Amazon Product API and Rails

Question

Just wanted some advice on using the Amazon API to run a check against their database to return a product. For example say a DVD was added, I want a link to be returned linking

Answer 1

I've tried ruby-aaws and amazon-ecs. They're both about as good as each other. Sadly, the API itself is pretty uneven and Amazon don't seem to like it much; they recently removed the product review details from it.

Answer 2

If you need product details from the Amazon Product Advertising API, try Vacuum.

If you simply need to construct a link back to Amazon, append the ten-digit ASIN of the product to:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/[ASIN goes here]