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From: John L. <gal...@ho...> - 2009-10-08 20:52:40
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Yes, Elmo's Restaurant also has the problem with image not showing. ImageSets node should fix it. Thank you! John > From: bou...@gm... > Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 16:40:04 -0400 > Subject: Re: possible bugs in Net::Amazon > To: gal...@ho... > CC: net...@li... > > > I've been testing Net::Amazon for some time now and I would like to report > > some possible bugs. > > Great! > > > (I am not 100% sure if they are bugs. It might be intended.) > > Firstly, some of the products returned by a search by Net::Amazon returns > > the wrong price. > > Do you have specific examples? Net::Amazon return price in this > order, Amazon Price, third party new price, or used price. If it > cannot determine the price, it is set to unknown. > > > There's a lot of questions regarding price mismatch in the > > Amazon Developer Forums and it seems to be that if Amazon is not directly > > selling the item, you should use the MerchantId parameter and set it to > > FeaturedBuyBoxMerchant. > > I'll have to investigate this. > > > One example where this price mismatch occurs is this product. > > http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-L9040-Elmos-Restaurant/dp/B0015KTLZY%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIZJNGBMI7Y2N6RSA%26tag%3Dws%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0015KTLZY > > Thank you, examples are very helpful. > > > Another possible bug is some products not returning image where it is > > available on Amazon.com's page. I am told that I should look in the > > ImageSets node if image is not found in the usual image node. > > Do you have a specific example? I can use the ImageSets node instead, > this should be a trivial change. > > > Another possible bug is the way the test cases search by keyword. I have > > noticed that explicitly enclosing quotes around the keyword yields more > > accurate search results. (For example, "X-men" yields better results than > > X-men for DVD browsenode) > > > I am wondering if some of these things will be fixed in the future releases > > of Net::Amazon. I would love to see some new features added as well, such as > > search bins with price ranges. Are there plans for these changes? > > Some of these things I am likely to change/add to Net::Amazon as I need for > > my website. > > Patches are always welcome, and will ensure things get fixed faster, > however; I will definitely take a look at the issues you raised. > > > Christopher _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222986/direct/01/ |