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Amazon Hacks

by Paul Bausch
August 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
7h 33m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Post a Review from a Remote Site

To integrate adding Amazon reviews into a web publishing system or web site, examine the way Amazon posts information and create a remote copy.

Just as hundreds of sites are integrating with Amazon to provide product data and sales, there are many ways to tap into Amazon’s community. If you’d like to integrate Amazon’s review system into an existing site, you can do so with some simple HTML. By studying the HTML Amazon uses to submit reviews, you can create a generic form that sends reviews to Amazon from any site.

The Code

Create a file called remote_form.html containing the following code:

<html>
<head>
    <title>Remote Amazon Review</title>
</head>

<body>

<form method="POST" action="http://amazon.com/exec/obidos/preview-review/[RETURN]
               insert ASIN/104-2773718-4336742"> <!-- Visible Form Fields --> Rating:<br> <select name=rating> <option value="" selected>-</option> <option value="5">5 stars</option> <option value="4">4 stars</option> <option value="3">3 stars</option> <option value="2">2 stars</option> <option value="1">1 star</option> </select> <br><br> Title:<br> <input type="text" name="summary" value="" size=56 maxlength=60> <br><br> Review:<br> <textarea wrap=virtual name="review" rows=9 cols=65></textarea> <br><br> Email:<br> <input type=text name=email size=35 maxlength=250 value=" "> <br><br> Name:<br> <input type=text name=source size=35 value=""> <br><br> Show Name: <input type=radio name="display-email" value="SOURCE" checked><br> Stay ...
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