Amazon2marc

This pile of Perl is a web based program that takes advantage of the Amazon Advertising API and converts the XML data into MARC records. These MARC records can then be ingested by any ILS system. The Amazon 2 Marc Converter (perviously hosted at http://chopac.org) has been pulled from production. There have been many restrictions on how Amazon will let developers use their API. Good luck on passing them!

README

                   Amazon to Marc Converter
                         Version 0.1.2
                          2011-03-03

Installation Notes:

1> All six parts (two .pl Perl scripts, three .pm Perl modules, and one .ini file) must be installed in the same directory.

2> In order for this program to work you must have an Amazon Web Services Account. If you do not have one you can sign up for one at http://aws.amazon.com/. You will also need to apply for an Amazon Associates account.

3> The above keys should be added to the az2marc.ini file. Here is a Key/Value explanation:

accesskey: AWS access key
secretkey: AWS secret key
associate: Your Amazon Associates tag 
tmp: Temp directory for saving batches
analytics: Google Analytics key [optional]

4> Other required Perl modules:

LWP::Simple;
Digest::SHA;

Amazon2marc

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