEY']
   • Secret Access Key = $config['ECS_API_SECRET_KEY']

Affiliate Program

1. Sign up for free at https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/
2. Copy the tracking ID to the corresponding config variables in application/config/amazon_ecs.php
   • Tracking ID = $config['ECS_ASSOCIATE_TAG']

###IMPORTANT:
In order to use the Affiliate Program (Associate Tag) you must be using PHP 5.1 or higher

Thanks,
-Jd Fiscus
[email protected]
@iamfiscus