Re: [Net-amazon-devel] possible bugs in Net::Amazon

[John L. <gal...@ho...>]

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
 		 	   		  
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