Aug 26
After search online for the past few weeks for a way to create a CSV file from the Amazon Web Service API I finally gave up and created my own. Check out http://www.cyberfoundry.com/software for the details. I am using the program to generate CSV files for www.speedshoppers.com I am using the Price Tapestry software as well as Web Merge on occasion to create sites from database information.
Kevin
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September 13th, 2008 at 4:34 am
Hi Kevin,
I am looking to do something similar and might just purchase your amazon converting software, but have a question first:
If you run a site where you want to update the feeds often, adding new products and updated prices, how do you solve that without messing up, like getting double instances of the same thing or replacing something you didn’t intend to?
Especially if you are converting it to static html with something like Webmerge first, I can imagine it is possible to create a real mess for yourself..
Or is this concern something simple to get around by simply using the software?
September 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
If you are using a product like Price Tapestry you do not have to worry about creating double entries since when you upload the new datafeed you will be overwriting the old feed and re-importing. You can do the same thing with Web Merge and keep only one datafeed file. When prices update, then you can generate a new set of index and detail pages.
Kevin