After Example ShopWindow API Script

[accelerator]

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Hi All

I'm after a simple example of an Awin ShopWindow API script which I can upload to my server, just to understand the basics of getting data via the API. Can anyone help out an API newbie with an example script?

Thanks

[scriptmonkey]

If you can bear with me for a day or two, I've just registered a new domain and I will be putting examples of all the available Awin API calls and how to integrate them into a standalone php website.

If you can't wait, then I can give you specific examples for specific requirements.

[accelerator]

If you have time, then it would be good if you could post a very basic example script here. I just want to manage to write my own script that can utilise the Awin API, however basic.

Many thanks

[scriptmonkey]

Have PM'd you as the script is way too complex to put in a forum post :tup

[scriptmonkey]

Quick amendment for you, in index.php

swap

foreach($oResponse->oRefineByGroup as $details){
$sName1 = $details->sName;
$iId1 = $details->iId;
if ($sName1<>''){
echo "<div  class=\"centralproducts2\"/><b>".$sName1."</b><br/>";
        foreach($details->oRefineByDefinition as $details2){
        echo "<br/>";
$sName = $details2->sName;
$sId = $details2->sId;
echo $sName."&nbsp;";
}
echo "</div>"; }
} 

for

foreach($oResponse->oRefineByGroup as $details){
    $sName1 = $details->sName;
    $iId1 = $details->iId;
        if ($sName1<>''){
            echo "<div  class=\"centralproducts2\"/><b>".$sName1."</b><br/>";
                foreach($details->oRefineByDefinition as $details2){
                    echo "<br/>";
                $sName = $details2->sName;
                $sId = $details2->sId;
                    if ($sName1=='Category') {
                        echo $sName."&nbsp;<a href=index.php?id=".$sId.">more</a>";
                    }
                    else
                        echo $sName."&nbsp;";
                    }
        }
            echo "</div>"; 
} 

Which will give you a link after the categories at the bottom of the page.

[scriptmonkey]

As promised, the new site is live, www.awinapi.com

One code example on there at the moment, there will be another within the hour, and one more before the evening.

Hopefully it will grow into a valuable resource for anyone using Affiliate Windows productserve API.

[scriptmonkey]

Been playing around with noobslide and mootools this afternoon, and created a little something that uses the Awin API

Example 1 Carousel & API Test

Example 2 Carousel & API Test

Source code for both of those here A Javascript Carousel with the API : Awin API Help & Code well, it's the same source code, just a different category

[accelerator]

Interesting. Had a quick look at these and found they worked in Firefox 3 but not IE7. Thanks for sharing though.

Rgds

[scriptmonkey]

Thanks for that, haven't touched IE since about 2002, I suppose I should try and see what things look like in the majority browser.

[maxbear]

Hi scriptmonkey,

Thanks a lot for your script. I was looking for a AW api script but can't find any. Your script is a great starting point.

I just checked out your Showing Products based on a Keyword Query example script, I got a question, does your script show joined merchant or even those merchant that I haven't join?

I think I will ask some body to modify your script, so that I can save the data in xml format. Then I don't nedd to download the big xml files from merchants again and again. Thanks.

[scriptmonkey]

I think I will ask some body to modify your script, so that I can save the data in xml format. Then I don't nedd to download the big xml files from merchants again and again. Thanks.

Hi maxbear, the thing is, this is a live webservice API, you don't need to download anything, you only get the products that you ask for in the query, so saving the results as xml is kind of defeating the purpose of the whole thing.