Author Searches

Author Searches via XML

This section shows how to create a request for an author search.

Call and Response

Request Format

http://xml.amazon.com/onca/xml3?t=webservices-20&dev-t=[developer’s token goes here]&AuthorSearch=[author/artist name goes here]&mode=[product line goes here: must be books]&type=[lite or heavy]&page=[page # goes here]&f=xml

Response

The AuthorSearch request returns a ProductInfo node. The ProductInfo node contains an array of Detail nodes.

Example

http://xml.amazon.com/onca/xml3?t=webservices-20&dev-t=[developer’s token goes here]&AuthorSearch=Tom%20Clancy&mode=books&type=lite&page=1&f=xml

Author Search via SOAP

This section shows how to create a request for an author search.  This request will return a SOAP object containing the Lite or the Heavy form of the data.

Call and Response

Request Name

AuthorSearchRequest

Request Format

author  string

page  string

mode  string

tag  string

type  string

sort  string  (optional)

devtag  string

Response

The AuthorSearch request returns a ProductInfo node. The ProductInfo node contains an array of Detail nodes.