iTunes Music Store Link Maker — how to search from within my app?

Question

I\'m writing a music reference app and for each album (pulled from last.fm) would like to link to the ITMS (if the album is in the store).

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Answer 1

This document for iTunes Store Web Service Search API (pdf), although old and incomplete, seems to be the way to accomplish this.

It's a painful experience setting this up though, as has been every other part of the affiliate programme.